Tag: Software

Preaching to the Choir: Lean Works Everywhere

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Some of you might have seen it, but I wrote a piece for the LinkedIn Influencers series about how the "Lean Manufacturing" principles are...

On Joy, Large Ships, and Swamps: My Visit to the Menlo...

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Yesterday, I had a chance to visit Menlo Innovations, a software company in Ann Arbor, MI. I was happy to not only meet their...

The power of the (Lean) startup mindset

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Last week, while in Canada, I saw this article in the Globe & Mail: "The power of the startup mindset." I was surprised that the...

Digital Pathology Software Company PathXL on Their Journey to Becoming a...

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Mark's Note: Today's post is a guest post by Nial Toner, who works for PathXL in the UK. I thought this was an interesting...

Upcoming Webinars with Mark Graban, Shingo, and KaiNexus

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Here are a few upcoming free webinars that I am participating in... I hope you are interested and can attend: Mark Graban & Joe Swartz...

Podcast #155 – Jim Benson of Modus Cooperandi on ‘Personal Kanban’...

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Joining me for episode #155 is Jim Benson, co-author of the book Personal Kanban: Mapping Work | Navigating Life. Jim is the founder of...

“Blame & Shame” is Shameful

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Many leaders in healthcare (including John Toussaint, Paul Levy, and others) are working to eliminate the "name, blame, and shame" culture that often exists...

Update on KaiNexus – Making Improvement Easier in New Ways &...

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It's been about a year since I started working with a software startup KaiNexus. We've made a lot of progress in that year, refining...

Podcast Interview on “Lean Healthcare” for the ScrumCast Show

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Today, I'd like to share a podcast where the ScrumCast hosts,  Derek Neighbors and Clayton Lengel-Zigich, interviewed me about Lean in healthcare. Their audience...

Quitting a Software Application: Safari vs. Chrome & Error Proofing

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The two primary web browsers I use these days on my Mac are Safari and Chrome. I've always been a big user of keyboard...

Of Blogs and Books (or from Solo to Silo); The Need...

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As a kid, I always enjoyed writing and, at one point, dreamed of being a baseball beat writer, like the father  of one my...

Changes in Mac OS X “Lion” and Parallels to Workplace Changes

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It's nowhere near as important as yesterday's topic of employee and patient safety, but my last two days of using the new Mac OS...