Tag: Kaizen

I always get annoyed when people spread the false dichotomy of "Lean is about efficiency and Six Sigma is for quality." Replace the word...

When I talk to people about the Kaizen approach to continuous improvement, with my consulting hat on or in my role with KaiNexus, I...

While Lean is not primarily a cost-cutting methodology (or, we could say it's not focused ONLY on costs), cost reduction is a common end...

Today I'm linking to a guest post that I wrote for my friend Marc Rouppe van der Voort who works at St. Elisabeth Hospital...

With apologies to The Beatles and Dr. John Toussaint: "Kaizen Culture" (sung to "Revolution" by The Beatles)   You say you want a kaizen culture Well, you know We...

Following up on my recent post on the tour of the Toyota Motor Manufacturing Texas (TMMTX) plant in San Antonio, here are some pictures...

I saw some posters and presentations at the recent Society for Health Systems conference that include some nice examples of this approach from organizations including the Indianapolis VA, East Tennessee Children's Hospital, and Norwalk Hospital...

I had the chance to tour the San Antonio Toyota truck plant (otherwise known as TMMTX) back in 2010 (and I blogged about it...

I'm going to be giving two free webinars in March that you might be interested in signing up for: Gemba Academy - 8 Wastes in...

I saw an interesting article in The Telegraph: "Revealed: al-Qaeda's 22 tips for dodging drones." Apparently, the Al Qaeda terror network is responding to the...

Thanks to Karen Martin for hosting me for this webinar. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TBmcokWStLk The description: Suggestion box programs, while well intended, usually fail to engage employees in any improvement,...

I've been talking to a lot of healthcare organizations about Kaizen and continuous improvement. There are many organizations embracing the methods that Joe Swartz...