Tag: Kaizen
From Japan: “We were not always a Kaizen company” — Surprising?
Here is something brief that I posted on LinkedIn while I was in Japan recently, but I also wanted to share it here, elaborating...
My Webinar on Continuous Improvement and Intrinsic Motivation
Hi, you're invited to view the recording of a webinar that I presented next week -- Wednesday, December 11 at 1 pm ET, as...
A Continuing Culture of Continuous Improvement at UMass Memorial Health
I was really happy to see this recent blog post from my friend Dr. Eric Dickson, the CEO of UMass Memorial Health System:
More than...
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...
