Tag: Kaizen

I've gone to Japan twice now with Kaizen Institute to study Lean with healthcare professionals from around the world. I first went in 2012,...

I love the show "Silicon Valley" and I just "binge watched" all ten episodes of Season 2 while traveling home from vacation. A few...

I'm back from two weeks of vacation and I'm going to ease back into social media and the blog, which includes a free webinar...

I'm a big nerd in that I love reading newspapers basically cover to cover. I'm a nerd in many ways, I guess. You don't...

When I teach about Kaizen and continuous improvement, I try to use scenarios and cases to help people think through how they would respond...

My wife and I were in Boston over the weekend, as it was her fifth reunion from her MIT master's program. I'm also an...

My guest for podcast episode #223 is Christian Wolcott, a senior advisor and director of Kaizen Institute North America and their director for Japan...

In my first post about the on-site Kaizen learning experience at Franciscan St. Francis Health, an event I came to call "Kaizen Live," I...

I was asked an interesting and thought-provoking question the other day: "Are there any hospitals where you'd suggest not trying to adopt Lean or situations...

I wanted to share a recent Kaizen improvement story that I heard from a hospital. Great things can happen when we: Listen to our patients Take action...

Mark's note: Today's guest post is by Gert Linthout, from Belgium. Gert and I were part of the same Lean healthcare study trip to...

Last Wednesday and Thursday, I collaborated with Joe Swartz and a countless number of his colleagues to host 24 visitors from different health systems (and...