The brilliant part about the Kata is that it lays out a method and a routine, and if you follow the routine, you can learn it by yourself. I mean it takes some discipline in doing it, but it’s not rocket science. It is asking before telling. It’s observing, before doing it yourself and it Read More …
Debbie McAllister of Hansei Coaching helps healthcare leaders through the heart and mind transformation of becoming a teacher so that they can develop their people into engaged problem solvers using the Plan Do Study Act (PDSA) cycle to eliminate patient harm. She uses the Lean foundation of respect for people, servant leadership, and intuition to integrate Read More …
I’m passionate about continuous improvement and teaching others about it and so I approached my now business partner, John Miller and Kevin Meyer, who’s also my business partner, there’s three of us, about starting an online training business. – Ron Pereira The Gemba Academy provides high quality online and DVD-based lean manufacturing training for individuals Read More …
Todd Sperl book, Practical Lean Six Sigma for Healthcare – Using the A3 and Lean Thinking to Improve Operational Performance in Hospitals, Clinics, and Physician Group Practices. bring a unique perspective to his work with healthcare organizations, as they navigate the challenges of today and prepare for the unknowns of tomorrow. He has introduced thousands of Read More …
Drew Locher is the co-author of The Complete Lean Enterprise: Value Stream Mapping for Office and Services, Second Edition. You can learn more about Drew at his company web page, Change Management Associates. Note: This is a transcription of an interview. It has not gone through a professional editing process and may contain grammatical errors or incorrect formatting. Read More …
Author of The Complete Lean Enterprise: Value Stream Mapping for Office and Services, Second Edition, Drew Locher, is my podcast guest this week and we touched about how the innovative a Value Stream Mapping process could or as drew put it should be. You can learn more about Drew at his company web page, Change Read More …