Kaizen training is designed to create a culture of continuous improvement within an organization. The Kaizen process can lead to increased productivity, improved customer service, and better business ...

There are many excellent books and videos on Lean and continuous improvement. They each provide a slightly different perspective and, as such, each adds their own unique value. To distill some of the ...

Background: Work-arounds are work procedures that are undertaken to address a block in work flow. Although there has been extensive interest in the health care literature concerning work-arounds, ...

“Respect for people” is one of the most critical lean principles, and also one of the most misunderstood. If not practiced, developing a lean culture of continuous improvement is impossible. Most ...

Ryan Petersen has worked in publishing for more than two decades, most of it spent creating award-winning content and strategy for CDW’s family of tech magazine brands. As editor-in-chief, he works ...

Continuous process improvement can benefit all aspects of life — from personal New Year’s resolutions to complex drug development. In a world where two-thirds of planned improvement initiatives fail, ...

You’re trying to introduce culture change within the organization and most of the team is on board, but there is this one person who is undermining your efforts. What do you do? If you don’t do ...

It’s not about a single fix or one-time initiative, but about embedding learning into the DNA of how public systems operate.

US businesses need to "do significantly better" in supporting workplace safety, according to a recent survey from BSI Building a thriving workplace: The power of a leading well-being program. “We've ...

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