Tag: Kaizen
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....
Putting Up Signs and Shooting Down Ideas
A friend sent me a link to this article, "7 cultural concepts we don't have in the U.S.," and he told me to check...
“Four Days with Dr. Deming” – Key Points from a Quality...
I had planned on chilling out over the holidays by reading some books that aren't related to Lean, Kaizen, etc. Novels are not normally...
What Little Thing Made This Nurse Manager Realize She DID Have...
Today's post is just something pointing I wrote another article for the LinkedIn "Influencer" series (see my past posts here).
The new article is titled:...