Podcast #307 – Andre DeMerchant, “You Can’t Cut Your Way to…
Joining me for Episode #307 of the podcast is my friend Andre DeMerchant, the President of DeMerchant Healthcare…
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Hey @ElonMusk: Toyota Never Thought “Humans are Underrated”
Over the past month, there's been so much in the news about Tesla. This column from Joann Muller, who covers the…
Podcast #304 – David Meier, Lessons and Wisdom from Toyota
Back on the podcast for the fifth time is my friend David Meier, a Lean / TPS consultant who is a former Toyota…
Managers Must Help The People They Supervise
Last week, a nurse manager downloaded the free first chapter of my book Lean Hospitals and wrote this message in…
The Academy Awards Add an Inspector, Practice “Andon Cord Pulls,”…
Tomorrow, my post will be about headlines that scream about ratings for The Oscars being "down from last year" or…
What’s Going at Toyota? A Newly-Centralized TPS Group
Here's an interesting Bloomberg article about Toyota never being satisfied, which includes improving the way they…
Lessons from the NUMMI 10th Anniversary Book Published in 1994
I did manage to buy a book that was published by NUMMI to celebrate their 10th anniversary. "10 Years of Quality…
What Books on #Lean and TPS Are Sold at the Toyota Museum in Nagoya?
It's Monday morning in Nagoya, Japan as I write this. I'm still jet-lagged and up early, so here's a blog post…
Podcast #300 – Tracey & Ernie Richardson, The Toyota Engagement…
My guests for Episode #300 of the podcast are Tracey and Ernie Richardson, authors of the excellent book titled:…
Toyota is Admired for Good Reason… But About Those Rotating Job…
There's much to admire about Toyota and even regular readers of this blog might throw the "fanboy" label at me. …
What We’re Looking Forward to Learning at the Toyota Plant Tour
Tomorrow, with the entire KaiNexus team, I'm going to visit the Toyota truck plant in San Antonio, the plant…
Tatsuro Toyoda, Former Head of NUMMI, President of Toyota, Passes Away at 88
Yesterday, I saw this headline from the Associated Press:
"Tatsuro Toyoda, former head of Toyota, dies at 88"…
Did Toyota’s #Lean Mindsets & Practices Really Leave the (Now) Tesla…
Tesla builds cars in what used to be the NUMMI factory, a joint venture between Toyota and GM (which meant it was…
A Powerful Message from Toyota’s President, Akio Toyoda: No Best, Only…
In today's post, I share and write about this message from Akio Toyoda that was posted online:
“Making…
Toyota Helps Another Dallas-Area Hospital: The Parkland Emergency Department
Here is the headline from the Dallas Morning News: "How Toyota improved Parkland Hospital's ER -- with purple…
What Do the “The Toyota Way” Books Say About Visual Metrics?
As I've been writing about "process behavior charts" - a simple, yet effective method for charting and reacting to…
Adventures in #Lean Healthcare Hiring, Part 2
I recently blogged about a healthcare improvement job posting that had me scratching my head when the interviewing…
Throwback Thursday: Are We Training the Right People on Lean?
I'm teaching a daylong class on Lean healthcare today in San Antonio. It's something I've done twice a year for the…