Tag: Kanban

Last week at the Lean Healthcare Transformation Summit, I really enjoyed the presentation by Jamie Bonini,  General Manager of the  Toyota Production System Support...

I'm happy to announce that I'm collaborating with Jim Benson and Tonianne DeMaria Barry, fellow Shingo Research Prize recipients, and experts in the "personal...

My guest for episode #170 is Stephen Parry, joining us from England. He is a keynote speaker at the upcoming Lean Kanban North America...

After the nice response to Lean Hospitals and  Healthcare Kaizen, I often get asked, "So, what's your next book going to be?" (other than...

tl;dr: In this post, Mark explores Toyota's principle of "Respect for People" within the context of Lean methodologies. He delves into how this principle...

Mark's note: Here's another great vacation guest post by Jeff Hajek: By Jeff Hajek Despite having been fairly main stream for going on three decades now,...

Since moving to San Antonio in May, I'm struck by what a green, pretty city this is. Pictured at left was a day last...

Joining me for episode #155 is Jim Benson, co-author of the book Personal Kanban: Mapping Work | Navigating Life. Jim is the founder of...

In this post, I'd like to share a nice 7-minute video from St. Clair Hospital in Pittsburgh, showing the transition from an inefficient "par...

As I lighten my workload a bit during my "Blog Break" in preparation for my family's move to San Antonio, I thought new readers...

This time of year, every publication under the sun (print and web) has a "Holiday Gift Guide" to share. In that spirit, I am...

Lately, there have been many stories in the news about supermarkets ripping out self-service checkout scanner, stories like this: "Supermarkets start bagging self-serve checkouts."...