Tag: Standardized Work

Listen My guest for podcast #160 is Joseph S. Guarisco, M.D., FAAEM, FACEP. Dr. Guarisco is currently Chairman of the Department of Emergency Medicine and...

While working in different environments and different industries, I've seen many work requirements that were deemed "non-negotiable" by management - and rightly so.  For...

Our Kaizen Institute guide, Brad Schmidt (pictured above) talked to us on Monday about standardized work. He said, of the practice at Toyota, that...

Although I don't get to play much anymore, I used to be a pretty serious drummer (I almost said "musician," but that invites jokes...

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,...

Recently, the Wall Street Journal put some focus on the issue of so-called "door to balloon" times in our hospitals. "Door to balloon" is...

Working in healthcare, it's hard not finding stories about preventable errors. I keep hearing stories from friends and family - such as my relative...

Thanks to the guys at Quality Digest... I was on their weekly video show "Quality Digest Live" last week, talking about "Healthcare Kaizen." You...

My mom is a retired public school elementary teacher, so I've heard plenty of stories about bad management decisions within a school system and...

Here's a bit of a crazy story from Florida:  Fired Fla. Lifeguard Offered Job Back, Says No. A lifeguard,  Tomas Lopez, was "hastily" (and incorrectly)...

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...

Following up on my notes from Day 1, here are some notes and key points from Day 2 of the Lean Healthcare Transformation Summit....