Tag: PDSA

Thanks to my friends in the Michigan Quality System group, the internal Lean group at the University of Michigan Health System. They shared a video...

When I teach about Kaizen and continuous improvement, I try to use scenarios and cases to help people think through how they would respond...

You might be considered "wonky" for enjoying the topics discussed here at LeanBlog.org... but that's fine. This is a safe environment for being wonky...

I wanted to share a recent Kaizen improvement story that I heard from a hospital. Great things can happen when we: Listen to our patients Take action...

I recently wrote a blog post for KaiNexus titled "How Kaizen Software Helps Me Be A Better Coach." I've done a lot of Kaizen...

It's a simple question: what's up with so many men wearing ties in healthcare? Are you / they wearing them because you like to,...

TL;DR: Quality Circles are still thriving in Japanese hospitals and companies--rooted in the philosophy of developing people through structured problem solving. What some in...

During a recent visit to Franciscan St. Francis Health, several nurses proudly introduced themselves as "Kaizen Queens"--and one, with a smile, as the "Kaizen...

For those of you not familiar with Vine, it's a social network owned by Twitter that allows you post videos that are six seconds...

I am giving a new webinar on Wednesday, hosted by the ThedaCare Center for Healthcare Value (to promote a public registration workshop on Kaizen...

There have been plenty of headlines and updates since I first blogged about the controversy over Lean healthcare in the Canadian province of Saskatchewan...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g202QmfzpFo Here is a 10-minute talk I gave at the 2014 Lean Transformation Summit. I'm introduced by Jim Womack and we do Q&A at the...