When Having a Process Improvement Idea Means You're Weak?
http://leanblog.org/audio280 I guess I'm wired for improvement. Or, it's just become a habit. Or, it's both. I celebrate moments when I can identify an opportunity for improvement in my work. I tend t...
24 Juni 20197min
Come See a Culture of Continuous Improvement at Franciscan Health This October!
http://www.leanblog,org/audio279 Registration is open for "Kaizen Live!" -- the 2019 edition. Joe Swartz and I are excited to announce that we are hosting the fourth site visit to his organization, Fr...
24 Juni 20194min
Inside Toyota's Takaoka #2 Line - Flexibility and Kaizen
This is an interesting article: Inside Toyota's Takaoka #2 Line: The Most Flexible Line In The World I had a chance to visit the 'Takaoka #1" line in February 2018 as part of my tour with Kaizen Insti...
11 Juni 20198min
Toyota, Respect for People (or "Humanity") and Lean
From 2013 -- http://www.leanblog.org/audio277 A principle that has been often discussed (and hopefully practiced) in the Lean community over the past few years is usually described as “respect for peo...
25 Maj 20199min
How PBCs (Process Behavior Charts) Can Enhance the Practice of OKRs (Objectives & Key Results)
https://leanblog.org/audio276 "Over the past year, I've heard about the “OKRs” methodology that is used in tech companies like Google. OKRs stands for Objectives & Key Results. The approach (along wi...
20 Maj 201917min
My Talk: When Being Right is the Wrong Strategy for Change
I always enjoy the KaiNexus User Conference (now called KaiNexicon starting this year) and they ask me to give a talk each year. Last year, I gave a talk called “When Being Right is the Wrong Strategy...
17 Maj 201936min
When Old Habits and Old Science No Longer Make Sense - Evidence vs. Habit in Medicine and #Lean
http://www.leanblog.org/audio274 I find it really interesting when scientific facts and truth get superseded by new evidence. Science isn't supposed to be stubborn… it's OK to cast aside the old statu...
16 Maj 201914min
Family Guy Skewers Marie Kondo (and 5S and Lean too?)
I haven't read it, but Marie Kondo's book The Life-Changing Magic of Tidying Up: The Japanese Art of Decluttering and Organizing has been a pop-culture phenomenon the past few years. I've seen some co...
13 Maj 20196min
