Tag: Kaizen
Podcast #217 – Interview with Alan Robinson, Co-Author of The Idea-Driven...
Our guest today is Alan G. Robinson, PhD, an award-winning author, educator, researcher and consultant. He has co-authored six books, including Modern Approaches to Manufacturing...
Practicing What We Preach: Kaizen for the Kaizen Cards
I do my best to "practice what I preach" in terms of Lean and Kaizen principles and spirit. No, I don't have tape outlines...
Guest Post: The Kaizen / Kata Nexus
Mark's note: Today's post is written by Michael Lombard -- you can find him on Twitter or read his blog "Hospital Kaizen" here. This post...
New #Lean & #Lean Startup Candy Hearts for Valentine’s Day –...
Ok, for those of you who maybe find "50 Shades of Lean" to be a bit too racy, here are some sweet "candy hearts"...
Cartoon: The Workplace “Brain Check Station”
Here's my latest cartoon collaboration with a skilled artist (and medical assistant), Carrie Schurman.
You can see the whole series via this link.
How many organizations ask...
A #Kaizen Example from St. Francis: From “Flavored Snot” to Applesauce...
Here's the latest video in the series that Joe Swartz and I shot at Franciscan St. Francis Health back in October. See them all...
The “Productivity Paradox” of Healthcare IT and the ROI Paradox of...
I've been reading a preview copy of the upcoming book (due out in April) by Dr. Bob Wachter, The Digital Doctor. It's fantastic and...
Cool Stuff from KaiNexus – A Quiz, Video, Haikus, Webinar, and...
Our team has been doing some cool stuff over on our KaiNexus website and I wanted to batch up the sharing of some of...
Should You Engage Your Employees in Continuous Improvement?
Here's a fun video that I created for KaiNexus, based on this clever flow chart.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LwewknnpAQI
The answer, most always, is YES! If your employees are...
Random Super Bowl XLIX Lean-Like Moments – Katy Perry and GE
Following up my earlier post about the "Patriot Way..."
During her halftime extravaganza (video), Katy Perry had a silver strap around her wrist, attached to the microphone....
Webinar Previews: Lean is All About People? Leadership Behaviors for Kaizen
Tomorrow afternoon, I'm doing two different webinars that I hope you'll want to sign up for.
Even if you can't attend live, I'd encourage you...
My Visit to the Toyota Tsutsumi Plant, Part 1
I've been overdue in writing more posts about our Japan tour that took place two months ago now. See previous posts in this series....