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1. What is “Lean”? 55,983 views
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3. Kaizen & Idea Boards Spotted at Society for Health Systems Conference 32,444 views
4. Lean Quotes Collection 29,279 views
5. Links to Dilbert Cartoons on #Lean and/or #SixSigma 27,677 views
6. The United Flight 3411 Mess, Holding Individuals Accountable vs. Fixing the System [Updates] 26,873 views
7. Is Lean an Acronym? Is it “LEAN”? “L.E.A.N.?” 26,765 views
8. The #Lean Goals That Matter: SQDCM 25,965 views
9. A Video Showing Office 5S Gone Wrong 24,422 views
10. Don't Threaten People with This Famous Dr. Deming Quote 23,830 views
11. #Lean: Clarifying Push, Pull, and Flow in a Hospital; the Patient (the Customer) “Pulls” 20,897 views
12. My Thoughts on Standardized Work and #Lean 19,831 views
13. Eight Types of Waste in Healthcare 18,345 views
14. Toyota, Respect for People (or “Humanity”) and Lean 18,198 views
15. Statistics on Healthcare Quality and Patient Safety Problems – Errors & Harm 17,605 views
16. Updated: Why Toyota is Eliminating the Andon Cord from its Factories 15,563 views
17. Guest Post: What is “Yokoten?” 14,551 views
18. Overcapacity and Overproduction in the Auto Industry (and Healthcare) 14,006 views
19. How a Simple Office Kanban System Works at the Lean Enterprise Institute 13,881 views
20. The Term “Lean Production” is 25 Years Old – Some Thoughts on the Original John Krafcik Article 13,150 views
21. PDF of “Triumph of the Lean Production System” is Finally Available 12,240 views
22. Free Download: Process Tracking Letters for Lean Daily Management Boards 11,350 views
23. Picking on the PICK Chart 11,286 views
24. What Happens to Leaders Who Don't Listen? 11,005 views
25. Wise Words from Mark Twain on Continuous Improvement and Perfection 10,595 views
26. Guest Post: The One Thing Lean Six Sigma Got Wrong About Lean 10,102 views
27. Fighting “We've Always Done It This Way” in Workplaces & Baseball 10,093 views
28. Podcasts 9,999 views
29. About Mark Graban 9,521 views
30. Video on a “2-Bin” Kanban System at a Pennsylvania Hospital 9,141 views
31. Farewell to “30 Rock” & its Six Sigma Jokes 9,031 views
32. Origins of this Quote on “The Biggest Room in the World”? 8,360 views
33. “Standard” vs. “Standardized” Work in Lean 8,208 views
34. A Toyota Leader on Misunderstandings About the Toyota Production System 8,113 views
35. Top 10 Amazon Healthcare Administration Books 7,985 views
36. Is it a Bad Idea to Pay a Lean Consultant Based on a Percentage of Cost Savings? 7,898 views
37. Video of a Daily Huddle at Everett Clinic 7,738 views
38. Video: Toyota Helps a NYC Food Bank & Hurricane Sandy Victims 7,643 views
39. Great Steve Jobs Video (& Transcript) from 1990 on Continuous Improvement 7,429 views
40. Lean Comedy 7,404 views
41. Doctors Bash “Taylorism” and “Toyota Lean” in the New England Journal of Medicine 7,359 views
42. “Quality Circles” Are Alive & Well in Japanese Organizations; We Might Call it A3 Problem Solving 7,308 views
43. Blog 7,259 views
44. DirecTV Makes it Hard to Cancel & Move 7,145 views
45. The Oscars, An Embarrassing Preventable Error, #Lean, and Process Improvement 7,002 views
46. Guest Post: Tool Crib Management & Its Role in Lean Manufacturing 6,878 views
47. Contact Mark Graban 6,848 views
48. About LeanBlog.org 6,816 views
49. 10 Common Problem Solving Mistakes 6,813 views
50. Book Review: One Small Step Can Change Your Life: The Kaizen Way 6,723 views