Tag: Imai

Excited to Meet Masaaki Imai Today in Seattle

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Today is an exciting day for me, as I'll get to meet a famed Kaizen guru  - Masaaki Imai. We are in Seattle for...

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...

Today Would Have Been Taiichi Ohno’s 100th Birthday

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Hat tip to John Shook and the Lean Enterprise Institute for pointing this out via his email newsletter  -- today would have been the...

Yes, We Need Staff Ideas – But, How to Manage Those...

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It's always great to see stories in the major media outlets about engaging front-line staff in improvement ideas. Recently, we had a piece in...

One-Question Poll on Healthcare Employee Idea & Suggestion Programs

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I volunteered to give a presentation last Friday for the North Texas Society for Healthcare Risk Management, where  I was able to debut some...

Masaaki Imai Kaizen Video; Share Kaizen Stories for My Upcoming Book

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Here is a great video by Masaaki Imai, author of the classic books Kaizen: The Key To Japan's Competitive Success and Gemba Kaizen: A...

From the LEI Summit: Mike Rother on Toyota’s View on ROI

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I really had a great learning experience at last week's LEI Lean Transformation Summit that was held here in Dallas. The event sold out...

Interview with Masaaki Imai – Ohno and Respect for People

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The Kaizen Institute website has posted an excellent text Q&A with Masaaki Imai, who you might recognize as the author of the relatively early...

The father of Kaizen, Masaaki Imai, speaks!

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Masaaki Imai interview! Masaaki Imai comments on the need to convert from batch to JIT and China 'productivity', among other topics. One highlight: "Kaizen is the means...