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Reader Question: What Type of Waste is This in Our Healthcare Processes?
Here is an international reader question from somebody working in healthcare in the Middle East.
The reader…
Reader Question: More Clarity in Visualizing Hospital Performance Data
I received another reader question (submit yours here) and it's about statistics, "daily Lean management," and…
Reader Question: Why I Got into Lean Healthcare
A reader asks why I got involved with Lean in healthcare. In this post, I share what I wrote about this in the…
3 Recent Audience Questions on Kaizen & Continuous Improvement
Here are three audience questions we didn't have time to address after a recent talk that I gave... questions about…
Reader Question: A Lone Wolf in #Lean Facilitator’s Clothing
Today's reader question comes from somebody who has been put in the position of what I call "the lone wolf" in a…
Reader Question: How Many People & How Much Time for Improvement?
A Lean-thinking physician from Canada asks how many people an organization or department should have in a dedicated…
What are the “Quick Wins?” Ask the People Doing the Work
Last week, I received a few questions from somebody at a hospital system and I thought I'd address one of them…
Reader Question from an MD: One Shot to Talk to the Hospital CEO About #Lean
Before I head out on vacation, here is a reader question that I am sharing for your input.I'm sharing this with…
Reader Question: Determining & Meeting Hospital Department Demand
Here is another question emailed to me by a reader, so I'm answering it here (with the reader's permission and…
Reader Question: Pros & Cons of Observing in the Workplace
I was asked a question by a Twitter follower over the weekend:
"What are the pros & cons of using direct…
How Many Hospitals Are “Doing Lean?” Or “Implementing…
I probably get asked some version of the following question, in person or via email, once a week or more:
"How…
Reader Question: Lean Healthcare Conferences I Like
It's a double reader letter day... I was asked, by a healthcare professional, about where she could find Lean…
Reader Question: Hiring for a Lean Culture in Healthcare?
Here's a question from a healthcare leader that I thought I'd share for input from you, the blog readers.
This…
Hello from the SHS Conference & a Question for the Readers
Hello from Las Vegas, where Monday is Day 2 of the outstanding Society for Health Systems annual conference. I…
Reader Question: “No layoffs due to Lean” extends to “no…
In the Lean movement, organizations are often wise to have some variation on a "no layoffs due to Lean" policy, as…
Paul Akers Q&A On Incentives & Rewards for Kaizen
It's time for another reader question - this time, it was a question that came in via Twitter. It was right on…
Video Podcast #17 – Lean Blog Q&A: Standardized Work
Not long ago, I asked readers for questions that could be addressed in audio or video podcasts.
I received this…