Here's the latest installment of “Key Tweets,” a (usually) weekly post that summarizes some of my tweets (or retweets) from the week, including pictures and other interesting stuff.
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We laugh at this on Veep, but 1st edition of @leanhospitals & Liker's The Toyota Way had typos on page 1. #NotLean pic.twitter.com/0tc8lYBHcS
— Mark Graban (@MarkGraban) June 27, 2017
I'm guessing that "Manuel Typewriter" is a joke :-) pic.twitter.com/oGDfUM6KSr
— Mark Graban (@MarkGraban) July 8, 2017
I'll be speaking in Iowa August 8 — #Lean Healthcare Exchange 2017 https://t.co/jTBnEVDlJB
— Mark Graban (@MarkGraban) June 26, 2017
Ask Us Anything! How to Get Leadership Buy-In and Plan Kaizen Events – me & @GregHJacobson https://t.co/dU1W5LZXAK
— Mark Graban (@MarkGraban) June 27, 2017
"The concept of safety as a box-checking enterprise is lethal" to future pts. Berwick "Lack of ldrship" = #PatientSafety barrier. O'Neill. https://t.co/Q16FIRasUf
— Value Capture LLC (@ValueCapture1) June 27, 2017
"Mgmt understood obligation was to manufacture 2,600 upskilled and reskilled employees equipped for new careers." https://t.co/oJtgfqBhcr
— Mark Graban (@MarkGraban) June 27, 2017
Good to see –> “Years ago, it dropped its clean-desk policy banning plants, family photographs and food,” https://t.co/T9BElmFpXd
— Mark Graban (@MarkGraban) June 27, 2017
“As dangerous as nuclear weapons are, you’d think the management running them would prioritize #safety.” https://t.co/oCQcfIu72A
— Mark Graban (@MarkGraban) June 28, 2017
Sorta like 5S and standardized work for your refrigerator and food safety… https://t.co/xsyO4bY8Pd
— Mark Graban (@MarkGraban) June 28, 2017
“continues to baffle me organizations don’t take improvement software as seriously as they take their… [EMR].” https://t.co/UR6n0U2L5E
— Mark Graban (@MarkGraban) June 29, 2017
Maslow' hierarchy of improvement: if employees feel not listened to about safety concerns, they likely won't speak up about small problems
— Mark Graban (@MarkGraban) June 29, 2017
Practicing what I preach – helping a client improve their improvement orientation sessions. #lean #kaizen pic.twitter.com/hreepyAqsS
— Mark Graban (@MarkGraban) June 29, 2017
And our test worked. No side effects. Good change. #lean #kaizen pic.twitter.com/0IiNge7WAt
— Mark Graban (@MarkGraban) June 29, 2017
I had missed this news: ThedaCare Names Imran Andrabi, MD New President And CEO https://t.co/oXk28iRVrs
— Mark Graban (@MarkGraban) June 29, 2017
Thanks to @StoreSMARTfan for continuing to be an advertiser on my https://t.co/p0f84kOvjL site pic.twitter.com/JVQOKqlaBf
— Mark Graban (@MarkGraban) June 29, 2017
Sayings of the #Lean Fathers – From the https://t.co/nATu7ttei7 blog, but great #Lean quotes for anyone… https://t.co/vIJtgTWOlL
— Mark Graban (@MarkGraban) June 29, 2017
"We are doomed to failure without a daily destruction of our various preconceptions." – Taiichi Ohno https://t.co/7rNtqJ1pF1
— Lean Startup Co. (@leanstartup) June 30, 2017
Many downsides to work travel and nights away from home. Sometimes you discover amazing food in unexpected places. pic.twitter.com/tsoDsJSKXF
— Mark Graban (@MarkGraban) June 30, 2017
The other problem is poor quality and 100,000+ Americans dying due to medical error each year. #patientsafety https://t.co/hpIaf9ZHIc
— Mark Graban (@MarkGraban) June 30, 2017
Which processes weren't followed? — Woman finds camera inside her body six months after surgery https://t.co/qqIPE2RBKo
— Mark Graban (@MarkGraban) June 30, 2017
“We may have inadvertently rented a plagiarized duck.” https://t.co/nuXsSq6FrL
— Mark Graban (@MarkGraban) July 1, 2017
D&M uses #Lean practices to engage workers: 10 implemented ideas per employee per year | https://t.co/BNZibVRca8
— Rob van Stekelenborg (@dumontis) July 1, 2017
“Excellent firms don’t believe in excellence – only in constant improvement and constant change.”-Tom Peters #lean #change
— Antonio Stewart (@AntonioStewarts) July 1, 2017
Dr. John Toussaint — Five Changes Great Healthcare Leaders Make to Develop an Improvement Culture Webinar- #Lean https://t.co/eHNOTkIeAi
— Mark Graban (@MarkGraban) July 4, 2017
The biggest barrier is mindset -sounds familiar https://t.co/gulDKUIpMH
— Mark Graban (@MarkGraban) July 4, 2017
“president of Vatican's children's hospital says she cannot believe the health care concerns reported by employees" https://t.co/WPFHWfizVc
— Mark Graban (@MarkGraban) July 5, 2017
Not much WIP or throughput late in lunch time, but tortilla making is continuous flow cooking. #Lean #NotLean? pic.twitter.com/sveS7yL200
— Mark Graban (@MarkGraban) July 5, 2017
Interesting that the Federal Reserve places one big order each year. Zero $2 bills will be made in 2017. pic.twitter.com/gmwI5Pf0z6
— Mark Graban (@MarkGraban) July 6, 2017
Yesterday, at the Fort Worth facility that prints >50% of US currency, they said their scrap rate is about 3% along the way.
— Mark Graban (@MarkGraban) July 6, 2017
How bills are made… I toured here yesterday: U.S. Bureau of Engraving and Printing – U.S. Currency https://t.co/CGBnFjhKpX
— Mark Graban (@MarkGraban) July 6, 2017
Hospital CEO: “Don't be afraid to fail. If you fail, fail quickly and make sure you learn from it. ” https://t.co/r5YOV2BfIi
— Mark Graban (@MarkGraban) July 6, 2017
Fair wages at Whole Foods can't make up for poor operations, writes MIT Sloan's @zeynepton. https://t.co/GrmbDr5INv pic.twitter.com/LiwgjpOjtl
— MIT Sloan (@MITSloan) July 6, 2017
New Toyota headquarters officially opens in Plano https://t.co/hVTiZ5PxDZ
— Mark Graban (@MarkGraban) July 7, 2017
Fudging the numbers, TV ratings edition https://t.co/iyu4jQz02i
— Mark Graban (@MarkGraban) July 7, 2017
And this shows why warning signs are not "visual controls" in terms of actually preventing a problem… #Lean https://t.co/DKKcbtYD03 pic.twitter.com/qiwfbl5kgJ
— Mark Graban (@MarkGraban) July 7, 2017
The mediocre CMS hospital star rating of a hospital advertising "Excellence" at the baseball game tonight. pic.twitter.com/jbNzW95eXP
— Mark Graban (@MarkGraban) July 8, 2017
The hospital advertising "excellence" here is pretty "average" per CMS Hospital Compare. Ah, marketing. pic.twitter.com/15lYvVFKjU
— Mark Graban (@MarkGraban) July 8, 2017
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