Tag: Audio
A Lean Guy Reads the Boston Papers: Facts, Respect, and Baseball...
My wife and I were in Boston over the weekend, as it was her fifth reunion from her MIT master's program. I'm also an...
First Look: “Management on the Mend” by Dr. John Toussaint
At this year's Lean Healthcare Transformation Summit (see my summary here) Dr. John Toussaint talked about and introduced his newly released book Management on the...
A Tale of Two Clinics – What I Wish My Primary...
In American healthcare, there's a growing gap between hospitals and clinics that are being innovative and those who are stuck in the "way it's...
Says Jack Dorsey: It’s an “Organizational Failure” if the CEO Has...
Jack Dorsey is well known among tech circles, as a co-founder of Twitter (he's @Jack) and, now, as the CEO of Square. I'm a...
Throwback Thursday: The Leadership Mantras of Don Davis
It's been just about 18 years since I was leaving GM to start the master's program at MIT's Leaders for Manufacturing program (now called...
Lean: Hit or Myth? Layoffs, Patient-Centered Care, and More
It's not uncommon to hear statements thrown around about Lean that are more of a myth than anything resembling reality.
I remember the time a...
Lean in the Kitchen; Weekend Urgent Care for the NHS
I hope y'all had a nice Memorial Day weekend here in the U.S. It's a global audience for the blog, but I had the...
10 Key Lean Mindsets for Factories, Hospitals, Startups, and More
Here's my latest post for LinkedIn through their "Influencers" series. It might be old hat to readers of this blog, but I hope what...
Gemba in the NICU: More Notes from our “Kaizen Live” Experience...
In my first post about the on-site Kaizen learning experience at Franciscan St. Francis Health, an event I came to call "Kaizen Live," I...
U.S. Hospitals Have the Best E.R. Care for Kids, But Aren’t...
There's been a back-and-forth of views about the state of pediatric emergency medicine recently in the Wall Street Journal.
Let me start first, actually, with...
Another Experiment That Works in Healthcare: Safety Huddles
Following up on yesterday's post on seemingly successful experiments with ACOs, here's another article, from HBR, on "safety huddles" in healthcare:
"How Every Hospital Should Start...
An Experiment That Works in Healthcare: Pioneer ACOs
You might be considered "wonky" for enjoying the topics discussed here at LeanBlog.org... but that's fine. This is a safe environment for being wonky...