Podcast #301 – Joe Swartz, “Champions of Change” in Supply…
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Joining me again for episode #301 of the podcast is Joe Swartz,…
Podcast #299 – Joe Swartz, 10+ Years of Kaizen at Franciscan
Joining me again for episode #299 of the podcast is Joe Swartz, my friend and esteemed co-author for our books…
Mark Graban & Joe Swartz on the “Gemba Academy Podcast”
Thanks to my friends at Gemba Academy for having my Healthcare Kaizen co-author Joe Swartz and me on their podcast,…
#TBT: My Podcast Interview with Joe Swartz on a Kaizen Culture in Healthcare
This post looks back at a podcast that I did a few years ago with Joe Swartz, talking about how he helped introduce…
“Practicing Lean” Excerpt: Joe Swartz and His Early “Oops”
Today, I'd like to share an excerpt from a chapter written by Joe Swartz, my co-author for the Healthcare Kaizen…
Mark Graban & Joe Swartz “Healthcare Kaizen” Workshop —…
I'm very excited to announce that my Healthcare Kaizen series co-author, Joe Swartz, will be joining me to…
Podcast #187 – Joe Swartz, Co-Author of the “Healthcare Kaizen”…
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Joining me for episode #187 is Joe Swartz, my friend and esteemed co-author…
How Standard Should Standard Improvement Boards Be?
Guest Post by Joe Swartz: At Franciscan Health, we were struggling to create a system-wide standard for our…
It’s Exciting to See an “Idea Board” at Buffalo Trace Distillery
Thanks to posting about the trip on LinkedIn, I learned that Mike Bukowski is now working for Sazerac, the parent…
#ChangeChampions: Insights from a Health System Leader on Supply Chains Thoughts…
Today, I'd like to share the latest in my series of articles about "Champions of Change," which is based on a…
Kaizen Live! 2016 – See a Culture of Continuous Improvement at Franciscan…
Last year, Joe Swartz and I hosted a workshop at his organization, Franciscan St. Francis Health in Indianapolis.…
Maybe “Just Do Its” Should be Called “Just PDSA Its”?
In the practice of Lean and continuous improvement, people often describe small improvements as "Just Do Its."…
Come See a Culture of Continuous Improvement at Franciscan Health This October!
Registration is open for "Kaizen Live!" -- the 2019 edition.
Joe Swartz and I are excited to announce that…
Another Example of Small Steps as a Starting Point for Success
You might remember one of my favorite podcasts was with Dr. Bob Maurer of UCLA, author of two great books on the…
A Concern I Heard about Kaizen at a Veterinary Leadership Conference… It…
I was honored to get to present with my friend Chip Ponsford, DVM at the Veterinary Leadership Conference that was…
Year in Review: My Podcasts About Lean and More
It was a busy year for me in the podcast realm. I produced 33 "Lean Blog Podcast" episodes of interviews about the…
GE Gets a Lean CEO — From the Outside
Jet lag, even well managed and planned for, meant I was awake early on a Sunday morning. Over breakfast, I read…
More on Teaching TQM, TPS, Lean, and Kaizen to Doctors in Japan Part 3 in a series…
In the third and final part of this series, I share more about how Toyota teaches about TPS and TQM... and how they…