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  3. Is Lean an Acronym? Is it “LEAN”? “L.E.A.N.?” 36.8k views
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  6. Lean Quotes Collection 30.6k views
  7. Links to Dilbert Cartoons on #Lean and/or #SixSigma 29.3k views
  8. Don't Threaten People with This Famous Dr. Deming Quote 29.1k views
  9. A Video Showing Office 5S Gone Wrong 28.8k views
  10. The United Flight 3411 Mess, Holding Individuals Accountable vs. Fixing the System [Updates] 27.1k views
  11. Eight Types of Waste in Healthcare 26.6k views
  12. #Lean: Clarifying Push, Pull, and Flow in a Hospital; the Patient (the Customer) “Pulls” 26k views
  13. Free Download: Process Tracking Letters for Lean Daily Management Boards 25.9k views
  14. Toyota, Respect for People (or “Humanity”) and Lean 24.9k views
  15. My Thoughts on Standardized Work and #Lean 21.1k views
  16. Why Toyota is Eliminating the Andon Cord from its Factories 19k views
  17. Statistics on Healthcare Quality and Patient Safety Problems – Errors & Harm 18.5k views
  18. Guest Post: What is “Yokoten?” 18.2k views
  19. Overcapacity and Overproduction in the Auto Industry (and Healthcare) 16.8k views
  20. The Term “Lean Production” is 25 Years Old – Some Thoughts on the Original John Krafcik Article 15.7k views
  21. How a Simple Office Kanban System Works at the Lean Enterprise Institute 15.1k views
  22. Wise Words from Mark Twain on Continuous Improvement and Perfection 14.8k views
  23. PDF of “Triumph of the Lean Production System” is Finally Available 14.4k views
  24. Picking on the PICK Chart 14.4k views
  25. What Happens to Leaders Who Don't Listen? 12.7k views
  26. Podcasts 11.7k views
  27. Farewell to “30 Rock” & its Six Sigma Jokes 11.6k views
  28. The One Thing Lean Six Sigma Got Wrong About Lean? 11.4k views
  29. Origins of this Quote on “The Biggest Room in the World”? 11.3k views
  30. About Mark Graban 10.8k views
  31. Fighting “We've Always Done It This Way” in Workplaces & Baseball 10.8k views
  32. 10 Common Problem Solving Mistakes 10.6k views
  33. Video on a “2-Bin” Kanban System at a Pennsylvania Hospital 10.4k views
  34. Lean Comedy 10k views
  35. Tool Crib Management & Its Role in Lean Manufacturing 9.9k views
  36. “Standard” vs. “Standardized” Work in Lean 9.8k views
  37. Toyota is Admired for Good Reason… But About Those Rotating Job Shifts… 9.7k views
  38. Great Steve Jobs Video (& Transcript) from 1990 on Continuous Improvement 9.3k views
  39. Video: Toyota Helps a NYC Food Bank & Hurricane Sandy Victims 9.1k views
  40. “Quality Circles” Are Alive & Well in Japanese Organizations; We Might Call it A3 Problem Solving 9.1k views
  41. A Toyota Leader on Misunderstandings About the Toyota Production System 9k views
  42. Doctors Bash “Taylorism” and “Toyota Lean” in the New England Journal of Medicine 9k views
  43. Video of a Daily Huddle at Everett Clinic 8.9k views
  44. Chernobyl: Data Without Context is Dangerous 8.9k views
  45. Is it a Bad Idea to Pay a Lean Consultant Based on a Percentage of Cost Savings? 8.7k views
  46. “Stop the Line” in a Hospital 8.4k views
  47. Top 10 Amazon Healthcare Administration Books 8.3k views
  48. About LeanBlog.org 8.2k views
  49. Blog 8.2k views
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