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We must accept finite disappointment, but never lose infinite hope. – Martin Luther King, Jr. pic.twitter.com/xNX2sBMKMO
— Leadership Platform (@LeadershipPform) January 18, 2016
Using #Lean tools in a culture of fear or top-down command-and-control thinking is most likely a waste of time. Don't bother.
— Mark Graban (@MarkGraban) January 18, 2016
Me: "#Lean is patient centered"
MD: "Not at my hospital…"
Me: "Then that's not really Lean."Repeating that conversation over and over.
— Mark Graban (@MarkGraban) January 18, 2016
Me: "#Lean engages people in improvement"
MD: "Not at my hospital…"
Me: "Then that's not really Lean."Repeat that conversation over &…
— Mark Graban (@MarkGraban) January 18, 2016
Me: "#Lean is not cost cutting"
MD: "It is at MY hospital…"
Me: "Then that's not really Lean."Repeating that conversation over and over.
— Mark Graban (@MarkGraban) January 18, 2016
A Toyota leader says it's a #Lean culture if "people are going home and telling their spouse how much they were respected at work today"
— Mark Graban (@MarkGraban) January 18, 2016
.@SusanHouckClark Or better: pic.twitter.com/KSp3K7HnzO
— Mark Graban (@MarkGraban) January 18, 2016
Submit more… what's a good hashtag? #RedneckLean? #FakeLean? pic.twitter.com/NKiW6v1C4k
— Mark Graban (@MarkGraban) January 18, 2016
Last one for now… #FakeLean #RedneckLean pic.twitter.com/ecNqRn9Kxv
— Mark Graban (@MarkGraban) January 18, 2016
What is #VisualManagement? It's Not Just Visual… It's Management, Too https://t.co/YywkK7pHV0 by @markgraban #lean pic.twitter.com/pNaQRbhpvg
— Gregory Jacobson (@GregHJacobson) January 18, 2016
A Doctor’s Perspective on #Lean in Healthcare: Top 5 Observations https://t.co/27Cn6jQI2O
— Mark Graban (@MarkGraban) January 18, 2016
Not all MDs agree with @groopman's view of and/or experience with #Lean https://t.co/dV3m6vijgb pic.twitter.com/Mtc2rwDL9K
— Mark Graban (@MarkGraban) January 19, 2016
“Toyota leadership wants workers to understand that the company is not the property of management but of everyone.” https://t.co/2I0pDIk4KL
— Mark Graban (@MarkGraban) January 19, 2016
Good post from @kainexus – Common Ways You Might Be Sabotaging Your Own Improvement Culture https://t.co/rg24AGe1k2
— Mark Graban (@MarkGraban) January 19, 2016
Great article from 2013: John Toussaint, Mayo Proceedings, on “The Promise of #Lean in Health Care” https://t.co/Np2aYSqXO6
— Mark Graban (@MarkGraban) January 19, 2016
It's not just cost!! “To find more cost-cutting solutions, and improve efficiency, the hospital switched to #Lean ” https://t.co/fFRCeo4LyN
— Mark Graban (@MarkGraban) January 20, 2016
“Rother and Shook never intended to make VSM a standard tool that every #Lean implementation team… use ” https://t.co/4rzQjA3fK1
— Mark Graban (@MarkGraban) January 20, 2016
I liked a @YouTube video https://t.co/zciQfuWR1t Lean & Continuous Improvement: Q&A… Ask Us Anything Part 4, with Mark Graban & Greg
— Mark Graban (@MarkGraban) January 20, 2016
This statement will be true at what level of detail? Are the surgeons driving this? https://t.co/VO4tYEaYuU pic.twitter.com/fxRywv6iJh
— Mark Graban (@MarkGraban) January 20, 2016
MDs think they are complaining about #Lean, but are really criticizing old school GM mass production style of mgmt pic.twitter.com/F2zivush3z
— Mark Graban (@MarkGraban) January 20, 2016
Your local hospital is more likely managed like the GM of 30 years ago than the Toyota of today. #Lean
— Mark Graban (@MarkGraban) January 20, 2016
"Management won't let us do quality work because they push us to make the numbers." Said by GM workers 1995 & some MDs today. Sad. #Lean
— Mark Graban (@MarkGraban) January 20, 2016
Some of the MDs who complain about "#Lean production" methods are really complaining about old "mass production" mindsets in their hospitals
— Mark Graban (@MarkGraban) January 20, 2016
More MDs are speaking up to agree that #Lean is not Taylorism https://t.co/dV3m6v0IoD pic.twitter.com/TBgbn0eLxU
— Mark Graban (@MarkGraban) January 21, 2016
Just a few more days to register: "ExperienceChange Change Management Simulation & Workshop" https://t.co/Gj3HxCzbe8 #Lean
— Mark Graban (@MarkGraban) January 21, 2016
Children's Hospital in Troy, MI designed with “#Lean technique called integrated facility design,” https://t.co/cNrxYq4FOn
— Mark Graban (@MarkGraban) January 21, 2016
Don’t Set Process Without Input from Frontline Workers https://t.co/OdoeEAA2tL #Lean
— Mark Graban (@MarkGraban) January 21, 2016
If you somehow think that #Lean is about hospital administrators pressuring you to work faster, that's not what Lean really is about.
— Mark Graban (@MarkGraban) January 21, 2016
If you somehow think that #Lean is about hospital administrators telling you how to practice medicine, that's also not really Lean.
— Mark Graban (@MarkGraban) January 21, 2016
If you somehow think that #Lean is about not having enough time to properly care for patients in a caring way, that's also not what Lean is
— Mark Graban (@MarkGraban) January 21, 2016
Lets talk about 'Experience Change' https://t.co/AfBzCusW8C #sixsigma #healthcare
— Six Sigma.us (@6sigmaus) January 20, 2016
Video: Institute for Healthcare Improvement: How Does #Lean Compare to IHI's Approach to QI? https://t.co/a0Y4fjfZid
— Mark Graban (@MarkGraban) January 21, 2016
Such a widespread problem that healthcare professionals feel like they don't have any input into how work is done pic.twitter.com/WX7VvR46VT
— Mark Graban (@MarkGraban) January 22, 2016
What Berwick described as bad factory management (1989) still too common in 2016 hospitals https://t.co/pXWkkidFCT pic.twitter.com/8JsDuPcM4k
— Mark Graban (@MarkGraban) January 22, 2016
Recent MD critics of #Lean in healthcare would benefit from reading the book "Toyota Culture" pic.twitter.com/cIViZNVjFG
— Mark Graban (@MarkGraban) January 22, 2016
Would you like to #ExperienceChange with @MarkGraban? Join him on Jan 27 in San Antonio, TX! https://t.co/vnA8AbJpna pic.twitter.com/4kJe8dhaIF
— ExperiencePoint (@experiencepoint) January 22, 2016
10 Ways That #Lean Concepts Respect & Support Healthcare Staff https://t.co/EOkeYtEXSm
— Mark Graban (@MarkGraban) January 22, 2016
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