Tag: Kaizen

What’s Interesting About This Toyota Executive Rising from the Factory Floor

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I hope you might have access to this interesting article from the Wall St. Journal: "Toyota Veteran Rises to Corporate Office From Factory Floor."...

Upcoming Lean Healthcare Events – Webinars, Workshop, Conference, and Trip

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Hi - I'd let to let you know about or remind you about a few upcoming events that I'll be a part of. I hope...

10 More Reasons to Come See Kaizen at Franciscan St. Francis...

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You Still Have Time to Register Update -- you can also learn more and register for our April 2016 event via www.KaizenLive.com. Joe Swartz and I...

This Chart Shows My “Kaizen Kickoff” Boosted This Hospital’s Improvement Culture

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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...

Throwback Thursday: Lean Manufacturing Training from 2002

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It's time for another "Throwback Thursday" post, which is, as always, accompanied by one of my thoughtful-looking baby pictures :-) Back in 2002, back when...

10 Ways That Lean Concepts Respect & Support Healthcare Staff

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Lean provides a philosophy and a management model that should be nothing but good for staff and patients. The idea of “respect for people” might sound nice in principle, but what does it mean in a practical sense...

Stuff I’m Reading March 2015: Womack, Sweatshops, Hospitals, and Surveys

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As often happens, I have too many open browser tabs full of articles that I was going to potentially blog about. Too much WIP...

Why Kaizen is an Important Differentiator for Japanese Whisky

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This article caught my attention the other day, primarily because I like scotch, whisky (and whiskey and bourbon). The Japanese love scotch whisky and...

Kaizen: Giving Seven Days’ Grace on a New Idea [Video]

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Here's another video in the series that Joe Swartz and I shot at Franciscan St. Francis Health back in October. See them all here or via a...

Podcast #217 – Interview with Alan Robinson, Co-Author of The Idea-Driven...

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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

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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

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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...
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