Tag: Kaizen

As I've been working on my upcoming second book, Healthcare Kaizen: Engaging Front-Line Staff in Sustainable Improvements, I've had "kaizen" (or continuous improvement) on the...

Here is a great video by Masaaki Imai, author of the classic books Kaizen: The Key To Japan's Competitive Success and Gemba Kaizen: A...

In today's post, I'm happy to introduce Dr. Les Muda, the World's First Lean Healthcare Comedian. First and perhaps the last. Dr. Muda sent...

Today's post is a short one, a bit of a visual puzzler and a reader participation post (leave a comment!). If you were in the...

I stumbled across a surprising use of the word "kaizen" the other day from a surprising source - TV entertainment reporter and actress Maria...

Mark's Note: Today's post is from Al Norval, with the firm Lean Pathways, Inc. In the Lean world, we hear all kinds of Japanese...

I am happy to share, with permission, a new journal article that I co-authored with Jim Adams ("The Synthesizer"), the senior director of laboratory...

As I'm going through revisions of my book, Lean Hospitals, a theme jumps out at me in Chapter 2.... it's all about trust. The first...

I saw this article last week in the USA Today while traveling, with the online headline "Products nipped, tucked to save." That headline makes...

In discussions of "kaizen" (the Japanese word that is translated to "continuous improvement" or "change for the better"), I often hear of organizations talk...

Hi - As a reader of my blog, your input and thoughts are important to me. I am currently co-authoring a new book with Joe...

I really had a great learning experience at last week's LEI Lean Transformation Summit that was held here in Dallas. The event sold out...