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1. What is “Lean”? 52,598 views
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4. Lean Quotes Collection 27,469 views
5. The United Flight 3411 Mess, Holding Individuals Accountable vs. Fixing the System [Updates] 26,624 views
6. Links to Dilbert Cartoons on #Lean and/or #SixSigma 25,660 views
7. Is Lean an Acronym? Is it “LEAN”? “L.E.A.N.?” 21,811 views
8. Don't Threaten People with This Famous Dr. Deming Quote 21,502 views
9. The #Lean Goals That Matter: SQDCM 20,704 views
10. A Video Showing Office 5S Gone Wrong 20,302 views
11. My Thoughts on Standardized Work and #Lean 18,210 views
12. #Lean: Clarifying Push, Pull, and Flow in a Hospital; the Patient (the Customer) “Pulls” 17,538 views
13. Statistics on Healthcare Quality and Patient Safety Problems – Errors & Harm 16,359 views
14. Toyota, Respect for People (or “Humanity”) and Lean 15,927 views
15. Updated: Why Toyota is Eliminating the Andon Cord from its Factories 14,024 views
16. Eight Types of Waste in Healthcare 13,920 views
17. How a Simple Office Kanban System Works at the Lean Enterprise Institute 13,159 views
18. Overcapacity and Overproduction in the Auto Industry (and Healthcare) 12,226 views
19. The Term “Lean Production” is 25 Years Old – Some Thoughts on the Original John Krafcik Article 11,391 views
20. Guest Post: What is “Yokoten?” 10,959 views
21. PDF of “Triumph of the Lean Production System” is Finally Available 10,042 views
22. Guest Post: The One Thing Lean Six Sigma Got Wrong About Lean 9,463 views
23. Picking on the PICK Chart 9,260 views
24. Fighting “We've Always Done It This Way” in Workplaces & Baseball 8,859 views
25. What Happens to Leaders Who Don't Listen? 8,827 views
26. About Mark Graban 8,513 views
27. Podcasts 8,394 views
28. Wise Words from Mark Twain on Continuous Improvement and Perfection 8,332 views
29. Video on a “2-Bin” Kanban System at a Pennsylvania Hospital 8,159 views
30. Farewell to “30 Rock” & its Six Sigma Jokes 7,692 views
31. Top 10 Amazon Healthcare Administration Books 7,272 views
32. Is it a Bad Idea to Pay a Lean Consultant Based on a Percentage of Cost Savings? 7,242 views
33. DirecTV Makes it Hard to Cancel & Move 7,020 views
34. “Standard” vs. “Standardized” Work in Lean 6,934 views
35. Doctors Bash “Taylorism” and “Toyota Lean” in the New England Journal of Medicine 6,916 views
36. Contact Mark Graban 6,839 views
37. The Oscars, An Embarrassing Preventable Error, #Lean, and Process Improvement 6,819 views
38. Origins of this Quote on “The Biggest Room in the World”? 6,812 views
39. Video of a Daily Huddle at Everett Clinic 6,703 views
40. Blog 6,591 views
41. Video: Toyota Helps a NYC Food Bank & Hurricane Sandy Victims 6,348 views
42. Great Steve Jobs Video (& Transcript) from 1990 on Continuous Improvement 6,258 views
43. What's the Buzz on #Lean Certifications? [Be Sure to Read the Comments!] 6,183 views
44. “Quality Circles” Are Alive & Well in Japanese Organizations; We Might Call it A3 Problem Solving 6,071 views
45. Book Review: One Small Step Can Change Your Life: The Kaizen Way 5,960 views
46. About LeanBlog.org 5,949 views
47. Free Download: Process Tracking Letters for Lean Daily Management Boards 5,926 views
48. The Truth About Data and PDSA/PDCA from a Toyota Publication 5,756 views
49. Guest Post: Tool Crib Management & Its Role in Lean Manufacturing 5,641 views
50. 10 Common Problem Solving Mistakes 5,590 views