Lean Blog Interviews: Real-World Lean Leadership Conversations in Healthcare and Beyond Interview with Dr. Sami Bahri, The World’s First Lean Dentist on How It’s Transformed His Practice *
* Remastered audio June 2021
Show notes: https://www.leanblog.org/29
LeanBlog Podcast #29 features a very special guest, Dr. Sami Bahri, “The World's First Lean Dentist.”
If you're thinking “what can I learn about lean from a Dentist?”, please listen in. I think you'll be amazed and will learn a ton. I've really enjoyed the two chances I've had to talk with Dr Bahri, including this podcast session and I've been very impressed with his approach to lean.
He's gone back to all of the source texts, including Shingo and Ohno and has really had to figure it out for himself, as opposed to following some sort of cookbook approach. I particularly appreciate how he involves his employees and staff… it's a great example we can all learn from.
If you have questions or comments for Dr. Bahri, he's agreed to a follow on podcast. You can email me at leanpodcast@gmail.com or visit leanpodcast.org to leave a comment or read some linked articles about Dr. Bahri.
Keywords and Main Points, Episode #29- Learning about Lean and figuring out, over time, how to apply it to a dental office.
- How Dr. Bahri is able to take care of patient needs all in a single visit (not coming back for separate follow on appointments).
- How Dr. Bahri has engaged his workforce, through Lean, to improve productivity, job satisfaction, and employee engagement.
- Lean as a never-ending journey toward perfection, an experimental process.
- Learn how Dr. Bahri's office creating an innovative “flow manager” position.