Tag: Kaizen

Bruce Hamilton and the Northeast Lean Conference, Toast Kaizen, and More

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Scroll down for how to subscribe, transcript, and more 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

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"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...

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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...

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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...

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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

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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...

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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 For over 13 years, KaiNexus has moved beyond the outdated suggestion box model.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...

Ryan McCormack’s Operational Excellence Mixtape: June 13, 2024

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Thanks, as always, to Ryan McCormack for this. He always shares so much good reading, listening, and viewing here! Subscribe to get these directly...

Ryan McCormack’s Operational Excellence Mixtape: May 3, 2024

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Thanks, as always, to Ryan McCormack for this. He always shares so much good reading, listening, and viewing here! Subscribe to get these directly...

From 2012: Kaizen on the Boeing 737 Line (Lean and Continuous...

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2024 Preface: I'm re-posting this blog post from 2012 about Lean at Boeing. The WSJ headline emphasizes "speed up," but that could be the...

Looking Ahead to Greg Jacobson’s Keynote at the HSPI Conference

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As a previous keynote speaker at this event, and as a friend and colleague of KaiNexus CEO Dr. Greg Jacobson, I was very excited...

Commemorating Martin Luther King Jr. Day — Keep Moving Forward

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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,...