Tag: Kaizen

Joining me today for Episode #204 is Paul Plsek, and we're talking about his excellent book (a Shingo Research Award recipient this year) titled...

At KaiNexus, Dr. Greg Jacobson and I have been doing new webinars each month (see the library here). Our most recent one was hosted...

The so-called "PICK chart" has become a pretty common sight in healthcare as a way of visualizing and prioritizing Lean or Kaizen improvement ideas....

I had a great conversation with my fellow Lean healthcare blogger, Brian Buck, the other day. We talk about once a month or so......

I saw this article over the holiday weekend: "Nats install bullpen seating for relievers." The Washington Nationals relief pitchers asked to have a set of...

Yesterday's post was about some of our work at KaiNexus and today's post is hosted over on the KaiNexus Blog: Challenges to Innovation and Improvement In...

For the past few years, Dr. Greg Jacobson and I have worked closely together to create and deliver our continuous improvement webinars. We try...

I saw this piece by Bob Herman at Becker's Hospital Review and ended up writing a blog post here instead of writing a long...

Mark's Note: This is a guest post from an old friend of the blog, Mark Edmondson. See his older guest posts from years back....

You might remember that I partnered with Kaizen Institute about two years ago to do their first "Lean Healthcare Study Tour" to Japan. I...

One of the key aspects of the Kaizen process is that we SHARE completed improvements with others. That's a key principle that Joe Swartz and...

Since my wife and I moved to San Antonio just over two years ago, we've become big Spurs fans. Since the Spurs are the...