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Podcast #301 – Joe Swartz, “Champions of Change” in Supply…

Mark Graban Feb 20, 2018 0
Interviews
This podcast is sponsored by Cardinal Health. Joining me again for episode #301 of the podcast is Joe Swartz,…

Podcast #299 – Joe Swartz, 10+ Years of Kaizen at Franciscan

Mark Graban Feb 7, 2018 0
Interviews
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”

Mark Graban Mar 31, 2017 0
Blog
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

Mark Graban Feb 23, 2017 1
Blog
This post looks back at a podcast that I did a few years ago with Joe Swartz, talking about how he helped introduce…

Podcast #187 – Joe Swartz, Co-Author of the “Healthcare Kaizen”…

Mark Graban Sep 26, 2013 1
Blog
MP3 File (run time 32:10) Joining me for episode #187 is Joe Swartz, my friend and esteemed co-author…

Celebrating 15 Years of #Lean Podcasting Today — A Birthday-versary

Mark Graban Jul 16, 2021 2
Blog
TODAY marks the 15th birthday (or is it an anniversary?) of my Lean Blog Interviews podcast (known in the…

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…

Year in Review: My Podcasts About Lean and More

Mark Graban Dec 27, 2018 0
Blog
It was a busy year for me in the podcast realm. I produced 33 "Lean Blog Podcast" episodes of interviews about the…

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…

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…

Podcast #279: A Psychologist’s Use of Kaizen and What We Can Learn

Mark Graban Apr 27, 2017 0
Interviews
Back in 2012, I did a podcast interview (Episode 153) with a psychologist and family therapist, Robert Maurer, PhD.…

Podcast #252 – Jordan Peck, from MIT to the VA to Maine Health

Mark Graban Jun 7, 2016 14
Blog
This episode is sponsored by StoreSMART. My guest for episode #252 is Jordan Peck, a Senior Director in the…

Podcast #242 – Staff & Leaders Talk About the Culture of Continuous…

Mark Graban Feb 25, 2016 0
Blog
Episode #242 is unique in that it's a collection of audio clips from videos that Joe Swartz and I shot in late…

New from KaiNexus: Blog Posts, Podcasts, and Upcoming Webinar (and Some Tunes)

Mark Graban Aug 11, 2015 1
Audio
I'm proud of the work that the team at KaiNexus has done in the four years that I've been involved with the company…

Partial Transcript of Podcast #153 – Robert Maurer, PhD on Kaizen

Mark Graban Jan 7, 2013 5
Blog
I recently wrote about Robert Maurer's new book in this post: "Start 2013 with "The Spirit of Kaizen" I…

Podcast #160 – Dr. Joseph Guarisco, Emergency Department Process Improvement

Mark Graban Jan 4, 2013 1
Blog
MP3 File (run time 29:48) My guest for podcast #160 is Joseph S. Guarisco, M.D., FAAEM, FACEP. Dr.…

Mourning and Remembering My Time With Kaizen Mentor, Norman Bodek

Mark Graban Dec 10, 2020 5
Blog
I was incredibly saddened today to hear that Norman Bodek passed away yesterday in Japan, where he had recently…

Maybe “Just Do Its” Should be Called “Just PDSA Its”?

Mark Graban Oct 1, 2019 6
Audio
In the practice of Lean and continuous improvement, people often describe small improvements as "Just Do Its."…
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