Tag: Kaizen
Commemorating Martin Luther King Jr. Day — Keep Moving Forward
Let's commemorate today's national holiday for Dr. King with a look back at my post from 2012:
A Lean Lesson from Dr. Martin Luther King,...
Safety First: GE Aerospace’s Lynn Facility Demonstrates True Lean Leadership
At its core, Lean is about people--respecting them, empowering them, and ensuring their well-being while driving continuous improvement. Recently, GE Aerospace's Lynn, MA, facility...
Ryan McCormack’s Operational Excellence Mixtape: November 29, 2024
Thanks, as always, to Ryan McCormack for this. He always shares so much good reading, listening, and viewing here! Subscribe to get these directly...
Lean Whiskey #49: Japan Study Tour, a Lost iPhone, and Some...
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It's Episode 49 of the Lean Whiskey podcast with Jamie Flinchbaugh and Mark Graban!
Mark shares tales of his holiday / study tour trip to...
Ten Years Ago — In the News Visiting a Japanese Lean...
Just over a week ago, I got back from Katie Anderson's Japan Study Trip. It was amazing! I have so much to write about...
Bruce Hamilton and the Northeast Lean Conference, Toast Kaizen, and More
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My guest for this bonus episode of the Lean Blog Interviews Podcast is Bruce Hamilton, who...
Leadership Failure: How Refusing to Be Wrong Hurts Teams and Innovation
"I am never, ever wrong."
That's a statement that should disqualify an applicant from ANY leadership position.
True leadership isn't about projecting infallibility--it's about fostering a...
GE Aerospace CEO Larry Culp on CNBC: A Little Better Every...
It's inspiring to hear a CEO talk about Lean and continuous improvement concepts, as Larry Culp, Chairman and CEO of GE Aerospace, did recently...
The Power of Learning from Mistakes: Insights from ‘Lean Hospitals’ and...
I've been writing about learning from mistakes for a long time, including my previous books before my latest, The Mistakes That Make Us. This...
Throwback Thursday: Engaging Staff as Problem Solvers Leads to Continuous Improvement...
I don't think I ever shared this article that I co-authored and had published in 2014... so it's time for another "Throwback Thursday."
I'll share...
Throwback Thursday: The Suggestion Box is Dead, with a New Obituary
As a Throwback Thursday, I'm sharing this webinar that I did back in 2012, as hosted by Karen Martin:
https://www.leanblog.org/2013/02/healthcare-kaizen-suggestion-box-dead
On this theme of "The Suggestion...
Don’t Digitize the Suggestion Box — Improve a Better Way with...
Digital transformation is about rethinking and reinventing with digital tools. For over 13 years, KaiNexus has moved beyond the outdated suggestion box model.
Traditional suggestion...