Tag: Kaizen

Wow, we had a great time at Franciscan St. Francis Health this week. We had the "Kaizen Live!" class and workshop Monday through Wednesday....

I want to express my gratitude to Joe Swartz and his colleagues at Franciscan St. Francis Health for hosting our "Kaizen Live!" event. Yesterday...

This week, Joe Swartz (pictured at left) and I are running a "Kaizen Live" workshop at his main hospital, Franciscan St. Francis Health. Today and...

Dr. Gary Kaplan is the CEO of Seattle's Virginia Mason Medical Center, considered one of the world leaders in the adoption of Lean healthcare...

I like to do some fun and lighthearted posts on the weekends... a blog segment I call "Weekend Fun" (not so creative, I realize). An...

There's a triangle diagram on the TSSC webpage that describes an "integrated system" that consists of: technical methods, managerial methods, philosophy. All of this is "focused on people development," Jamie told me for the book. The model starts with people and human development in the middle, as "people are the most valuable resource," says Bonini.

In the videos, you’ll see staff and leaders talk bout “Kaizen” or continuous improvement. It’s powerful to see the impact that a “culture of continuous improvement” has on people and their lives.

In my time working with hospitals, I've always been very sympathetic to front-line nurses (and other staff). They are far too often overburdened and...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NRTvKRUN5X0 Presented by Mark Graban and Dr. Greg Jacobson on February 16, 2016 In this webinar, you will learn: Reasons why people don't "buy in" to...

In addition to my blogging here, I write occasionally for our blog over at KaiNexus.com, where we have multiple contributors. I also do monthly webinars and the...

I wrote a new piece for LinkedIn that I hope would be of interest to you even if you’re in healthcare. Why? It’s a story about what an organization does when you don’t have enough (or any) direct work for your front-line staff to do. Toyota would continue paying employees and would put them to...

Burris has a new article on the Harvard Business Review website: “Employee Suggestion Schemes Don’t Have to Be Exercises in Futility” In my own work and travels, it’s hard to find anybody who has good things to say about suggestion boxes...