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Japan Gemba Visit: Toyota Memorial Hospital - Part 1: The most "Lean" hospital in Japan

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April 27, 2016

Leadership lessons in Toyota City - this time at Toyota Memorial…

Japan Gemba visits: Lean in hospitals and manufacturing - a preview of recent site visits

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March 18, 2016

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

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March 8, 2016

Lean and Kaizen in Healthcare My most recent post about Lean…

What does "Lean" mean in Japan? Are Japanese hospitals practicing "Lean"?

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March 4, 2016

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

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February 1, 2016

When I met with the President of a Tokyo metropolitan hospital…

Life in Japan: Visual and audible management to guide everyday life

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January 15, 2016

One of tenets of Lean and the Toyota Production System "visual…

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Toyota Leadership Lessons: Part 5 - "If you believe you are perfect, you won't find the answer"

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October 12, 2015

This is the final part in my recent series of posts about my…

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Toyota Leadership Lessons: Part 4 -- Helping to Develop People

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October 5, 2015

During my visit Nagoya in June, Isao Yoshino and I spent many…

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Toyota Leadership Lessons: Part 2 - Chance Encounter at Nagoya Station

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August 31, 2015

In June before I left Japan for our summer visit back to the…

Japan gemba visit: Lean in hospitals

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July 16, 2015

It has been surprising to me since moving to Japan six months…

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Toyota Kyushu gemba visit: Part 3 - "If you always ask for success, then people will lie."

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June 30, 2015

Before I visited the Toyota Kyushu plant to talk with the Toyota…

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Toyota Kyushu gemba visit: Part 2 - TPS Promotion Office

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June 25, 2015

Following our tour of the Toyota Kyushu plant, which I wrote…

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