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Toyota’s Jamie Bonini on Organizational Culture

Mark Graban Jun 11, 2013 3
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Last week at the Lean Healthcare Transformation Summit, I really enjoyed the presentation by Jamie Bonini,  General…

Some Great #Lean Videos from the State of Washington (@ResultsWA) on Culture,…

Mark Graban Feb 9, 2017 0
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Here are some recorded keynote talks and video presentations from the "Results Washington" annual conference, as…

Key Tweets from @MarkGraban – Week of November 2, 2015: Blab, Toyota, &…

Mark Graban Nov 7, 2015 1
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I had a very interesting week, including time at a Lean conference in Baltimore, which included some good friends…

Interviewed by Doctors on the “Connecting the Dots” Podcast

Mark Graban Mar 22, 2021 0
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I'd like to thank my friend Skip Steward for inviting me to be a guest on his podcast called "Connecting the…

CEO Akio Toyoda’s Perspectives on the Toyota Production System

Mark Graban Aug 31, 2020 1
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I was really happy to see this publication by Toyota, from Japan but in English: "Akio Toyoda's View on Toyota…

Operational Excellence Mixtape: April 10, 2020

Ryan McCormack Apr 10, 2020 0
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Thanks as always to Ryan McCormick for this... Healthcare - Creating Value for Patients Healthcare…

A Fantastic Video About Toyota Helping a Hospital in Brazil

Mark Graban Oct 29, 2019 3
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When I was in Brazil recently (read more), one of the presenters at the Lean Six Sigma Conference was Bruno…

What This Hospital President Said About Lean, Respecting Staff, and Just Culture

Mark Graban Sep 5, 2019 1
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This article made me smile the other day -- especially the comments about Lean, front-line staff, and systems: …

Operational Excellence Mixtape: Best of 2019 – Mixtape A-Side

Ryan McCormack Jul 19, 2019 0
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Hi All - Summer in Manitoba requires part-time work, as the precious weeks of glorious weather need to…

Operational Excellence Mixtape: April 26, 2019

Ryan McCormack Apr 27, 2019 0
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Ryan and I are co-sponsoring a workshop that I'll be presenting on "Measures of Success" in Winnipeg on…

Managers Must Help The People They Supervise

Mark Graban Mar 26, 2018 5
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Last week, a nurse manager downloaded the free first chapter of my book Lean Hospitals and wrote this message in…

Throwback Thursday: Are We Training the Right People on Lean?

Mark Graban Oct 12, 2017 10
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I'm teaching a daylong class on Lean healthcare today in San Antonio. It's something I've done twice a year for the…

How Toyota Gets Organizations Started with TPS

Mark Graban Sep 18, 2017 0
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Last week, I mentioned it was the 25th anniversary of TSSC -- formerly known as the Toyota Supplier Support Center…

This Organization Chose Not to “Deploy #Lean” Because a Leader Thought…

Mark Graban Sep 12, 2017 10
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I posted an article on LinkedIn last week as a companion article and summary of my podcast with Dean Gruner, MD,…

Toyota Helps Children’s Health Dallas Reduce Some CLABSI Infections 75%

Mark Graban Sep 11, 2017 3
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"Through a collaboration with Toyota, Children's HealthSM, the leading pediatric health system in North Texas,…

Variation in Definitions of #Lean (The Good, the Bad, and the Different)

Mark Graban Aug 23, 2017 8
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One challenge with teaching Lean is that there isn't aways a consistent definition that's used by everybody. Some…

Lean is Not Just Process Improvement

Mark Graban Jan 16, 2017 7
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In my travels, I often meet people or visit organizations that say something like: "We're doing Lean... we just…

But Pigs and Corn Aren’t Cars! #Lean in Farming

Mark Graban Dec 9, 2016 0
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I don't know anything about farming. The only time I spend on "farms" is visits to wineries that grow grapes, as…
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