Tag: Kaizen

There was a short blurb in the Institute of Industrial Engineers IIE magazine this month that caught my eye. It read: "The vast majority of manufacturers...

For episode #106, we have a returning guest, Jim Baran of the firm Career Kaizen, formerly of "Value Stream Leadership." Jim was previously a...

I blogged about this a few weeks back, but Toyota has posted an outstanding short video about their work at a food bank, applying...

On weekends, I like to share videos or fun stuff that gets us thinking. Today, I'm sharing a video with the legendary Dr. Russell...

The full article requires a subscription, but John Toussaint and I were each quoted in this article from last Friday: "Toyota techniques drive profit,...

The Kaizen Institute website has posted an excellent text Q&A with Masaaki Imai, who you might recognize as the author of the relatively early...

Hospitals are full of workarounds and fire fighting, it's a pretty common problem. That's one reason cost is so high and quality is often...

Last week, I gave the keynote talk at a hospital's twice-yearly lean conference for leaders and staff. As part of the seasonal decorations around...

I had an amazing conversation on Saturday with Paul Akers (pictured at left), the founder and president of FastCap, a company in Washington, a...

I don't often do a "cranky blog post" but Ive got a head cold (as I write this on 9/30) and I've gotten sucked...

One of the books that's had the biggest impact on my work is Donald Wheeler's Understanding Variation: The Key to Managing Chaos. It's the...

When I read John Seddon's book Freedom from Command & Control: Rethinking Management for Lean Service, I was a fan. I thought, "Here is...