Tag: Deming

I forget what hospital these charts are even from, but it doesn't really matter. It's become more common, in my gemba visits, to see...

Later next month, at the Northeast L.E.A.N. Conference, I'm facilitating the famous "Red Bead Experiment" of W. Edwards Deming (sometimes referred to as the...

tl;dr: The blog post discusses how a sushi company's policy letter offers invaluable lessons for hospitals aiming for operational excellence. It advocates for adopting...

A collection of creative videos was recently brought to my attention and I'd like to share them here. They are created by Dr. Mark...

I love the show "Silicon Valley" and I just "binge watched" all ten episodes of Season 2 while traveling home from vacation. A few...

Joining me for episode #222 of the podcast is Erin S. DuPree, M.D., FACOG, the Chief Medical Officer and Vice President for the Joint Commission...

Last Wednesday and Thursday, I collaborated with Joe Swartz and a countless number of his colleagues to host 24 visitors from different health systems (and...

To the left is a young baby me. I don't think I was thinking about Dr. Deming as a baby, but thankfully my parents...

Reminder: I'm doing a webinar today with Dr. Greg Jacobson, CEO of KaiNexus, titled "How To Spread Continuous Improvement" and I hope you'll join...

Mark's Note: Today's post is by Erwin van der Koogh, who comes to us from Australia. The thoughts and opinions here are his, although...

View the post that inspired this "listicle." Create constancy of purpose toward improvement of product and service, with the aim to become competitive and to...

I recently wrote a blog post for KaiNexus titled "How Kaizen Software Helps Me Be A Better Coach." I've done a lot of Kaizen...