Tag: Kaizen Event
Lean Transformation at GE Aerospace: How Larry Culp is Revamping a...
I've already written one blog post about this excellent Bloomberg BusinessWeek article about the Lean transformation at GE Aerospace, a post that focused on...
Ryan McCormack’s Operational Excellence Mixtape: January 27th, 2023
Thanks as always to Ryan McCormack for this... there's always so much good reading, listening, and viewing shared here by him! Subscribe to get...
Insights from GE CEO Larry Culp’s Speech at the AME Conference...
It was a real treat to hear Larry Culp, the CEO of General Electric and CEO of GE Aerospace, speak at the AME 2022...
Gauthier Duval on Kaizen Events, Organizational Development, and “Veryable” Labor
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My guest for Episode #461 of the Lean Blog Interviews Podcast is Gauthier Duval, the Director...
Reading About Lean at GE in Italy Makes Me Hungry for...
You might have noticed that the cover image for this post shows a Neopolitan pizza and a traditional wood-burning pizza oven.
If you didn't see...
Nicole Tschierske: Lean Reduces Stress and Burnout in the Workplace
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My guest for Episode #443 of the Lean Blog Interviews Podcast is Dr. Nicole Tschierske, a...
Telling People to Be Courageous vs. Making it Safe to Speak...
I saw an interesting post on Linkedin recently, with a list of rules for a Kaizen Event team. It's a solid list but one...
Adam Lawrence on The Wheel of Sustainability
My guest for Episode #362 is Adam Lawrence, managing partner with Process Improvement Partners LLC.
He's an industrial engineer who had a long career working...
#TBT: What CFO Magazine Wrote About #Lean in 2009
I first blogged about this article back in 2009 and it's still online:
"Keen to Be Lean"
The sub headline talks about hospitals being "desperate to...
You Got Them to Do What? Getting a Hospital to Dedicate...
How many times do we hear people say things like “We don’t have time for Lean” or “We don’t have time for Kaizen“? It happens a lot, right? As I’ve said before (and this video) a “lack of time” is a problem to solve...
“Learning to be Lean” – An Inside Look at a Rapid...
There's a really good article that was published by Modern Healthcare as a special report, written by Sabriya Rice. Sabriya spent a week observing a rapid improvement event (RIE) at the Sts. Mary and Elizabeth Medical Center in Illinois. It's an in depth article that, I think, very accurately reflects the reality that Lean is helpful, but the process isn't easy for a number of reasons.
This Chart Shows My “Kaizen Kickoff” Boosted This Hospital’s Improvement Culture
I recently wrote a blog post for KaiNexus titled "How Kaizen Software Helps Me Be A Better Coach." I've done a lot of Kaizen...
