Tag: Seattle

Here are some recorded keynote talks and video presentations from the "Results Washington" annual conference, as part of the state's Lean government efforts. See this post for talks from LEI's Jim Womack and John Shook, Toyota's Jamie Bonini, and many healthcare improvement leaders.

It's easy for people to think that Lean is about cost-cutting. That would be wrong, but many people associate Lean with cost cutting. Cost cutting...

When I started blogging here in 2005, I was still about six months away from my transition from "lean manufacturing" to "lean healthcare." It...

It's been just over five years since the first edition of my book  Lean Hospitals was released and just over a year since  Healthcare...

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...

A new tower opened at Seattle Children's Hospital two days ago, built with "Lean Design" principles and methods, as this story describes: Hospital design started...

Quick note: I'll be appearing Friday July 6 on the online video program "Quality Digest Live" at 2 pm eastern. Click here to watch...

It might only be free (brief registration required) for a limited time, but there's a great video of Dr. Kaplan (with his slides) talking...

What a great time on Thursday with Masaaki Imai! We were hosted by a non-profit organization, SightLife, that has used Lean to improve the...

Today is an exciting day for me, as I'll get to meet a famed Kaizen guru  - Masaaki Imai. We are in Seattle for...

Here are links to some more articles I've read recently that might be of interest on a number of Lean related topics: THE MORE THE...

A returning guest for episode #132, we are joined by author and professor Bob Emiliani. Today, we are chatting about some videos he recently...