Toyota’s Jamie Bonini on Organizational Culture Mark Graban Jun 11, 2013 3 Blog 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 Blog 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 Blog 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 Blog 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 Blog 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 Mixtape 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 Blog 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 Blog 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 Mixtape 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 Mixtape 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 Blog 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 Blog 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 Blog 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 Blog 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 Audio "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 Blog 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 Audio 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 Blog I don't know anything about farming. The only time I spend on "farms" is visits to wineries that grow grapes, as…