Tag: Healthcare Kaizen

My Essay in Naida Grunden’s New Book on Lean Design –...

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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?

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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

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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”

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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

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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

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  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

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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

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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

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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”

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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...

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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...

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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...