Tag: Deming
Throwback Thursday: Creating the New American Hospital [Book]
Today's Throwback Thursday is a look back at a 1993 book that I purchased in 2011 on somebody's recommendation. It was probably one of...
Please Help with Research Topics – Understanding Variation & Reducing Blame
OK, so it's not the kind of scientific research that involves lab coats and microscopes, but I'm doing some research that I'd like your...
Why Kaizen is an Important Differentiator for Japanese Whisky
This article caught my attention the other day, primarily because I like scotch, whisky (and whiskey and bourbon). The Japanese love scotch whisky and...
A Story About a Hospital Putting Safety First Over Patient Satisfaction
In yesterday's blog post ("Safety is always our top priority" - From lip service to daily practice?"), I challenged hospital leaders to back up...
The Patriots, Coach Belichick, Aspects of Lean Thinking, and Dr. Deming
Earlier this month, for the College Football Playoff championship game, I wrote about "Lessons from the Football Coaching and Leadership Styles of the Oregon...
Tweets & Notes from a Patient Safety Conference
Today and tomorrow, I'm attending the "Patient Safety, Science & Technology Summit" in Irvine, California, as part of my role as a board member for the Louise...
Fear of speaking up is a broader problem, not just in...
Announcement: Dr. Greg Jacobson and I are doing a new webinar for KaiNexus on "More Leadership Behaviors That Create a Culture of Continuous Improvement'"...
“Four Days with Dr. Deming” – Key Points from a Quality...
I had planned on chilling out over the holidays by reading some books that aren't related to Lean, Kaizen, etc. Novels are not normally...
A Hotel, Time Quotas, Systemic Problems, and Employees Not Having the...
I travel a lot and, thanks to my work, I'm pretty well attuned to the idea of not blaming individuals for systemic problems in...
Good Ideas, Lean Ideas, Keep Crossing the Pacific
The ideas, principles, and methods that we'd recognize as "Lean" aren't exclusively of Japanese origin. Many of us, myself included, draw inspiration from Toyota,...
“Quality Circles” Are Alive & Well in Japanese Organizations; We Might...
One question I was asked to ask during my Japan trip was to see if "Quality Circles" are still active in Japanese companies. I...
Lean is a “Generic” Term for TPS (and The Toyota Way),...
People often say Lean is pretty simple (or that it's just "common sense"). Yeah, some of the concepts are simple... but sometimes deceptively so....
