Tag: Kaizen
Operational Excellence Mixtape: November 8, 2019
Healthcare - Creating Value for Patients
"Imagine walking into a restaurant and being seated. Sometime after your meal, you receive the check and find an...
The More I Travel, the More Kaizen Opportunities I Create
Many of you have asked if I'm at the AME Conference this week in Chicago. I am not, as I had a previous invitation...
A Fantastic Video About Toyota Helping a Hospital in Brazil
When I was in Brazil recently (read more), one of the presenters at the Lean Six Sigma Conference was Bruno Kosima, pictured at left....
GE’s CEO Larry Culp Goes to the Gemba, Looks to Understand...
Here's an article from Bloomberg BusinessWeek:
GE's Larry Culp Faces Ultimate CEO Test in Trying to Save a Once-Great Company
Very early on, the article mentions...
Jess Orr on What She Learned by Leaving Toyota
Last week was our fifth annual KaiNexus User Conference (or "KaiNexicon" as we now call it).
One of our keynote speakers was Jess Orr, a...
Maybe “Just Do Its” Should be Called “Just PDSA Its”?
In the practice of Lean and continuous improvement, people often describe small improvements as "Just Do Its." Maybe they should be called "Just Do...
Lean Lesson: Don’t Get Crushed Because of Bad Standardized Work
There are variations out there of graphics that are meant to illustrate how Standardized Work and Kaizen fit together. Kaizen is often articulated or...
When Problems are Hidden in Kudos: From Celebrations to Root Cause...
I want to give credit to my friend and colleague Tony Milian for the idea that prompted this blog post. Tony and I used...
Podcast #348 — Cinnamon Dixon, Tiered Huddles at Cleveland Clinic
Our guest today for Episode 348 is Cinnamon Dixon, Director Of Continuous Improvement at Cleveland Clinic. I interviewed her for the KaiNexus Continuous Improvement...
Podcast #346 — Mark Ryan, Transformation, Kaizen, and Management at Franciscan...
Joining me for Episode 346 of the podcast is Mark Ryan, a Transformation Coach and Lean Six Sigma Black Belt at Franciscan Health.
Mark will...
Applying Lean and Kaizen at Chick-fil-A with David B. Reid, P.E....
Joining me for Episode #344 is David Reid, a mechanical engineer whose career has taken him from improvement work at Michelin Tire, to being...
Come See a Culture of Continuous Improvement at Franciscan Health This...
Registration is open for "Kaizen Live!" -- the 2019 edition.
Joe Swartz and I are excited to announce that we are hosting the fourth site...
