by Lee Fried, on 10 Apr 2006 08:26 am
The Journey
Welcome to the Daily Kaizen
Welcome to the first of many posts for the Daily Kaizen, a blog that is dedicated to telling the story about one Healthcare organizations LEAN journey. The journey began more then a year ago, but the pace we are traveling seems to grow faster every day. What started as an experiment in frontline improvement conducted in our laboratory has evolved into Value Streams spanning throughout the organization. With each step we take further the incline becomes steeper. Kaizen is no longer viewed as a “tool”, but instead as alternative way that we can run our business that puts our patients first! Kaizen challenges the status quo, because it requires staff to work differently and leaders to lead. We are not sure where this journey will end up, but we welcome you all aboard.