Tag: ThedaCare

I'm a bit of a counter-culturalist when it comes to the hype about Super Bowl commercials being entertainment and being something we "have to...

Joining me for podcast #192 is John Torinus, author of the excellent book, The Company That Solved Health Care: How Serigraph Dramatically Reduced Skyrocketing...

I recently stumbled across a very interesting and well-produced mixed-media presentation that starts with the sounds of snow crackling under a pair a boots......

They just started a year ago (better late than never?), but San Francisco General Hospital had its Lean efforts highlighted in the San Francisco...

It was great to see this TIME story (which I think is only available online), by Rick Wartzman of the Drucker Institute: "The Real...

I had a chance again today to attend ThedaCare's weekly "report out," where a few hundred people gather in an auditorium to review and...

ThedaCare, a health system in Wisconsin, is well known for their Lean improvement system and Lean management system ("business performance system") in their hospitals,...

I was fortunate to be exposed to the writings of W. Edwards Deming before I even learned about Lean. While I sometimes get tired...

It's again time to close some browser tabs and clear out the backlog of articles I've wanted to share but maybe don't merit an...

Hosted by Steve Hoeft, author of the book Stories from My Sensei: Two Decades of Lessons Learned Implementing Toyota-Style Systems, I had a chance...

Listen My guest for podcast #173 is Alan Gleghorn, CEO of Christie Clinic in central Illinois. Alan is one of the keynote presenters at the...

I had a chance to attend the Lean Kanban North America conference this week. It was a different "tribe" to be a part of,...