Lean Blog Audio — #Lean Enterprise Institute Announces New CEO
The Lean Enterprise Institute (a former employer of mine from 2009 to 2011) has announced a new CEO, the third in their history following founder James P. Womack and his …
Lean Blog Audio — “Our Hospitals Are Killing Us“ (1966)
Three or four months ago, in the midst of a discussion on LinkedIn about patient safety, somebody made reference to a 1966 cover story from the magazine “Look.” Look was …
Lean Blog Audio — Free Webinar Today on #Lean Collaboration Across Companies
Free Webinar Today on #Lean Collaboration Across Companies and Industries I hope you’ll join me today for a KaiNexus webinar that I’m hosting. The topic is near and dear to …
Lean Blog Audio — Texas Hospital Saves Money Occasionally With Lean Six Sigma
Texas Hospital Saves Money Occasionally With Lean Six Sigma… But Can Do More, More Often? I saw this headline the other day about University Medical Center in Lubbock, Texas: “UMC …
Lean Blog Audio — This Organization Chose Not to “Deploy #Lean” Because…
This Organization Chose Not to “Deploy #Lean” Because a Leader Thought it is Not Customer Focused? I posted an article on LinkedIn last week as a companion article and summary …
Lean Blog Audio — Toyota Helps Children’s Health Dallas Reduce Some CLABSIs
I’ve long been appreciative of the work that Toyota does, through their non-profit TSSC subsidiary, to help non-profits and community organizations improve. The latest example of that is some work …
Lean Blog Audio — Variation in Definitions of #Lean (The Good, the Bad…
One challenge with teaching Lean is that there isn’t aways a consistent definition that’s used by everybody. Some of the definitions are really bad. Some of them are just different …
Lean Blog Audio — “Practicing Lean” Audiobook is Released! And a New Essay
I’m excited to announce that the audiobook version of our book Practicing Lean is complete! It’s available for purchase via LeanPub.com and it might be available through other channels in the …
Lean Blog Audio — How NOT to Improve Patient Flow: Laws, Targets, Blame,
Let’s start by stating the obvious: it sucks to wait 24 hours or more on a stretcher in an emergency department hallway waiting for a real hospital bed. It’s sad …
Lean Blog Audio — Aim for “Effectiveness” in Your Gemba Walks, Not “Effi
This is an elaboration on something I originally posted on LinkedIn. I saw somebody touting an approach that would guarantee “maximum efficiency for your management gemba walks.” Ah, the efficiency …