Tag: Kaizen

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...

Today and tomorrow are the days for our first on-site Kaizen experience at Franciscan St. Francis. I'll be sharing things on Twitter (@MarkGraban) and...

Joe Swartz and I have been working for a while to put together our first onsite Kaizen workshop at his health system, Franciscan St....

You might know my friend Karl Wadensten, the president of VIBCO, a small manufacturer in Rhode Island. I've interviewed him for episode #84 of...