Blog Articles
The Power of Visuality in Turbulent Times: An Opportunity for Shingo Principles
September 7, 2023 – Gwendolyn Galsworth
COVID-19 didn’t just change our economy. COVID-19 changed us. A well-worn Hindu proverb tells us: Nothing changes if nothing changes. Reverse it and the message remains: If nothing changes, nothing changes. COVID-19 was like that. Looking at it through the wide end of the lens, COVID-19 generated fierce macroeconomic ...
Read Full ArticleChallenging for the Shingo Prize and Shingo Insight
August 14, 2023 – Shaun Barker, Brittney Ogden, and Helen Zak
The mission of the Shingo Institute is to improve the process of improvement by conducting cutting-edge research, providing relevant education, performing insightful organizational assessments, and recognizing organizations that are committed to achieving sustainable world-class results. Since the inauguration of the Shingo Prize in 1988,...
Read Full ArticleJust What the Doctor Ordered
June 22, 2023 – Skip Steward, Shingo Faculty Fellow
I have been a Shingo examiner since 2014 and have worked in a large healthcare system for the past ten years. But only in the past two-plus years have I realized that the Shingo Institute, and specifically the Shingo ModelTM, is “just what the doctor ordered” when it comes to the multitude of ills in healthcare. Most of my thirt...
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March 21, 2023 – John Quirke, S A Partners
Very few, if any, people in business feel that they are in a stable environment. Perhaps this is because businesses face constant pressure to grow, change, and improve. This pressure may arise from external sources, or it may be self-imposed but, either way, the journey to attain levels of sustainable excellence is seldom direct or easy.&...
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