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  1. The One Where John Seddon Inaccurately Criticizes Jim Womack 170 comments | 2,960 views
  2. Lean Quotes Collection 108 comments | 23,776 views
  3. Who is Visiting? Have any feedback on this Blog? 100 comments | 706 views
  4. What's the Buzz on #Lean Certifications? [Be Sure to Read the Comments!] 91 comments | 5,540 views
  5. Lean Blog Audio Podcast 68 comments | 2,071 views
  6. Doctors Bash “Taylorism” and “Toyota Lean” in the New England Journal of Medicine 61 comments | 6,072 views
  7. 10 Things I Wish Lean Practitioners Wouldn't Say in 2010 60 comments | 2,953 views
  8. Lean or “L.A.M.E.”? 55 comments | 3,526 views
  9. Statistics on Healthcare Quality and Patient Safety Problems – Errors & Harm 54 comments | 13,672 views
  10. Guest Post: The one thing Lean Six Sigma got wrong about Lean 53 comments | 8,668 views
  11. Is it a Bad Idea to Pay a Lean Consultant Based on a Percentage of Cost Savings? 50 comments | 5,707 views
  12. Hospital Workers, Flu Shots & Standardized Work 49 comments | 1,308 views
  13. A Video Showing Office 5S Gone Wrong 46 comments | 15,383 views
  14. Reader Question: Short Definition of Lean? 45 comments | 912 views
  15. Toyota, Respect for People (or “Humanity”) and Lean 44 comments | 11,121 views
  16. Guest Post – Words Matter: Why I Prefer PDSA over PDCA 42 comments | 1,055 views
  17. What Are Barriers to “Kaizen” in Healthcare? 41 comments | 1,003 views
  18. Podcast #125 – Mike George on Lean Six Sigma for Government & Politicians 39 comments | 983 views
  19. Dear “Lean Six Sigma” Crowd – Lean is About Quality, Too 38 comments | 1,623 views
  20. Updating “Lean Hospitals” and a New eBook, “Practicing Lean” 37 comments | 428 views
  21. Negligent People or a Bad System Leading to Surgical Errors? 37 comments | 733 views
  22. The United Flight 3411 Mess, Holding Individuals Accountable vs. Fixing the System [Updates] 37 comments | 25,983 views
  23. Don't Threaten People with This Famous Dr. Deming Quote 35 comments | 15,817 views
  24. “The speed and flexibility is breathtaking” – But in a good way? 34 comments | 446 views
  25. Are We 84.7% Certain We're in the 90th Percentile? 34 comments | 539 views
  26. Why You Shouldn't Call Yourself “Sensei” Or Make Others Call You That 34 comments | 1,748 views
  27. My Thoughts on Standardized Work 34 comments | 15,164 views
  28. Contact Mark Graban 33 comments | 6,345 views
  29. Warning: You Can't Even Draw a Map with this “Value Stream Mapper” App 33 comments | 402 views
  30. Video on a “2-Bin” Kanban System at a Pennsylvania Hospital 33 comments | 7,204 views
  31. Bad Lean / 5S Hits the UK Media 32 comments | 2,704 views
  32. What's Wrong With This Hospital's Lean Job Posting? 32 comments | 256 views
  33. Is a "Rude" Customer Still Right? 32 comments | 933 views
  34. It's Harder to Tolerate Waste “When You Know What Good Looks Like…” 31 comments | 187 views
  35. An Error Proofing Challenge 31 comments | 337 views
  36. The Newtown Tragedy – Our National Response and Problem Solving 30 comments | 147 views
  37. April Fool: A New Way to Learn Lean? Wii Lean! 30 comments | 2,955 views
  38. The Invisible Waste in Healthcare Leads to Visible Harm to Patients 30 comments | 277 views
  39. How to Design Poor Service – Expect 100% Utilization of People or Resources 30 comments | 1,435 views
  40. (Complaining About) Resistance is Futile 29 comments | 574 views
  41. Where Do Hospitals Get the Idea that Lean is Only About Cost Reduction? 29 comments | 2,352 views
  42. 10 Common Problem Solving Mistakes 29 comments | 3,555 views
  43. This WSJ Article (as do Many Organizations) Misses the Point of 5S 29 comments | 1,631 views
  44. “Lean Won't Work Here… We're Different” 29 comments | 577 views
  45. Time & Motion Studies Are Not “Discredited,” Just How They Are Used 28 comments | 3,566 views
  46. A Whiteboard Accident Waiting to Happen – How to Error Proof? 27 comments | 3,402 views
  47. GM Blames Layoffs on the Japan Earthquake and JIT; Should Instead Look in Mirror 27 comments | 846 views
  48. Does Setting a Goal for Number of Kaizens Violate “Kaizen Spirit”? 27 comments | 1,037 views
  49. On Amazon, Publishers, and Book Prices 26 comments | 925 views
  50. How Many Hospitals Have Quit Lean Efforts? 26 comments | 212 views