How Failed Lean Implementations Are Like a Bad
Alternate title:“Lean is an Integrated System. Of Course Just Implementing Pieces Leads to Failure.” Throughout the 10 years that I’ve been involved with Lean healthcare efforts, I’ve heard multiple s...
31 Jan 20169min
HBR Article on Avoiding the Futility of Suggestion Systems
At KaiNexus, we've been fortunate to have a good relationship with Professor Ethan Burris, from the University of Texas McCombs School of Business. He has done a lot of research and publishing around ...
26 Jan 20167min
Doctors Bash "Taylorism" and "Toyota Lean"
In the article posted today, Pamela Hartzband, M.D., and Jerome Groopman, M.D. (the later the author of the popular book How Doctors Think), rant about all sorts of things… some of which have nothing ...
24 Jan 201612min
Wise Words from Mark Twain on Continuous Improvement
http://leanblog.org/audio115 A hat tip goes to Brian Buck for sharing this quote via email recently. Samuel Clemens, aka Mark Twain, was a pithy and wise man. I didn't remember this quote, but it is...
19 Jan 20168min
Where Do Hospitals Get the Idea that Lean is Only
I had a bit of a new year's resolution about being positive and not fretting about organizations that don't "get it" when it comes to Lean. But, resolutions are meant to be broken, I guess.It's very f...
11 Jan 201610min
Dr. Don Berwick is "Stunned" By How Few
http://leanblog.org/audio113 This article, from December, was floating around social media the other day (hat tip to Paul Levy):Don Berwick Offers Health Care 9 Steps to End Era of 'Complex Incentive...
7 Jan 20166min
"If the Employees are Upset, it's Not Really Lean"
How is it that we have two realities out there in healthcare... in parallel, Lean is awesome and Lean is horrible. It depends on where you are, unfortunately. I had an amazing day yesterday with a maj...
6 Jan 20167min
Throwback Thursday: Humility is a Rare & Powerful Trait
Humility is an important part of the Lean management philosophy... it also means being willing to admit that there is a problem. Humility means "we don't really know so we must understand and then try...
4 Jan 20164min
