Here's the latest installment of “Key Tweets,” a weekly post that summarizes some of my tweets (or retweets) from the week, including pictures and other fun stuff. Follow me @MarkGraban and join the fun and the conversation. See the previous installments of Key Tweets here.
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Management miscellania – What can you buy? | Vincent van der Lubbe https://t.co/yitozjgzu1 pic.twitter.com/AeJ3RnX4Wr
— Mark Graban (@MarkGraban) September 9, 2016
Waste reduction opportunity- Tossing Unused Surgical Supplies Wastes Millions Of Dollars, Study Finds https://t.co/AklXT2iir5
— Mark Graban (@MarkGraban) September 6, 2016
My article from 2012: #Lean as an Alternative to Mass Layoffs in Healthcare https://t.co/J0EpM05DHH
— Mark Graban (@MarkGraban) September 6, 2016
Join me for a 9/22 webinar, sponsored by @CardinalHealth, about healthcare #SC lessons from other industries https://t.co/j5LkQrhOQ9
— Mark Graban (@MarkGraban) September 6, 2016
Is your executive team really a team or a collection of executives, each responsible for their own silo?
— Mark Graban (@MarkGraban) September 6, 2016
“So we have formalized a teaching culture. We teach and coach every day.” https://t.co/iF7p9NP90q
— Mark Graban (@MarkGraban) September 6, 2016
5S (or #Lean) can be awful if people are forced to do it. You see smiles when staff initiate 5S 'cause it's helpful pic.twitter.com/R5ZytOEHoY
— Mark Graban (@MarkGraban) September 6, 2016
How to solve this problem? Leadership starts at the top? — The pervasiveness of nurse bullying: 7 key thoughts https://t.co/bJcnfWTSN1
— Mark Graban (@MarkGraban) September 6, 2016
Interesting – planning, prioritizing, reflecting… The Tech-Savvy To-Do List: A Bullet Journal https://t.co/xtZ3ix7kSJ
— Mark Graban (@MarkGraban) September 7, 2016
“At a time when many hospitals and health systems have relegated #Lean to the “Project of the Month Club…" https://t.co/7ZtBAbI5N8
— Mark Graban (@MarkGraban) September 7, 2016
My contribution for "Practicing #Lean" — by @Flinchbaugh https://t.co/xvkHvlJsl5 pic.twitter.com/0PwWC3rObL
— Mark Graban (@MarkGraban) September 7, 2016
How tennis balls are made… they don't believe in limiting WIP, @ourfounder: https://t.co/8bDrahnYpG
— Mark Graban (@MarkGraban) September 8, 2016
“I’m sure a good architect could come up with some paint scheme to make it look not like a basket.” https://t.co/0EictfYsG4
— Mark Graban (@MarkGraban) September 8, 2016
“Holmes largely forbade her employees from communicating with one another about what they were working on” https://t.co/eu3dguIoTP
— Mark Graban (@MarkGraban) September 8, 2016
2 years ago today: #Lean Healthcare Success in Minnesota – And One Off Base Op-Ed https://t.co/HlneGyzPcc
— Mark Graban (@MarkGraban) September 8, 2016
#Lean lessons hospitals can learn from other industries. My webinar, sponsored by @CardinalHealth, on 9/22 https://t.co/j5LkQr0drz
— Mark Graban (@MarkGraban) September 8, 2016
A shiny black iPhone… beautiful but scratches too easily? Buy a case to cover it? Quality means fitness for use https://t.co/6TsspTrURe
— Mark Graban (@MarkGraban) September 8, 2016
I liked a @YouTube video from @mitsloan https://t.co/Ph9insX7Lm Steven Spear: Don't Be a Zombie Organization
— Mark Graban (@MarkGraban) September 9, 2016
From 2011: Podcast #112 – Naida Grunden, #Lean, Aviation Safety, Captain Sullenberger, and Checklists https://t.co/dZmw3ClJeI #Sully
— Mark Graban (@MarkGraban) September 9, 2016
THIS is more elegant than a lightning charging port and a headphone jack? Sigh https://t.co/cYAmn4HLTO pic.twitter.com/g4xRsPpVe3
— Mark Graban (@MarkGraban) September 9, 2016
Leaning In or Out? Why Healthcare Should Stop Fearing and Start Loving Lean – Who Cares? interview w/ @MarkGraban https://t.co/VgHeqMXZxP
— Care Logistics (@CareLogistics) August 30, 2016
Seems wrong to criminally charge an engineer for a problem that's surely rooted in corporate culture https://t.co/gfOMevP3l2
— Mark Graban (@MarkGraban) September 9, 2016
Again, the employees get blamed instead of those who created incentives & pressure to hit them https://t.co/azRGvftNKY
— Mark Graban (@MarkGraban) September 9, 2016
“bloated ranks of management are likely costing our country trillions of dollars per year.”??? https://t.co/Jdjg9RJ8de
— Mark Graban (@MarkGraban) September 9, 2016
“transferring customers’ funds into newly created, unauthorized accounts to meet INCENTIVIZED SALES GOALS.” https://t.co/rr9UYduCi6
— Mark Graban (@MarkGraban) September 9, 2016
I liked a @YouTube video https://t.co/WI3k6O54hZ Sullenberger: How Aviation Safety Compares with Hospital Safety
— Mark Graban (@MarkGraban) September 9, 2016
Mark Graban
Mark Graban is an internationally-recognized consultant, author, and professional speaker who has worked in healthcare, manufacturing, and startups. His latest book is Measures of Success: React Less, Lead Better, Improve More. He is author of the Shingo Award-winning books Lean Hospitals and Healthcare Kaizen, as well as The Executive Guide to Healthcare Kaizen. He also published the anthology Practicing Lean that benefits the Louise H. Batz Patient Safety Foundation, where Mark is a board member. Mark is also a Senior Advisor to the technology company KaiNexus.