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
— 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
From 2014: Our Toyota Tour Guide’s Kaizen https://t.co/q9EVrqNrZ8
— Mark Graban (@MarkGraban) November 18, 2016
This day in 2013: Dilbert: Safety Over Productivity? https://t.co/fVCpSEZtkb
— Mark Graban (@MarkGraban) November 19, 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.