Key Tweets from @MarkGraban Week of Nov 14: Kaizen, Books, TPS & More

By Mark Graban On Nov 19, 2016 Last updated Nov 19, 2016

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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#Kaizen is for everyone & every process at Toyota. Without kaizen, it shouldn't be called "#Lean" in other orgs pic.twitter.com/68IVIqxqfo

— Mark Graban (@MarkGraban) November 18, 2016

Nice to see my #Lean Hospitals books being used to support a training class at a hospital system pic.twitter.com/R3SRFrnDk2

— Mark Graban (@MarkGraban) November 18, 2016

“(TPS) is the brainchild of smart people who happened to be Japanese and not the product of Japanese culture. ” https://t.co/nomaCIdFEP

— Mark Graban (@MarkGraban) November 14, 2016

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— France Bergeron (@FBergeronLean) November 13, 2016

When @ourfounder gets his soul crushed by @AmericanAir: Milgram and Orwell's Love Child Works at Heathrow https://t.co/n3b6BtYu9W

— Mark Graban (@MarkGraban) November 12, 2016

3 years ago – PDF of “Triumph of the Lean Production System” is Finally Available https://t.co/vk7iiIcUpY #lean

— Mark Graban (@MarkGraban) November 14, 2016

Will sports venues also learn that shorter lines = more sales & more profit, even with higher staffing? https://t.co/lkWJY56Sbb

— Mark Graban (@MarkGraban) November 14, 2016

Healthcare lets mistakes go to waste all the time, and #patientsafety doesn't improve… https://t.co/5SmQ0zU3gB

— Mark Graban (@MarkGraban) November 15, 2016

Name change for the ThedaCare Center for Healthcare Value https://t.co/GQGUjhlM1a

— Mark Graban (@MarkGraban) November 15, 2016

4 Steps to Sustaining Improvement in Health Care (applies to any industry?) https://t.co/J7KrizJ1iN

— Mark Graban (@MarkGraban) November 15, 2016

2 years ago: This Awesome Video Shows What Kaizen Looks Like at Scottsdale Lincoln Health Network (HonorHealth) https://t.co/y0gZiexovx

— Mark Graban (@MarkGraban) November 15, 2016

"5S should bring JOY" as Japanese city shows – different than the "fake #Lean" office tyranny in some U.S. companies https://t.co/HUZaOppsBV

— Mark Graban (@MarkGraban) November 15, 2016

Recognition is so inexensive & effective… employees need more! — State of Employee Engagement | via @Officevibe https://t.co/bZqpU5PCI4

— Mark Graban (@MarkGraban) November 16, 2016

Um, "Minimizing waste" & “Eliminating nonvalue" are the same. Not a great #Lean article… https://t.co/PmiMctHtXx

— Mark Graban (@MarkGraban) November 16, 2016

From 2013: My Medication Error on Myself https://t.co/71QMogZ7ZD

— Mark Graban (@MarkGraban) November 16, 2016

Free upcoming webinar I'm hosting: “When Post-Its Didn't Cut it Anymore: How a Hospital Adopted @KaiNexus” https://t.co/NrX1ZgcaCm

— Mark Graban (@MarkGraban) November 16, 2016

Not sure if this is about "#Lean" in earnest or if it's a parody of "2 Second #Lean" https://t.co/hLhvgfGgnN

— Mark Graban (@MarkGraban) November 17, 2016

Yes, it's a bait and switch to find out-of-network MDs at an in-network hospital ED https://t.co/KhjGe6VQDV

— Mark Graban (@MarkGraban) November 17, 2016

Win a free copy "Building the Fit Organization" by @danmarkovitz! Register here: https://t.co/AD3hbe6Ymb #lean #kaizen #leadership #giveaway pic.twitter.com/8Qqq1AkrXU

— Katie Anderson (@kbjanderson) November 17, 2016

Is this an arbitrary target about how many hospitals are hitting arbitrary targets? #Deming https://t.co/CJ47Kx7U2y

— Mark Graban (@MarkGraban) November 18, 2016

Maybe We Should Call it “The Many Whys” Instead of “The Five Whys” in #Lean & #LeanStartup https://t.co/RfcGY5Iow5

— Mark Graban (@MarkGraban) November 18, 2016