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Not All Improvement Ideas Require “Projects” It's Not All About Cost…
In this post, I share some thoughts and build upon one of the presentations at last week's Lean Healthcare…
What Did People Want to Talk About? Open Space & #Lean Coffee at #SHS2017
Yesterday, Isaac Mitchell and I asked a group of Society for Health Systems Conference attendees what they wanted…
Do We Want The Same Results?
Thanks to Sam Selay for today's guest post. Although he's writing about the government and the military, I think…
Podcast #274 – Jay Arthur, “Lean Six Sigma for Hospitals”
My guest for Episode #274 of the podcast is Jay Arthur, author of Lean Six Sigma for Hospitals: Improving Patient…
Improving Safety & Quality Matters, but a $54 Million Cost Savings Makes for…
I saw this article a few days ago in one of the larger healthcare industry trade publications: How One Woman Saved…
1% Improvement Here and There Can Make a Big Difference in Wine Making?
I was fortunate to take a nearly two-week vacation recently, a trip that included a week in France.
My wife and…
Podcast #264 – Tyrone Butler on Lean, Six Sigma, ITIL & More
My guest for Episode #264 is a friend from here in the Dallas / Fort Worth area, Tyrone Butler. He is LSS Managing…
My Lean Healthcare Trip to China: Transitioning From Beijing to Shanghai
Continuing my series of blog posts about my July trip to China, today's post is about the second city I visited:…
My Article for Quality Digest About #Lean Falsehoods; “QDL” Show on…
We'll probably also talk about this article that was published yesterday on QualityDigest.com: "Lean Is About…
Stuff I’m Reading May 2016: Bad Patient Experiences, Bad Workplaces &…
As is often the case, I have too many open browser tabs full of articles that I was going to potentially blog…
Gemba Academy Visits Franciscan St. Francis Health to Learn #Lean & #Kaizen
Our friends at Gemba Academy produce some really nice online Lean education materials. It's a subscription service,…
It might be too late to get “Buy In” by the time you bemoan the lack…
Another question I get thrown at me very often is something along the lines of “How do we get more buy in for…
How Failed Lean Implementations Are Like a Bad Home Theater System
Alternate title: “Lean is an Integrated System. Of Course Just Implementing Pieces Leads to Failure.” Throughout…
“Practicing Lean:” Starting Out with Six Sigma
Today's post is an excerpt from the collaborative ebook project Practicing Lean. I wrote the first two chapters of…
Podcast #229 – John Dyer, Reflections on Deming, Six Sigma, and More
My guest for episode #229 is John Dyer, president of his consulting firm, JD&A, Inc., and a contributor for…
Podcast #222 – Erin S. DuPree, M.D., FACOG, Joint Commission Center for…
Joining me for episode #222 of the podcast is Erin S. DuPree, M.D., FACOG, the Chief Medical Officer and Vice…
Guest Post: The One Thing Lean Six Sigma Got Wrong About Lean
Mark's Note: Today's post is a guest post by Erwin van der Koogh, who comes to us from Australia. The thoughts and…