Last week I had the pleasure of participating in the European Lean Educator Conference (ELEC2017) held in Nijmegen, the Netherlands. After not having been to Europe for over six years, it was exciting to have […]
My latest article for the Lean Enterprise Institute’s Lean Post was published today: “Do You Practice Routine Personal Development?” I’ve been musing a lot lately on the concepts of structures of practice and how we […]
Two weeks ago I was in Palm Desert for the annual Lean Healthcare Transformation Summit co-hosted by Catalysis and the Lean Enterprise Institute. It was the first time in many years that I’d been able to […]
Last week I had the pleasure of participating in the Lean Transformation Summit in Carlsbad, California. It was the first time that I’d attended the all industry Summit in the United States, though I’ve been several […]
I just came back from presenting at the 5th Annual Lean Coaching Summit held in Minneapolis, Minnesota, last week. This Summit was the third consecutive Lean Coaching Summit that I’ve attended and the second at […]
Katie’s note: Today’s post is written by Arnout Orelio, a Lean healthcare practitioner from the Netherlands. The inspiration for this first guest post on my blog is based on connectivity and shared learning. Two of the main […]
As part of my week of healthcare related conferences in Japan several weeks ago, I traveled to Fukuoka to attend the 3rd Conference for Healthcare (CHC). The conference is jointly hosted by Aso Iizuka Hospital, which I visited in […]
A few weeks ago, as I’ve written about in recent posts, I attended two conferences in Japan related to health care innovation and management. In Japan, there is much focus right now on Prime Minister […]
Two weeks ago I went down to Osaka for the day to attend the Japan-U.S. Medical Device Innovation Forum. I was invited to travel with two retired Japanese businessmen (from a large international Japanese company), […]
Last past week I attended the Lean Coaching Summit in Seattle, Washington. The event was a great opportunity to connect with other Lean thinkers across different industries and share our thinking about the “soft side” of Lean […]
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