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1. What is “Lean”? 54,246 views
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7. Is Lean an Acronym? Is it “LEAN”? “L.E.A.N.?” 23,982 views
8. The #Lean Goals That Matter: SQDCM 23,170 views
9. Don't Threaten People with This Famous Dr. Deming Quote 22,713 views
10. A Video Showing Office 5S Gone Wrong 22,129 views
11. My Thoughts on Standardized Work and #Lean 18,971 views
12. #Lean: Clarifying Push, Pull, and Flow in a Hospital; the Patient (the Customer) “Pulls” 18,775 views
13. Toyota, Respect for People (or “Humanity”) and Lean 17,025 views
14. Statistics on Healthcare Quality and Patient Safety Problems – Errors & Harm 16,994 views
15. Eight Types of Waste in Healthcare 15,954 views
16. Updated: Why Toyota is Eliminating the Andon Cord from its Factories 14,639 views
17. How a Simple Office Kanban System Works at the Lean Enterprise Institute 13,563 views
18. Overcapacity and Overproduction in the Auto Industry (and Healthcare) 13,029 views
19. Guest Post: What is “Yokoten?” 12,741 views
20. The Term “Lean Production” is 25 Years Old – Some Thoughts on the Original John Krafcik Article 12,149 views
21. PDF of “Triumph of the Lean Production System” is Finally Available 11,086 views
22. Picking on the PICK Chart 10,159 views
23. What Happens to Leaders Who Don't Listen? 9,978 views
24. Guest Post: The One Thing Lean Six Sigma Got Wrong About Lean 9,766 views
25. Fighting “We've Always Done It This Way” in Workplaces & Baseball 9,385 views
26. Wise Words from Mark Twain on Continuous Improvement and Perfection 9,375 views
27. Podcasts 9,184 views
28. About Mark Graban 9,038 views
29. Video on a “2-Bin” Kanban System at a Pennsylvania Hospital 8,606 views
30. Farewell to “30 Rock” & its Six Sigma Jokes 8,268 views
31. Is it a Bad Idea to Pay a Lean Consultant Based on a Percentage of Cost Savings? 7,614 views
32. “Standard” vs. “Standardized” Work in Lean 7,612 views
33. Top 10 Amazon Healthcare Administration Books 7,604 views
34. Free Download: Process Tracking Letters for Lean Daily Management Boards 7,510 views
35. Origins of this Quote on “The Biggest Room in the World”? 7,477 views
36. Video of a Daily Huddle at Everett Clinic 7,202 views
37. A Toyota Leader on Misunderstandings About the Toyota Production System 7,202 views
38. Doctors Bash “Taylorism” and “Toyota Lean” in the New England Journal of Medicine 7,134 views
39. DirecTV Makes it Hard to Cancel & Move 7,102 views
40. Video: Toyota Helps a NYC Food Bank & Hurricane Sandy Victims 6,956 views
41. The Oscars, An Embarrassing Preventable Error, #Lean, and Process Improvement 6,857 views
42. Blog 6,848 views
43. Contact Mark Graban 6,846 views
44. Great Steve Jobs Video (& Transcript) from 1990 on Continuous Improvement 6,660 views
45. “Quality Circles” Are Alive & Well in Japanese Organizations; We Might Call it A3 Problem Solving 6,612 views
46. Lean Comedy 6,522 views
47. What's the Buzz on #Lean Certifications? [Be Sure to Read the Comments!] 6,334 views
48. About LeanBlog.org 6,325 views
49. Guest Post: Tool Crib Management & Its Role in Lean Manufacturing 6,309 views
50. Book Review: One Small Step Can Change Your Life: The Kaizen Way 6,275 views