A number of health systems have scored impressive gains in improving outcomes and patient satisfaction and lower costs by applying the Toyota Production System (TPS) to redesign “lean” clinical and ...

How can unexpected successes be replicated? How can failures be mitigated? What steps can be taken to prevent future catastrophes? These are questions that every organization must grapple with, and ...

It’s one thing to boost test scores in individual schools from year to year. But as districts work to improve under the Every Student Succeeds Act, many are finding that boosting longer-term outcomes ...

Opinions expressed by Entrepreneur contributors are their own. The continuous improvement culture of an organization is the dynamic force that is vital in getting that desirable competitive edge. It ...

Alex Hemani, CEO of Ninety9 Capital, is a visionary real estate entrepreneur and a pioneer in the single-family rental (SFR) market. Because your people are your strongest commodity, companies that ...

Our traditional obsessions—success, taking action, fitting in, and relying on experts—undermine continuous improvement. by Francesca Gino and Bradley R. Staats Virtually all leaders believe that to ...

Continuous improvement has become a must-have business mindset to innovate and stay ahead of competition. Working in manufacturing, you probably know kaizen— the Japanese word often translated as ...

On the face of it, standardization and improvement may be viewed as extreme opposites. We look at the benefits of standardization. Some standardization benefits are specific to lean. Breaking down ...