Tag: Kaizen
Guest Post: Kaizen’s Test for the Best
Today's guest post is by Duke Rohe, a Quality Improvement Education Consultant at M.D. Anderson Cancer Center in Houston, Texas. I know Duke from...
Guest Post: The Tides of Change
Mark's note: Ankit Patel is a returning guest blogger and a good friend in the world of Lean and Lean Healthcare. Check out his...
Guest Post: Reports of Kaizen’s Death are Greatly Exaggerated
Mark's note: Today's vacation post is from my good friend Dan Markovitz, who normally blogs here. Listen to my podcasts with him here...
Notes from the 2012 Northeast Shingo Prize Conference, Day One
Yesterday was an outstanding day at the Northeast Shingo Prize Conference in Worcester, Massachusetts - my first time attending and speaking at this event....
Stuff I’m Reading: September 21, 2012
The list of stuff I've read and wanted to blog about has grown... that inventory becomes this post. Here are links to some varied...
More Improvement Requires Less “Change Management”?
As I worked on co-authoring Healthcare Kaizen, I dove deeper into my study of "kaizen" practices and mindsets, revisiting many core books on kaizen...
Do You Foster Innovation? Ask Your Employees
Organizations that are most successful with Kaizen and continuous improvement don't have fancier boards or better software -- they have leaders who are more...
New Two-Day On-Site Workshop Offering: “Kaizen Kickoff”
Last weekend was the start of the college football season (Go 'Cats!) and tonight is the "kickoff" of the NFL season, which (of course)...
Labor Day Reflections for a Safer Week (and Years) Ahead
I didn't have a post yesterday because it was the Labor Day holiday here in the U.S. While I'm not a "worker," in the...
For Real Improvement, You Need Honesty & Transparency, Not Anonymity
This announcement caught my eye recently: "New site lets you tell your boss anything, anonymously."
A startup's website allows you to send anonymous ideas or...
Videos: Lean in Daily Work at the University of Michigan Health...
If your organization blocks access to YouTube... shame on them. The videos I'm sharing here are two reasons you should insist they open access...
Slides & Recording of My “Healthcare Kaizen” Webinar – “The Suggestion...
Thanks to Karen Martin for hosting yesterday's webinar that I gave based on my book (with Joe Swartz) Healthcare Kaizen. The title was somewhat...
