Videos

July 5, 2019

Coin Spin PDSA Exercise

By David M. Williams, PhD Several years ago, I was facilitating an improvement learning session and planned to use an exercise to help

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April 9, 2019

Why Should Leaders Support Building Improvement Capability?

By David M. Williams, PhD Interview with the Institute for Healthcare Improvement. — If this was helpful, share and include me @DaveWilliamsATX. Sign

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January 29, 2018

Video: Building Capacity and Capability: The Really BIG Challenge!

By David M. Williams, Ph.D. In 2017, I had the honor of sharing the stage with Dr. Amar Shaw, Chief Quality Officer

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October 7, 2016

Candy Exercise to Learn About Variation

By David M. Williams, PhD Looking for easy ways to help your team understand variation and the difference between common cause and special

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June 16, 2016

Challenges of Improvement

By David M. Williams, PhD Harvardx course Practical Improvement Science in Health Care with the Institute for Healthcare Improvement. Don’t be fooled into

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Video: Four Run Chart Rules

By David M. Williams, PhD Harvardx course Practical Improvement Science in Health Care with the Institute for Healthcare Improvement. So as we’re getting

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Creating a Run Chart in Microsoft Excel

By David M. Williams, PhD Harvardx course Practical Improvement Science in Health Care with the Institute for Healthcare Improvement. Now you can build

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The Elements of a Run Chart

By David M. Williams, PhD Harvardx course Practical Improvement Science in Health Care with the Institute for Healthcare Improvement. A run chart includes

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An Example of Using Data

By David M. Williams, PhD Harvardx course Practical Improvement Science in Health Care with the Institute for Healthcare Improvement. Here’s an example from

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How to Build Your Degree of Belief Over Time

By David M. Williams, PhD Harvardx course Practical Improvement Science in Health Care with the Institute for Healthcare Improvement. When we develop a

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