Tag: Kaizen
Free Webinar August 21 – From Suggestion Boxes to Kaizen
Free Webinar on Tuesday, August 21, 2 pm ET
I will be giving a free webinar titled:
Healthcare Kaizen: The Suggestion Box is Dead
If you can't...
Dr. Berwick’s 1989 Advice on Making Kaizen Happen in Healthcare
Last week, I blogged about the 1989 New England Journal of Medicine article by Dr. Donald M. Berwick, "Continuous Improvement as an Ideal in...
For the Want of a Screwdriver…
This isn't a story about my frustration with a State of Texas office... it's mainly a story about a failed "kaizen"-style improvement attempt that...
Join Me at the Northeast Shingo Prize Conference, Sept 25-26
I hope you'll join me and a lot of Lean friends at the 2012 Northeast Shingo Prize Conference, to be held in Worcester, MA...
New @KaiNexus “Explainer Video” – With 3 Use Cases
In the "Lean Startup" parlance, our startup KaiNexus is not going into an existing market - we are working to develop a new market...
Podcast #153 – Psychologist Robert Maurer, PhD, One Small Step Can...
Joining me for Podcast #153 is Robert Maurer, PhD, Director of Behavioral Sciences for the Family Practice Residency Program at Santa Monica-UCLA Medical Center...
Weekend Fun: How “Toast Kaizen” Should Have Ended
I've probably seen the "Current Condition" portion of the fantastic "Toast Kaizen" DVD (from GBMP) more than a hundred times over the past seven...
“Quality Digest Live” Video Archive & Follow Up Post on Standardized...
Thanks to the guys at Quality Digest... I was on their weekly video show "Quality Digest Live" last week, talking about "Healthcare Kaizen." You...
KaiNexus Gives People a Voice
I was recently at a conference and the microphone struck me... it looks an awful lot like our KaiNexus logo (or I see our...
“Why Charter Schools Work” – Questions of Autonomy, Responsibility, Standardized Work...
My mom is a retired public school elementary teacher, so I've heard plenty of stories about bad management decisions within a school system and...
Dr. Gary Kaplan, CEO of Virginia Mason, on Healthcare Morale
It might only be free (brief registration required) for a limited time, but there's a great video of Dr. Kaplan (with his slides) talking...
Jerks Can Be Creativity Killers, Alright
Saw this in the most recent Fast Company:
Is Your Manager A Creativity Killer?
If the manager is something like a case study from...