(Quality Digest: Chico, CA) -- Lean Culture Change: Using a Daily Management System by Steven Leuschel (Align Kaizen, 2015), reveals decades of organizational transformation knowledge deeply rooted in the Toyota Production System and Toyota’s culture.

Lean Culture Change is based on the teachings of Rodger B. Lewis, former General Manager of Quality at Toyota during the Georgetown ramp up. Lewis, via the Transformation Curve, has successfully transformed divisions of General Motors and organizations around the globe for decades. Now, it’s time that healthcare organizations begin to learn a long-term strategic approach to transformation— not just becoming lean, doing kaizen events, or creating a model cell. In Lean Culture Change, Leuschel describes the initial steps of the Transformation Curve’s Phase 1 Level A with real-life healthcare examples and case studies.

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