Here's the latest installment of “Key Tweets,” a (usually) weekly post that presents some of my tweets (or retweets) from the week, including pictures and other interesting stuff.
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👉 https://t.co/Hr84OYukaC pic.twitter.com/YV3HZDKIXk
— Lean Startup Co. (@leanstartup) October 13, 2017
Then Tesla basically calls the WSJ fake news: pic.twitter.com/aQf8MEb4Da
— Mark Graban (@MarkGraban) October 9, 2017
If this WSJ belongs to the account of Francois Castaing, the auto industry exec, interesting that he's calling out Telsa in WSJ comments pic.twitter.com/tWbNchrefo
— Mark Graban (@MarkGraban) October 9, 2017
The irony that using the phrase “think outside the box” is no longer remotely innovative.
— Mark Graban (@MarkGraban) October 9, 2017
The word "#Lean" (about the method based on Toyota) shouldn't be used merely as a synonym for good or better. There's more to it than that.
— Mark Graban (@MarkGraban) October 9, 2017
Basic human nature for people to 'resist change' when “they feel excluded from the process.” MDs included:https://t.co/bNFhwjGmZF
— Mark Graban (@MarkGraban) October 9, 2017
“An average of 20 to 22.” An average is a number, @WSJ. There might be fluctuation around the average.
— Mark Graban (@MarkGraban) October 10, 2017
Do we need to go to #Japan to see the spirit of #lean? This and more in this #interview with John Shook in Nagoya https://t.co/DvYhpLhGIe pic.twitter.com/seUtzP442h
— Planet Lean (@PlanetLean) October 10, 2017
Thanks to my friend at @HCValue for pointing out my @leanhospitals and Toussaint’s great book are near the top of this list. #lean pic.twitter.com/FILT9vWUfA
— Mark Graban (@MarkGraban) October 10, 2017
“23 of these [automakers] had “high” or “very high” [attention] demand on the driver” to place calls, etc. https://t.co/bv6FRHwszP
— Mark Graban (@MarkGraban) October 10, 2017
“You certainly can't force anyone to change, but you can influence their willingness to do something different. ” https://t.co/kDKLzlFQdD
— Mark Graban (@MarkGraban) October 10, 2017
Is this a promise about no waiting?? It’s definitely bad grammar with the unnecessary comma. pic.twitter.com/QPxVEH0ZXB
— Mark Graban (@MarkGraban) October 11, 2017
Siri and Apple Maps call the Dallas LBJ Expressway the "Lyndon Bird Johnson Expressway" — both on screen and verbally. Oops.
— Mark Graban (@MarkGraban) October 11, 2017
#AMEBoston Wil James, President Toyota, we create an environment for everyone to participate in continuous improvement pic.twitter.com/9e72jaVNyF
— Kim Humphrey (@humphrey1952) October 11, 2017
Wilbert James of @ToyotaMotorCorp at #AMEBoston says "You have to be good at people, if you're going to be good at Lean" pic.twitter.com/iei98a1Gcm
— Patricia Panchak (@PatPanchak) October 11, 2017
Cutting deep. #agile pic.twitter.com/ahvxFsTZlP
— I Can Haz Agile? (@agile_memes) December 16, 2016
Throwing a pile of tools out into an empty lot is not how you build a “house.” #Lean or otherwise. pic.twitter.com/wbbd2VVMOl
— Mark Graban (@MarkGraban) October 13, 2017
Reading Ed Schein’s latest book pic.twitter.com/W1lzBuYrow
— Mark Graban (@MarkGraban) October 13, 2017
It shouldn’t be called “#lean” if you’re not involving the people who do the work pic.twitter.com/SHHcVuPKIN
— Mark Graban (@MarkGraban) October 13, 2017
90 days is outrageous, especially when paying small business suppliers https://t.co/orvgRzmEPJ
— Mark Graban (@MarkGraban) October 13, 2017
Don’t pretend this helps your suppliers. The worst of Orwellian corporate speak. pic.twitter.com/bwmKPKH43A
— Mark Graban (@MarkGraban) October 13, 2017
It’s not good business to squeeze your suppliers pic.twitter.com/7B0kN188aI
— Mark Graban (@MarkGraban) October 13, 2017
“He ultimately concluded he could better afford to lose the business than wait four months to be paid.”https://t.co/orvgRzmEPJ
— Mark Graban (@MarkGraban) October 13, 2017
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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.