A Powerful Message from Toyota's President
A Powerful Message from Toyota's President, Akio Toyoda: No Best, Only Better In today's post, I share and write about this message from Akio Toyoda that was posted online: “Making Ever-better Cars ...
4 Dec 20178min
Should #Lean Conferences Add a "Code of Conduct" for S
Should #Lean Conferences Add a "Code of Conduct" for Speakers and Attendees? In today's post, I pose a question: Should the major Lean conferences adopt or adapt a practice that's now common at tech ...
7 Nov 201714min
#ChangeChampions at Franciscan St. Francis Health
#ChangeChampions at Franciscan St. Francis Health - in Supply Chain and Beyond Today, I'd like to share the second in my series of articles about "Champions of Change."Â Here, we feature my friends a...
6 Nov 20177min
Highlights from a Great Book: "The Leader's Handbook"
I've been going through the book by the late Peter Scholtes: The Leader's Handbook: Making Things Happen, Getting Things Done. His work builds upon the legendary W. Edwards Deming and Russell Ackoff, ...
30 Okt 201713min
Looking for “Champions of Change” in Healthcare Supply
Who are the "champions of change" in your organization? Is your CEO a champion of change? How many of your front-line managers and staff are champions of change? Are you? What does it mean to be a cha...
23 Okt 20172min
Of Course Doctors Hate Being "Excluded" From Attempts
Of Course Doctors Hate Being "Excluded" From Attempts to Improve Thanks to those of you who sent me this HBR article: Doctors Feel Excluded from Health Care Value Efforts Long story short... brough...
10 Okt 20174min
Healthcare People: Study Lean and Kaizen in Japan
Come Join Me to Study Lean & Kaizen for Healthcare: Japan 2018 In the past year or two, it seems like I have heard more about people and organizations leading Lean study trips to Japan. This has gone...
9 Okt 20174min
Toyota Helps a Young Inventor; Look at His Dad's Toyota...
it's great to see an 11 year old thinking like an engineer and an entrepreneur. He's the son of a Toyota "operational excellence" consultant. For those who try to unfortunately equate Lean to a "clean...
4 Okt 201711min
