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Christmas Break & A Song: Gemba Clause is Comin’ to Town

by Mark Graban on December 19, 2013 · 0 comments

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I’ll be on Christmas break for the next week or so.

For now, it’s time to revisit my 2009 creation: Gemba Clause is Comin’ to Town!

Click the link (or on Santa) for the MP3 file and lyrics. Ho ho ho!

Mark Graban 2011 Smaller Christmas Break & A Song: Gemba Clause is Comin to Town leanAbout LeanBlog.org: Mark Graban is a consultant, author, and speaker in the “lean healthcare” methodology. Mark is author of the Shingo Award-winning books Lean Hospitals and Healthcare Kaizen, as well as the new Executive Guide to Healthcare Kaizen. Mark is also the Chief Improvement Officer for the technology company KaiNexus.


photo by: Lars Wichert

Podcast #188 – Daniel T. Jones on 25 Years of Lean & the Future of Lean

by Mark Graban Dec 18, 2013 0 comments

Please upgrade your browser MP3 File (run time 31:13) My guest for Episode 188 has been a leading voice in the Lean community for 25 years, Daniel T. Jones, founder and chairman of the Lean Enterprise Academy, based in the UK. Dan collaborated with Jim Womack on the books The Machine That Changed the World, […]

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Online Lean Healthcare Class through LEI, More Upcoming Kaizen Classes

by Mark Graban Dec 17, 2013 0 comments

In addition to the Healthcare Kaizen class that Joe Swartz and I are doing in Detroit on January 22 (with a 10% reader discount), we might also do a class in Orlando, immediately before or after the Society for Health Systems conference where Joe and I are presenting. Let me know if you’re interested in that. […]

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