Lean Blog Audio: Practical Lean Thinking, Psychological Safety, and Continuous Improvement

I love stories of humility and customer focus in healthcare. Let me share two such stories with you today. Oh, and, I ended up sharing a story of mine that's related and might just recount a few screw...

3 Touko 20168min

Today's post is an addendum from Saturday's post on the apparent death of a health system Lean program: "Why Would a New Healthcare CEO Kill a Lean Program?"If you read that post, there's an interesti...

2 Touko 20166min

Apparently, the Lean journey at Presence, regardless of what form it was taking in late 2015, has not survived a CEO transition at Presence Health. A new CEO, Michael Englehart, took over about six mo...

2 Touko 20167min

http://leanblog.org/audio131 Back in December, I wrote about a method called "Motivational Interviewing" (MI), something I learned about from a social worker who was also at the Lean Startup Conferen...

11 Huhti 20168min

As Patient Safety Awareness Week continues, thanks to all of you who shared this PBS News Hour story with me via email or Twitter. If you ever see something you think might be of interest, please let ...

26 Maalis 20167min

http://leanblog.org/audio129 I generally avoid politics here on the blog... In October, I broached the subject when I blogged about a company that uses Lean principles to make Donald Trump hats in Ne...

11 Maalis 20168min

Last Friday morning, I partnered with Chip Ponsford, DVM, a doctor of veterinary medicine, to give an introductory Lean continuing education presentation at the annual conference of the Texas Veterina...

8 Maalis 20168min

Dr. Gary Kaplan is the CEO of Seattle's Virginia Mason Medical Center, considered one of the world leaders in the adoption of Lean healthcare principles. He wrote the foreword for my book The Executiv...

6 Maalis 20167min