Tag: Kaizen

Our Kaizen Institute guide, Brad Schmidt (pictured above) talked to us on Monday about standardized work. He said, of the practice at Toyota, that...

Yesterday, I was able to visit Toyota City as part of the Kaizen Institute tour I am a part of. Now, we weren't able...

While I'm in Japan this week (read about the trip), I'm going to keep my blogging light - my aim is to share one...

Updated 11/8 to include a link to the recording  and changing the post to past tense. Gregory Jacobson, MD, co-founder and CEO of KaiNexus (disclosure:...

Here is the seventh in our series of short, simple Kaizen education videos from KaiNexus, a software startup where I am on the management team.  We...

The Lean Enterprise Institute recorded this short video while we were at the recent Northeast Shingo Prize conference. Thanks to them for doing this...

Although I don't get to play much anymore, I used to be a pretty serious drummer (I almost said "musician," but that invites jokes...

I've always been intrigued by entrepreneur (and billionaire) Elon Musk. He founded PayPal (which I have used for over ten years), founded  SpaceX (which...

The team at KaiNexus (where I am the "chief improvement officer") is always improving. I want to share a few of these improvements, as...

Here is the sixth in our series of  short, simple Kaizen education videos from KaiNexus, a software startup where I am on the management team.  We...

Mark's note: Today's guest post is from a friend of mine from The Netherlands. I had a chance to visit Marc and his hospital...

Mark's Note: Today's guest post is from a great friend of mine and this blog, Dean Bliss, of the Iowa Healthcare Collaborative.  Check out...