Speaking Engagements

I am available for speaking engagements about Lean in healthcare. Possible topics include:

• Lean Overview Presentations for Staff or Executives: “How Lean Thinking Helps Hospitals”
• Lean, Employee Engagement, and Continuous Improvement (“kaizen”)
• Lean and Quality Improvement
• Lean Management
• Lean in Hospital Laboratories
• Lean, Training, and Standardized Work

I have spoken in the U.S and Puerto Rico, Canada, The Netherlands, and Sweden. For references, please contact me.

Past and Future Speaking Engagements:

• Association of Asesthetic Plastic Surgeons, San Diego, Joyce Kaye Lecture on Patient Safety (5/08)
• Iowa Healthcare Collaborative Annual Meeting, Keynote (8/09)
• Operational Excellence Conference, Utah State Univ., “Lean Methods, Lean Culture, and Error Prevention” (9/08)
• Lab Quality Confab, Atlanta, “Engaging Employees to Embrace Lean and Energizing their Creativity” (9/08)
• Productivity Inc. Lean Healthcare Forum, Nashville, “Hospital Heal Thyself: Using Lean Methods to Improve Patient Care” (10/08)
• Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania, Guest Lecture in MBA Operations Class (2/09 and 10/09)
• University of Turabo, Puerto Rico, Presentations to Hospital Staff and University Talk (3/09)
• ValuMetrix Services Executive Roundtable, Washington D.C., Keynote Talk (3/09)
• Society for Health Systems Annual Conference, Chicago, “Engaging Staff in Lean Improvements in Patient Care Settings (4/09)
• South Central Association of Blood Banks Conference, Oklahoma City, “How Lean Thinking Helps Hospitals” (4/09)
• Executive War College Meeting for Laboratory and Pathology Management, New Orleans, “Quick and Effective Ways to Continuously Transform People Development in Your Laboratory” (5/09)
• MIT Lean Healthcare Academy, Guest Lecture (7/09) – Video
• Triple-S Blue Cross Blue Shield Healthcare Quality Event, San Juan, P.R.., Keynote Talk (10/09)
• Ontario Hospital Association “HealthAchieve” Event, Toronto, “Bridging the Gap: From Understanding and Using Lean Tools to Transforming Organizational Leadership” (11/09)
• UniLabs Lean Laboratory Conference, Sweden, “Lean Leadership for Improved Healthcare Value Streams” (1/10)
• Society for Health Systems Conference (2/10), Training Within Industry for Healthcare - Summary, Slides
• Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society (HIMSS) Conference,  ”Eliminating Waste Using Lean Management Practices without Conducting Week-Long Events” (3/10)
• Lean Sigma & Kaizen for R&D, (3/10)
• Shingo Prize Annual Conference, (5/10)

Webinars:

• Dark Daily Webinar, “Find and Eliminate All the Waste in Your Lab”(11/08) – Archive Video of Talk
• ValuMetrix Services, “Lean Trends in Healthcare” (3/09)
  
• Project Management Institute,”How Lean Thinking Helps Hospitals” (10/09)
• Healthcare Financial Management Society, “Lean Healthcare: What CFOs Need to Know and Need to Do”  (2/10) – Archive Recording