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Episode 38 – What have we really learned after four decades of lean? Is lean thinking still relevant today? And importantly — what needs to change to ensure its future
Episode 37 – “Lean has failed.” That’s the bold statement James Womack—founder of the Lean Enterprise Institute and MIT researcher whose team introduced the term “lean” to the world—made at
What does the word “kaizen” mean to you? You likely know the word kaizen to mean “continuous improvement” or just “improvement”. Perhaps you first heard the term associated with doing
In the first two posts in this series, I shared how the leaders of Nakano City, one of the 23 wards within the Tokyo metropolitan area, utilize kaizen (small continuous improvement) and
In the first post in this series, I shared how the leaders of Nakano City, one of the 23 wards within the Tokyo metropolitan area, describe how they see kaizen (small continuous improvement)
Less than a month before my family wrapped up our time in Japan last June, Tim Wolput of Lean Japan Study Tours invited me to join him on a day-long
As I’ve written about in earlier posts, last spring I led a study trip to the Japanese “5S City” of Ashikaga to learn about how organizations in the town practice Lean management and
In the previous four posts in this series about my visit to Toyota Memorial Hosptial (TMH) in Toyota City, Japan, last month, I’ve covered topics from the overview of the
Continuous Improvement and the Toyota Way In an earlier post about my visit to Toyota Memorial Hospital (TMH) in Toyota City, Japan, last month, I wrote about how TMH’s renewed
It’s been a busy few weeks for me filled with great learning and travel! But all of this “doing” also means that I haven’t been able to keep up with
Last year I learned of a town in rural Japan that considers itself the “5S Mecca” of the world because of the entire town’s adoption of Japanese management principles known as “5S”
Lean and Kaizen in Healthcare My most recent post about Lean in Japan and in Japanese hospitals has been a popular one and has generated many comments on social media and on the post itself.
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