Maggie Millard
Recent Posts
How Lean Healthcare Management Can Elevate Patient Care
March 7, 2023Although the Lean quality improvement methodology was initially developed to improve the quality and productivity of automotive factories,...
8 Steps to Elevate Safety Culture in Your Organization
February 23, 2023How to promote risk awareness and prevention
The influence of culture significantly impacts employee behaviors and attitudes about...
The Fundamentals and Advantages of the Lean Methodology
February 22, 2023The Lean methodology is an evolution of the Toyota Production System that the Japanese automaker implemented following World War II to...
Where Continuous Quality Improvement Strategies Go Wrong
February 14, 2023Implementing a quality improvement strategy is a proactive way for organizations to gain an edge in a highly competitive landscape,...
The 10 Benefits of Business Transformation
January 31, 2023"Business transformation" is a phrase used to describe what happens when an organization fundamentally changes its operations. The goal of...
7 Surefire Ways to Promote a Continuous Improvement Culture
January 15, 2023Tony Hsieh, the former CEO of Zappos, famously said, “If you get the culture right, most of the other stuff will just take care of itself.”...
What is Lean Process Management?
December 26, 2022Lean process management is one of the most widespread methods of bringing structure to an organization's continuous improvement efforts....
Central Principles of the Continuous Improvement Model
December 13, 2022Businesses use a host of methodologies to bring structure to the process of identifying and acting upon opportunities for improvement. You...
An Introduction to the Lean Concept of Catchball
December 1, 2022Most of us have memories of playing the game of catch either as children or with our children. I really shouldn’t call it a “game” because...