Monthly Archives: February 2014
What I’ve Been Reading Lately: Not Doing Kaizen, Engaged Sailors, Etc.
Every once in a while, I have too many browser windows open and it slows my computer down. That's when I dump a bunch...
Video on this June’s Lean Healthcare Transformation Summit
I hope you'll consider coming to the 5th annual Lean Healthcare Transformation Summit, being held in Los Angeles, June 4th and 5th, 2014. The...
Jumping to Solutions
We've all seen it. We've probably all done it.
What's that?
Jumping to solutions.
I hope this illustration I created gives you a bit of pause... not just...
Unraveling the Mystery of Flow, Push, and Pull in Hospital Operations and the #Lean...
tl;dr: In this post, Mark examines the concepts of "Flow," "Push," and "Pull" within the context of hospital operations. Drawing from Lean principles, he...
Podcast #194 – Paul Piechota, Lean at the University of Dayton
My guest for episode #194 is Paul Piechota, Director for the Center for Competitive Change at the University of Dayton School of Engineering. Piechota has...
The Truth About Data and PDSA/PDCA from a Toyota Publication
Out there in the Lean and quality improvement communities, you sometimes hear some silly things. Sometimes, I want to attach the "Lean As...
Struggle with Change? Engagement Kata, The Essential Tool in the Innovation Toolbox
Mark's Note: Today's post is by Dr. Mark Jaben, following up our recent podcast discussion. See his previous guest posts.
Hidden brain --------------> prefrontal cortex...
Mark Graban’s Talk on Healthcare Design at the Lean Startup Conference 2012
In this video, I talk about the use of Lean thinking in hospital facility design. The talk is given in the "Ignite" format, where...
Mark Graban Talks Kaizen and Continuous Improvement (Clips)
This video contains clips of a talk I gave at the University of Michigan Health System in early 2014.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F8uLrNpPR0g&t=1s
I cover some basics about the...
Reader Question: Determining & Meeting Hospital Department Demand
Here is another question emailed to me by a reader, so I'm answering it here (with the reader's permission and removing any identifying details):
The...
How Do You Share & Spread Ideas? Plus a @KaiNexus Update
It has been right about three years since I was introduced to Dr. Greg Jacobson via a reader of this blog. It was great...
Guest Post: The Best #Lean Offense Isn’t Defense
Mark's note: Christina Kach is our guest blogger today, with a post written on a flight back from visiting what's considered to be one...
