Podcast #320 – Skip Steward on Deming, Wheeler, Metrics, and More Mark Graban Oct 9, 2018 0 Interviews Skip Steward, the Chief Improvement Officer at Baptist Memorial Health Care in Tennessee, was a guest on Episode…
Taking Don Wheeler’s Class; MLB Batting Averages are Lower… So What? Mark Graban Sep 10, 2018 8 Blog I recently saw this headline: Baseball on pace for lowest batting average since 1972 Just because it's the…
Attend With Me: Come Learn Statistical Process Control From Don Wheeler Mark Graban Jun 12, 2018 4 Blog For a long time, I've wanted to attend a "Statistical Process Control" (SPC) class taught by Donald J. Wheeler,…
Meeting A Professional Hero: Donald J. Wheeler, PhD, of “Understanding… Mark Graban Mar 13, 2017 2 Blog I recently got to meet Prof. Donald J. Wheeler when he gave a keynote talk at the Society for Health Systems…
Ryan McCormack’s Operational Excellence Mixtape: March 24th, 2023 Ryan McCormack Mar 24, 2023 0 Mixtape Thanks as always to Ryan McCormack for this... there's always so much good reading, listening, and viewing!-->!-->!-->…
Process Behavior Charts: The Christmas Tale / Le Conte de Noël [eBook] Mark Graban Dec 24, 2022 0 Blog This week, I received an unexpected and incredibly specific Christmas gift from Charles Desneuf on LinkedIn. He!-->…
Professor John Grout: A Deep Dive on Mistake Proofing and Lean Mark Graban Nov 9, 2022 0 Interviews Scroll down for how to subscribe, transcript, and more My guest for Episode #462 of the Lean!-->!-->!-->!-->!-->!-->!-->!-->!-->!-->!-->…
Ryan McCormack’s Operational Excellence Mixtape: November 4, 2022 Ryan McCormack Nov 4, 2022 0 Mixtape Thanks as always to Ryan McCormick for this... there's always so much good reading, listening, and viewing!-->!-->!-->…
John Dues on Continual Improvement, Deming, and Process Behavior Charts in… Mark Graban Feb 22, 2022 0 Interviews Scroll down for how to subscribe, transcript, and more My guest for Episode #441 of the Lean Blog!-->!-->!-->!-->!-->!-->!-->!-->!-->…
Prof. Elliott Weiss on Steph Curry Tweaking His 3-Point Shot and Not Reacting to… Mark Graban Feb 8, 2022 1 Interviews Scroll down for how to subscribe, transcript, and more Elliott Weiss My guest for Episode #439!-->!-->!-->!-->!-->!-->!-->!-->!-->!-->!-->…
The NBA’s Steph Curry, the Taguchi Loss Function, and Deming’s Funnel… Mark Graban Feb 6, 2022 0 Blog The Wall Street Journal published a fascinating article back in November 2020: Stephen Curry's Scientific Quest!-->!-->!-->…
True, but Meaningless: What You Say About That Data Point (or Two) Mark Graban Nov 1, 2021 0 Blog Recently, I was asked to give a virtual presentation to the process improvement team at a health system. The focus!-->…
Why Samantha Riley Prescribes “Making Data Count” in the NHS England… Mark Graban May 11, 2021 0 Interviews Scroll down for video, how to subscribe, video, transcript, and more My guest for Episode #413!-->!-->!-->!-->!-->!-->!-->!-->!-->!-->!-->…
Is “Red & Green” Really Lean? Process Behavior Charts are Better Mark Graban May 10, 2021 6 Blog Thanks again to Prof. Eric Olsen for inviting me to give a short talk as part of the virtual Central California!-->…
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!-->…
NFL Scoring is Up, An All-Time High, But is it A “Signal” Worth… Mark Graban Oct 13, 2020 9 Blog I do enjoy watching football, so this headline caught my eye: "Why Are N.F.L. Scores Scores So High This!-->!-->!-->…
What Does it Mean if Your LinkedIn Profile Views Are Down 10% From Last Week? Mark Graban Oct 8, 2020 2 Blog I say it a lot, but two data points are not a trend. I didn't invent that idea, of course, but I've tried to help!-->…
Webinar on Process Behavior Charts & Covid-19 [Recording] Mark Graban Jun 1, 2020 1 Blog I'm really excited to have collaborated with Chris Chapman on a webinar that we presented jointly on Monday!-->!-->!-->…