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 our upcoming book Healthcare Kaizen: Engaging Front-Line Staff in Sustainable Improvements is live at www.HCkaizen.com. Details…
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) Healthcare Kaizen: Engaging Front-Line Staff in Sustainable Continuous Improvements. See tweets about the conference, including mine…
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 flyer has a 20% off code (BVL22) for pre-orders through CRC Press. Click on the…
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 see you there. First, I will be speaking about Healthcare Kaizen at the Society for…
It’s time for another reader question – this time, it was a question that came in via Twitter. It was right on point with things I was talking to Paul Akers about in our recent podcast (audio and video). The…
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 a few months, a particular line stood out and made me think, as it’s the…
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 employees and staff members who initiate and participate in “kaizen,” or continuous improvement, activities. One of…
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. One was a brief mention in a book from a TV personality (see my post An…
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 eye: 3. “It’s about the people stupid.” 4. The suggestion box will be reborn. Other…
Episode #133 is hosted by Ron Pereira, from Gemba Academy, as he leads me through additional Q&A as a follow up to our recent webinar on my upcoming book Healthcare Kaizen and some of the concepts from the book on…
I am happy to be partnering with my friends at Gemba Academy to present the 2nd in their free Lean webinar series. My webinar is called “Putting the Continuous Back in Continuous Improvement” and it will be presented on Wednesday,…
This made news on Wednesday – Dr. Donald M. (Don) Berwick stepped down as CMS Administrator: “Harvard professor Don Berwick resigns as Medicare chief.” I had supported Dr. Berwick… but it didn’t really mean much because I’m not a U.S.…
