Tag: Healthcare Kaizen
My Essay in Naida Grunden’s New Book on Lean Design –...
I'm in Las Vegas, speaking today to close the Lean Healthcare PowerDay event. There are many great speakers, including Dr. Richard Shannon, Dr. David...
The More Sophisticated Brains – Robots or Employees?
Last week, an article in the Wall Street Journal caught my eye:
"The Robots Are Coming to Hospitals: A New Breed of Blue-Collar Robots...
Full “Healthcare Kaizen” Book Website Launches
My co-author, Joe Swartz, and I did a soft launch a few weeks back, but we're happy to announce that the full website for...
Sign Up to Receive Chapter 1 Preview of “Healthcare Kaizen”
Tomorrow, at the Society for Health Systems annual conference, I'll be presenting about some of the ideas in my upcoming book (with Joe Swartz)...
Marketing Flyer for Upcoming “Healthcare Kaizen” Book
We are still working on rounds of editing in advance of publication, but here is a marketing flyer for our upcoming book Healthcare Kaizen.
The...
Upcoming Lean Speaking Engagements – Las Vegas and Phoenix
I'll be attending and speaking at three public events in the next few months, twice in Las Vegas and once in Phoenix. Hope to...
Paul Akers Q&A On Incentives & Rewards for Kaizen
It's time for another reader question - this time, it was a question that came in via Twitter. It was right on point with...
Probably NOT a Good Example of Kaizen in this Picture
While this photo looks like a dangerous situation, I guess we can call it a light-hearted look at a questionable improvement, via the wonderful...
A Reinforcing Loop of Kaizen and Respect
We are going through the editing and typesetting process for our upcoming book Healthcare Kaizen this week.
After not really looking at the manuscript for...
Kaizen Videos from a Franciscan “Kaizeneer”
My Healthcare Kaizen co-author Joe Swartz works in Indianapolis in the Franciscan St. Francis Health System. They use the term "kaizeneer" to describe those...
Book Review: One Small Step Can Change Your Life: The Kaizen...
While doing research for my upcoming book on "Healthcare Kaizen," I found two books that touched on kaizen-style continuous improvement in our everyday lives....
Will Suggestion Boxes be a Trend in 2012? What Method(s) do...
I saw this article the other day on BusinessInsider.com: "10 Predictions For How The Workplace Will Change In 2012."
Two of the predictions caught my...