Tag: KaiNexus

My Comments on #Lean Healthcare in These Challenging Times

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Thanks to Dodge Communications for interviewing me for their blog: "Improving healthcare--there's no instant pudding." I was, of course, citing the late great Dr. W....

What I’ve Been Reading Lately: Not Doing Kaizen, Engaged Sailors, Etc.

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Every once in a while, I have too many browser windows open and it slows my computer down. That's when I dump a bunch...

How Do You Share & Spread Ideas? Plus a @KaiNexus Update

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It has been right about  three years since I was introduced to Dr. Greg Jacobson via a reader of this blog. It was great...

Podcast #193 – Mark Jaben, MD on Lean, Change, and Our...

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My guest for episode #193 is Mark Jaben, MD, talking about our brains, Lean, and change. Mark has been a guest blogger for me...

Upcoming Webinars with Mark Graban, Shingo, and KaiNexus

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Here are a few upcoming free webinars that I am participating in... I hope you are interested and can attend: Mark Graban & Joe Swartz...

Guest Post: How Standardized Does a Kaizen Process Need to Be?

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Mark's Note: Today's post is by a colleague from The Netherlands, Erwin Haas. Erwin is a leader in a Dutch consulting firm, NextChange, a...

Lean & the “Work-Out” Process in Healthcare – Success, My Questions,...

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In the past few years, I've heard of the "Work-Out" process that has origins at GE. This consultant's website gives a good overview and...

Kaizen Contest – Win a Copy of “The Executive Guide to...

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One feature of the website for our  Healthcare Kaizen books  has been the ability for people to share an example of a Kaizen improvement...

Two Webinars This Week – Kaizen Leadership & KaiNexus

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I'm going to be participating in two webinars this week (including one that is also a live presentation in Austin). Tuesday August 13: HIMSS Meeting...

Some Recent Podcast Interviews

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While I love interviewing others for my Podcast series, sometimes the tables and the microphones get turned and I get interviewed. Here are a few...

Kaiser Permanente CEO George Halvorson on Continuous Improvement

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There's a great piece, currently available for free on the HBR website, about continuous improvement: The Culture to Cultivate The author, George Halvorson, is the recently...

A Lack of PDSA Made JCP’s New CEO SOL?

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It's been interesting to follow the rise and fall of former Apple retailing executive Ron Johnson during his less-than-two-year stint as CEO at long-struggling...
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