Lean Nation,
A few weeks back, I had the honor of receiving a Shingo Prize for my book, "Taking Improvement from the Assembly Line to Healthcare." The award was a research award for advancing lean knowledge. To be acknowledged by the Shingo Prize committee as having created some material that gives a new look on how to apply lean in the healthcare industry is quite humbling.
There were a total of 19 research award winners in 2013. Each had a unique piece of literature on the application of lean. Some of the award winners are well known, John Toussaint and Bruce Hamilton are well recognized lean leaders. Others a little more obscure, myself included.
Clearly the highlight of the evening was the co-presenter. Since the Shingo Prize was celebrating their 25th anniversary, they took the opportunity to invite Shigeo Shingo's son to the ceremony. I never had the opportunity to meet Mr. Shingo, arguably one of the two greatest lean minds ever ( Toichi Ohno being the other).
The Shingo Prize has an annual conference with four main deliverables; the research awards ceremony, the Shingo Prize company award winners, a series of conference workshops and tours, and the conference curriculum ( speaking sessions) focusing on a wide variety of lean related topics.
This is one conference I would encourage the true lean practitioner to try to attend.
Lean Blessings,
Ron
Ron Bercaw
President and Sensei
Breakthrough Horizons Ltd
Shingo Award Winning Author.
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