


Japan Gemba visits: Lean in hospitals and manufacturing - a preview of recent site visits
It's been a busy few weeks for me filled with great learning…

Gemba visit: Leadership lessons about kaizen and Medical Quality Improvement at a Japanese hospital
Lean and Kaizen in Healthcare My most recent post about Lean…

What does "Lean" mean in Japan? Are Japanese hospitals practicing "Lean"?
As a Lean healthcare practitioner and coach, it has been one…

Gemba visit: Tokyo hospital with strong commitment to quality improvement Part 2 - Quality Committee Meeting
When I met with the President of a Tokyo metropolitan hospital…

Life in Japan: Visual and audible management to guide everyday life
One of tenets of Lean and the Toyota Production System "visual…

Toyota Leadership Lessons: Part 5 - "If you believe you are perfect, you won't find the answer"
This is the final part in my recent series of posts about my…




Toyota Leadership Lessons: Part 4 -- Helping to Develop People
During my visit Nagoya in June, Isao Yoshino and I spent many…




Toyota Leadership Lessons: Part 2 - Chance Encounter at Nagoya Station
In June before I left Japan for our summer visit back to the…


Japan gemba visit: Lean in hospitals
It has been surprising to me since moving to Japan six months…



Toyota Kyushu gemba visit: Part 3 - "If you always ask for success, then people will lie."
Before I visited the Toyota Kyushu plant to talk with the Toyota…



Toyota Kyushu gemba visit: Part 2 - TPS Promotion Office
Following our tour of the Toyota Kyushu plant, which I wrote…