Tag: Waste

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...

I didn't know , until yesterday, that Toyota has an official company blog (at least for Toyota UK). Even though I've learned from Toyota people...

Last week was the annual LEI Lean Transformation Summit (see my notes here). There were many inspiring stories, but are always reminders that it's not...

I hope many of you will be attending either (or both) of the upcoming LEI summits with me, either the Lean Transformation Summit in...

For the coin toss of the Super Bowl 48 (or XLVIII), the referee, Terry McAulay, handed the coin to Joe Namath to toss it......

Today, Joe Swartz and I are leading a workshop about "Healthcare Kaizen" in Farmington Hills. A "core Kaizen concept," as Joe says, is that leaders who want...

I'm in my home town of Livonia, Michigan this week, having arrived to the snow and cold yesterday, staying through Thursday. Boy, my blood...

Mark's note: What follows is a guest post by Keivan Zokaei about the necessary and unsurprisingly overlap between Lean principles and environmental stewardship. I...

I had a speaking engagement yesterday for a large system, with the audience consisting mainly of hospital CEOs and CFOs. I was able to...

This week, May 6-13, is National Nurses Week. It's always important, but it's especially good to thank and recognize all of the talented, caring,...

I was fortunate to have three interviews published in the past week, where I was talking about Lean Healthcare and Kaizen, so I thought...

My guest for episode #170 is Stephen Parry, joining us from England. He is a keynote speaker at the upcoming Lean Kanban North America...