Monthly Archives: June 2011
Be Careful When Going to the Gemba
This is always a tongue-in-cheek warning, but there are times when I warn hospital leaders that they have to be careful when going to...
Real-Time Office Kaizen With the Help of Twitter; Practicing What I Preach
As I've been working on my upcoming second book, Healthcare Kaizen: Engaging Front-Line Staff in Sustainable Improvements, I've had "kaizen" (or continuous improvement) on the...
Dr. Mrinalini Gadkari on the Ohio State Healthcare MBOE Program – Lean, Six Sigma,...
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Today's episode is a discussion with Mrinalini Gadkari, a Senior Lecturer at the Fisher College of Business. Today, we're talking about the new Master...
Preventing Brain Surgery Errors… Not Exactly Rocket Science
Thanks to those of you who sent me the link to this Washington Post article called "The Pain of Wrong Site Surgery." The piece...
Masaaki Imai Kaizen Video; Share Kaizen Stories for My Upcoming Book
Here is a great video by Masaaki Imai, author of the classic books Kaizen: The Key To Japan's Competitive Success and Gemba Kaizen: A...
Dr,. Jody Crane & Chuck Noon, Interview About Lean Healthcare for Hospital Emergency Departments
Today's episode is a chat with Jody Crane, MD, MBA and Chuck Noon, PhD. They are talking about their outstanding book The Definitive Guide...
A Thoughtful Commencement Message from Stephen Colbert
I'm a proud graduate of Northwestern University, industrial engineering class of 1995. Our '95 commencement speaker was the newly installed president of the university......
Beware Your Leadership Shadow
Last week, at the 2nd annual Lean Healthcare Transformation Summit, I moderated the CEO Panel discussion that featured four excellent Lean leaders: Jim FitzPatrick...
Introducing Dr. Les Muda: The World’s First Lean Healthcare Comedian
In today's post, I'm happy to introduce Dr. Les Muda, the World's First Lean Healthcare Comedian. First and perhaps the last.
Dr. Muda sent...
Mark Graban: Announcement on My Future Professional Direction (2011)
Today, I'm announcing an evolution of my work life: doing less with the Lean Enterprise Institute, doing more consulting and speaking, and starting to...
Rest in Peace, Eli Goldratt, 1947-2011
Yesterday, we lost a great guru in the process and business improvement worlds, Eliyahu M. Goldratt, who passed away at the age of 64....
Newt Endorses Lean & Six Sigma for Government; Staff Quits on Him
I met Newt Gingrich at the Ontario Hospital Association conference in late 2009, as I blogged about here: "Meeting Newt Gingrich, a Lean Champion."
Yesterday...
