Tag: Quality

Quality: Leadership, Systems Thinking, and Continuous Improvement

Quality doesn’t come from inspection, pressure, or choosing between speed and accuracy. It comes from well-designed systems, capable processes, and leaders who focus on learning instead of blame. This archive brings together blog posts, podcasts, and reflections on quality through a Lean and Deming lens—covering psychological safety, metrics, variation, leadership behavior, healthcare quality, and why sustainable improvement depends on fixing systems rather than managing people harder.

Visiting and Touring the Toyota Tsutsumi Plant, Part 2

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Last week, I wrote a post (part 1) looking back at our visit to the Toyota Tsutsumi factory that was part of our Japan tour that took...

Tweets & Notes from a Patient Safety Conference

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Today and tomorrow, I'm attending the "Patient Safety, Science & Technology Summit" in Irvine, California, as part of my role as a board member for the Louise...

Fear of speaking up is a broader problem, not just in...

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Announcement: Dr. Greg Jacobson and I are doing a new webinar for KaiNexus on "More Leadership Behaviors That Create a Culture of Continuous Improvement'"...

Quality Circles Are Alive and Thriving in Japan: Lessons in A3...

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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...

How Many Die From Medical Mistakes in U.S. Hospitals?

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Note: This is being republished, with permission, under a Creative Commons license. See the original ProPublica page and comments. by Marshall Allen ProPublica, Sep. 19,...

“Healthy Debate” About Lean in Healthcare & Emergency Departments

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I was recently interviewed by one of the reporters who put together this web article in Canada: "From the factory floor to the emergency department:...

Why “More Nurses” Isn’t the Best Way to Solve What Ails...

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There are certainly many serious problems in healthcare. Let's look at nursing, in particular. It's a rewarding job, but it's far more frustrating for...

3 Ways to React to Human Error

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What happens when a mistake is made in your organization? How do you react when an error occurs? A lab specimen gets mislabeled. The wrong...

Weird Al’s Hilarious “Mission Statement” Song & Video Mocks Corporate Buzzwords

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"Weird Al" Yanokvic skewers corporate buzzwords in this new song and music video. He also skewers the now-tired (in my opinion) "hand writing on a...

Report to President Obama Endorses Lean & Systems Engineering in Healthcare

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I recently saw a tweet that referenced a May 2014 that was sent to President Obama and his administration: "Report to the President - Better HealthCare...

Live Blogging Day 1: Lean Healthcare Transformation Summit 2014

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Today is the first day of the 5th annual Lean Healthcare Transformation Summit. Follow along on Twitter with hashtag #HCSummit14 to see my tweets and thoughts from others....

Debate about Lean at SF General Hospital – Hire a Consultant...

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Happy June, everybody! Summer is here. We've actually had a delightfully long spring here in San Antonio, which means the temperature hasn't really been...
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