Tag: Kaizen

KaiNexus Education Video #1 – Getting Started with Kaizen

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We've created and released our first in our series of short, simple Kaizen education videos from KaiNexus, a startup where I am the Chief Improvement Officer. We...

Origins of this Quote on “The Biggest Room in the World”?

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I've been trying to identify the source of this quote or maxim for my upcoming book Healthcare Kaizen: Engaging Front-Line Staff in Sustainable Continuous...

Waste & Respect for People in Hospice or a Dell Factory

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I've recently had an email exchange with a retiree who is volunteering in a non-profit hospice care facility. I'm sharing this thoughts with his...

Kaizen at a Wine Bar – “Lazy” or Smart?

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"Progress isn't made by early risers. It's made by lazy men trying to find easier ways to do something."  - Robert Heinlein, American science...

Quality Digest Column w @KaiNexus: Reclaiming the word “Kaizen”

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Thanks to Quality Digest for publishing an article I co-authored with Gregory Jacobson, MD, a co-founder and the CEO of KaiNexus, a software startup...

Two Cases of Writers Misrepresenting Lean Manufacturing: McDonald’s and Dehumanization?

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One of the variations of my acronym L.A.M.E. is "Lean As Misguidedly Explained," and I recently ran across two fresh instances of this (and,...

Build, Measure, Learn – in Startups, Healthcare, and Careers

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One reason I love applying Lean thinking in new arenas as my career progresses is that each shift in industry leads to new challenges...

A Call for (Daily) Healthcare Kaizen Examples

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As regular readers know, I'm working on a second book: Healthcare Kaizen: Engaging Front-Line Staff in Sustainable Improvements. My co-author, Joe Swartz, and I...

Horrible Bosses – The Movie and Real Life Stories

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Did anybody see the new movie, the comedy "Horrible Bosses" this weekend? If so, leave a comment and let us know what you thought...

Interview with Paul Akers, CEO of FastCap, on the LeanAmerica.org Initiative

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Listen: This episode is a conversation with Paul Akers, founder and president of FastCap LLC, based in Bellingham, WA. FastCap is an international product development...

“All Men (or People) Are Created Equal” – In Your Workplace?

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As we celebrate Independence Day in the United States (I prefer not to refer to it as the less meaningful "4th of July"), it's...

Funny Kaizen Cartoon from Lean Pathways

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I feel like a lazy blogger posting cartoons and links to videos, but this latest "Lean Laughs" cartoon from Pascal Dennis and the team...
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