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6. Lean Quotes Collection 30.2k views
7. Links to Dilbert Cartoons on #Lean and/or #SixSigma 28.4k views
8. Don't Threaten People with This Famous Dr. Deming Quote 27.9k views
9. A Video Showing Office 5S Gone Wrong 27.7k views
10. The United Flight 3411 Mess, Holding Individuals Accountable vs. Fixing the System [Updates] 27k views
11. #Lean: Clarifying Push, Pull, and Flow in a Hospital; the Patient (the Customer) “Pulls” 24.5k views
12. Eight Types of Waste in Healthcare 23.4k views
13. Toyota, Respect for People (or “Humanity”) and Lean 22.2k views
14. My Thoughts on Standardized Work and #Lean 20.9k views
15. Free Download: Process Tracking Letters for Lean Daily Management Boards 20.7k views
16. Statistics on Healthcare Quality and Patient Safety Problems – Errors & Harm 18.1k views
17. Why Toyota is Eliminating the Andon Cord from its Factories 17.6k views
18. Guest Post: What is “Yokoten?” 17.3k views
19. Overcapacity and Overproduction in the Auto Industry (and Healthcare) 16.5k views
20. The Term “Lean Production” is 25 Years Old – Some Thoughts on the Original John Krafcik Article 15k views
21. How a Simple Office Kanban System Works at the Lean Enterprise Institute 14.6k views
22. PDF of “Triumph of the Lean Production System” is Finally Available 14k views
23. Wise Words from Mark Twain on Continuous Improvement and Perfection 13.6k views
24. Picking on the PICK Chart 13.2k views
25. What Happens to Leaders Who Don't Listen? 12.5k views
26. The One Thing Lean Six Sigma Got Wrong About Lean? 11.1k views
27. Origins of this Quote on “The Biggest Room in the World”? 11k views
28. Podcasts 10.9k views
29. Farewell to “30 Rock” & its Six Sigma Jokes 10.7k views
30. Fighting “We've Always Done It This Way” in Workplaces & Baseball 10.6k views
31. Video on a “2-Bin” Kanban System at a Pennsylvania Hospital 10k views
32. About Mark Graban 9.8k views
33. Tool Crib Management & Its Role in Lean Manufacturing 9.2k views
34. “Standard” vs. “Standardized” Work in Lean 8.9k views
35. 10 Common Problem Solving Mistakes 8.8k views
36. A Toyota Leader on Misunderstandings About the Toyota Production System 8.8k views
37. Lean Comedy 8.7k views
38. Is it a Bad Idea to Pay a Lean Consultant Based on a Percentage of Cost Savings? 8.7k views
39. Video of a Daily Huddle at Everett Clinic 8.4k views
40. Doctors Bash “Taylorism” and “Toyota Lean” in the New England Journal of Medicine 8.4k views
41. Video: Toyota Helps a NYC Food Bank & Hurricane Sandy Victims 8.3k views
42. Top 10 Amazon Healthcare Administration Books 8.3k views
43. Toyota is Admired for Good Reason… But About Those Rotating Job Shifts… 8.1k views
44. “Quality Circles” Are Alive & Well in Japanese Organizations; We Might Call it A3 Problem Solving 8k views
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46. About LeanBlog.org 7.9k views
47. Great Steve Jobs Video (& Transcript) from 1990 on Continuous Improvement 7.8k views
48. “Stop the Line” in a Hospital 7.4k views
49. Book Review: One Small Step Can Change Your Life: The Kaizen Way 7.3k views
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