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Blogs of Lean Authors

• Jamie Flinchbaugh
• Management Column @ lean.org (John Shook)
• Michael Balle’s Gemba Coach @lean.org
• Lean Pathways (Pascal Dennis)
• Gemba Tales (Mark Hamel)
• High Velocity Edge (Steven J. Spear)
• The Lean Edge (multiple authors) - Mark Graban’s posts
• In Pursuit of Excellence (Matthew May)
• Art of Lean (Art Smalley)
• Lean Insider (Productivity Press)

General Lean Blogs

• Gemba Panta Rei (Jon Miller)
• Evolving Excellence Blog (Kevin Meyer and Bill Waddell)
• Curious Cat Blog (Lean & Deming) (John Hunter)
• Lean Six Sigma Academy (Ron Pereira)
• Lean Spaghetti Art (Mark Graban)
• Learning About Lean (Joe Ely)
• Lean Blitz (Chad Walters)
• Got Boondoggle? Lean Blog (Mike Wroblewski)
• The Lean Thinker (Mark Rosenthal)
• Be More Careful! (Mark Graban)
• Old Lean Dude (Bruce Hamilton)
• A Lean Journey (Tim McMahon)
• Lean Reflections (Karen Wilhelm)
• Shmula Blog (Peter Abilla)
• Toyota Gal (Tracey Richardson)
• Lean for Everyone (Jon Wetzel)
• Timeback Management (Dan Markovitz)
• Business 901 Blog & Podcasts (Joe Dager)
• The Common Lean Sensei (David Allway)
• Worth Solutions Blog (Rob Worth)
• Gotta Go Lean (Jeff Hajek)
• Lean Logistics Blog
• Learn Lean Manufacturing Blog
• Better Process Podcast
• Frontline Lean (Anthony “Dwain” Scott)
• 5S Supply Blog (Tony Manos)
• Lean Safety
• The Lean Way (Ankit Patel)
• Think Op-Ex (Ohio State Fisher College of Business)
• TWI Blog
• TWI Institute
• Training Within Industry Blog
• Neovista Newsfeed (Jeff Fuchs)
• Lean Sigma Supply Chain
• Lean Matters Blog
• Agile Manufacturing Update
• Social Six Sigma (Michael Marx)

Less Active Lean Blogs

• A3 Thinking Blog
• Focused Performance Blog
• Lean Failures Blog (Mark Graban)
• Lean is Good (Bruce Baker)
• Lean Rhode Island
• Lean Thinking Network
• Mark Graban’s IIE Blog – Everyday Lean
• Reforming Project Management

International Lean Blogs

• Lean Thinking in Healthcare (Dutch) | English Translation
• LeanBloggen.se (Swedish) | English Translation
• Encob Blog (Italian) | English Translation
• Qualitiamo Blog (Italian) | English Translation
• Leancor (Russian) | English Translation
• Lean Business France (French) | International Version
• Lean Ajattelu (Finnish) | English Translation
• Lean Healthcare (Spanish) | English Translation
• Interim Management Professionals (Dutch) | English Translation

About LeanBlog.org: Mark Graban is a consultant, author, and speaker in the “lean healthcare” methodology, focused on improving quality and patient safety, improving access, reducing costs, and fully engaging healthcare professionals. He is also the Chief Improvement Officer for KaiNexus.