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Transforming a Management System – A Case Study From the Madison Wisconsin Police Department

Curious Cat

Begin a system of employee feedback to all department leaders. Innovation and experimentation become organizational values. The QLC begins work on and solve the number-one problem identified by police officers: the existing promotional system. Require department leaders to begin to practice Quality Leadership. Year eight.

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How We Revolutionized Our Emergency Department

Harvard Business Review

Initially described by John Krafcik at MIT in the late 1980s, lean principles build upon the quality improvement processes of the Toyota Production System (TPS). During rapid-improvement events, teams mapped processes and designed Ishikawa diagrams to aid in identifying cause and effects of waste. Leading Health Care Innovation.