Notes from Meeting Masaaki Imai Mark Graban Jun 15, 2012 7 Blog What a great time on Thursday with Masaaki Imai! We were hosted by a non-profit organization, SightLife, that has…
Meeting Masaaki Imai Today in Seattle Mark Graban Jun 14, 2012 2 Blog Today is an exciting day for me, as I'll get to meet a Kaizen guru - Masaaki Imai. We are in Seattle for one leg…
Masaaki Imai US Speech Tour 2012 on Kaizen Mark Graban May 3, 2012 1 Blog Kaizen Institute has announced that Masaaki Imai, author of Kaizen: The Key To Japan's Competitive Success and…
Masaaki Imai Kaizen Video; Share Kaizen Stories for My Upcoming Book Mark Graban Jun 22, 2011 5 Blog Here is a great video by Masaaki Imai, author of the classic books Kaizen: The Key To Japan's Competitive Success…
Interview with Masaaki Imai – Ohno and Respect for People Mark Graban Nov 15, 2010 10 Blog The Kaizen Institute website has posted an excellent text Q&A with Masaaki Imai, who you might recognize as the…
Insights from GE CEO Larry Culp’s Speech at the AME Conference in Dallas Mark Graban Nov 27, 2022 1 Blog It was a real treat to hear Larry Culp, the CEO of General Electric and CEO of GE Aerospace, speak at the AME 2022!-->…
Why Damon Baker Thinks Lean Has a Marketing Problem; the Need to Speak the… Mark Graban Aug 16, 2022 0 Interviews Scroll down for how to subscribe, transcript, and more My guest for Episode #454 of the Lean!-->!-->!-->!-->!-->!-->!-->!-->!-->!-->!-->…
Kaizen: An Exotic Word, Common Sense Principles for Healthcare Mark Graban Jun 7, 2022 0 Blog We're coming up on the 10th anniversary of the publication of the book that I co-authored with Joe Swartz!-->!-->!-->…
Is “Kaizen” a Slogan or a Methodology for the Seattle Mariners? Mark Graban Apr 18, 2019 2 Blog Here is an interesting article that a few people pointed me toward the other day about the Seattle Mariners team: !-->!-->…
It’s Exciting to See an “Idea Board” at Buffalo Trace Distillery Mark Graban Jul 5, 2018 1 Blog Thanks to posting about the trip on LinkedIn, I learned that Mike Bukowski is now working for Sazerac, the parent…
Podcast #305 – Respect for People and Continuous Improvement for Healthcare… Mark Graban Apr 11, 2018 0 Interviews I was recently asked to do a recorded video presentation for a medical conference in Turkey. I spoke about the dual…
“So why are you here in Japan?” Kaizen, Popularity, Fads, and… Mark Graban Mar 14, 2018 0 Blog Monday, I blogged about the sushi-making class I took on my last Sunday in Japan. Later that same Sunday, I did a…
Texas Hospital Saves Money Occasionally With Lean Six Sigma… But Can Do… Mark Graban Sep 20, 2017 2 Blog I saw this headline the other day about University Medical Center in Lubbock, Texas: "UMC finds savings through…
5 Years Since the Publication of “Healthcare Kaizen” –… Mark Graban Jul 24, 2017 11 Blog One thing I like about Facebook is the way it reminds you about things that happened on this date in previous…
A Recommended Sequence of Podcasts and Webinars on Kaizen and Continuous… Mark Graban Jul 17, 2017 0 Blog I've produced A LOT of content about Kaizen and continuous improvement over the past 11 years, including podcasts…
#TBT: Podcast Interview with Dr. Greg Jacobson of @KaiNexus from 2011 (New PDF… Mark Graban Jul 13, 2017 0 Blog It's been just over six years since I joined the team at KaiNexus, serving in various capacities over that time. As…
Live Blogging Day 1 of #HCSummit17 – #Lean Healthcare Transformation Summit Mark Graban Jun 7, 2017 1 Blog I'm at the 8th annual Lean Healthcare Transformation Summit in Palm Springs, California. Follow on Twitter using…
3 Nice Videos About Continuous Improvement Mark Graban Jun 5, 2017 2 Blog There are many helpful videos on YouTube with great illustrations of Kaizen and continuous improvement mindsets and…