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

As often happens, I have too many open browser tabs full of articles that I was going to potentially blog about. Too much WIP (a problem that Jim Benson will discuss in our upcoming Boston workshop).S...

9 Mar 20157min

http://leanblog.org/audio29 Some of you might know that I'm on the board of a Texas-based non profit, the Louise H. Batz Patient Safety Foundation. It's an important organization that helps patients,...

6 Mar 20159min

This article caught my attention the other day, primarily because I like scotch, whisky (and whiskey and bourbon). The Japanese love scotch whisky and have long produced a product that's a variation o...

5 Mar 20157min

Here's another video in the series that Joe Swartz and I shot at Franciscan St. Francis Health back in October. See them all here or via a YouTube playlist.You might remember pharmacy manager Ronda Fr...

4 Mar 20155min

Today's post is hosted over at LinkedIn, as part of my participation in the LinkedIn Influencers series.The post is titled: "The One Thing Google Should Show When You Search for a Hospital." It's not...

3 Mar 20158min

http://leanblog.org/audio25 In yesterday's blog post ("Safety is always our top priority" - From lip service to daily practice?"), I challenged hospital leaders to back up the "happy talk" with real ...

26 Feb 20158min

http://leanblog.org/audio24 It's really easy to make statements like "patient safety is our top priority." That same statement can be applied to hospital staff, as well.Or, it should. But the "happy...

25 Feb 20159min

"Accountability" is a word that's easy to throw around in an organization. It's often pretty meaningless (or not well understood). What does it really mean? http://leanblog.org/audio23

23 Feb 20156min