Lean Blog Audio — Tour Preview: The Japanese Health Care System at a High Level
Tour Preview: The Japanese Health Care System at a High Level As I prepare to go back to Japan, I’m sharing some insights about the Japanese health system from the …
Lean Blog Audio — The WSJ Overgeneralizes about The “Japanese Model,” Not…
The WSJ Overgeneralizes about The “Japanese Model,” Not All Companies Are Toyota Not all Japanese companies are the same. “Lean isn’t easy” if you’re a Japanese company. Toyota has created …
Lean Blog Audio — #Lean Can Be Very Fragile, Especially With Executive Changes
#Lean Can Be Very Fragile, Especially With Executive Changes Lean can be very fragile. History shows that Lean can fall apart even in an organization that is years into a …
Lean Blog Audio — Employee Complaints About Lean in Healthcare, Even at…
Employee Complaints About Lean in Healthcare, Even at Some of the Best Organizations Last week, I blogged about some employee complaints related to rotating day and night shifts at the …
Lean Blog Audio — Somebody *Did* Get Unjustly Fired in Hawaii, But System…
Somebody *Did* Get Unjustly Fired in Hawaii, But System Problems Should be Blamed TL;DR Summary: “Employee 1” (the guy who pushed the “wrong” button) got fired. But the FCC report …
Lean Blog Audio — “What would you say… you do here?” — 2018 Edition
I often get asked a question along the lines of “So, what exactly do you do?” Today, I give some updates about my various projects and partnerships, including continuing with …
Lean Blog Audio — My Thoughts on Standardized Work and #Lean
I’ve written about many of these ideas and themes before in various blog posts, but I wanted to consolidate my thoughts on the Lean concept of “standardized work” in a …
Lean Blog Audio — What We’re Looking Forward to Learning at Toyota
What We’re Looking Forward to Learning at the Toyota Plant Tour Tomorrow, with the entire KaiNexus team, I’m going to visit the Toyota truck plant in San Antonio, the plant …
Lean Blog Audio — What the Book “Lean Thinking” Said About Healthcare…
What the Book “Lean Thinking” Said About Healthcare in 1996 http://www.leanblog.org/audio244 When the book Lean Thinking (by Jim Womack and Dan Jones) was originally published in 1996, it seems likely that …
Lean Blog Audio — The Response to the Hawaii False Alarm…
The Response to the Hawaii False Alarm Can’t End With Firing Someone — This and other nuclear threats due to bad systems http://www.leanblog.org/audio243 Saturday, you might have seen the news …