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Archive for February, 2010

Political Theater?

In the end after the T.V. cameras had been turned off have we gotten any closer to real healthcare reform with President Obama's health care summit?

John Grout and John Toussaint publish new article

This peer reviewed article was published by the Indiana University Business school in "Business Horizons".

Mr Toyota Responds

The following article by the Toyota CEO Akio Toyoda outlines the renewed focus Toyota has on quality. It's called "Back to Basics for Toyota" and was published in the Wall Street Journal opinion section today.

Blog # 4 Organizational Transformation : Process: Methodology

The 4th entry in this blog series on whole system organizational transformation is under the rubric of Process and is the Methodology for continuous improvement.This is the Toyota Production System applied to healthcare.

Organization Transformation Blog # 3 Process:Transparency

The 3rd entry in this series on organizational transformation using lean comes again,under the rubric of Process:Transparency is one of the keys to improvement but there are critical core characteristics of implementation that can make or break success.

Gemba in China

I just returned from a two week visit to many cities in China. The visit confirms that the U.S.has a new and powerful competitor that has 1.3 billion people focused on economic success.

Organizational Transformation Blog #2 Process: True North Metrics

Last week I discussed the importance of purpose and making organizational purpose perfectly clear to everyone. This week I will cover one of three topics under the rubric of Process:True North Metrics.

Organizational Transformation Blog # 1: Purpose

This is the first in a series of blogs I am writing over the next few weeks that will help define the high level framework for a whole system transformation using the lean methodology.