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3. You'll Love These Idea Boards Spotted at the Society for Health Systems Conference 35k views
4. Is Lean an Acronym? Is it “LEAN”? “L.E.A.N.?” 34.2k views
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9. A Video Showing Office 5S Gone Wrong 28.1k views
10. The United Flight 3411 Mess, Holding Individuals Accountable vs. Fixing the System [Updates] 27.1k views
11. #Lean: Clarifying Push, Pull, and Flow in a Hospital; the Patient (the Customer) “Pulls” 25k views
12. Eight Types of Waste in Healthcare 24.7k views
13. Toyota, Respect for People (or “Humanity”) and Lean 23.3k views
14. Free Download: Process Tracking Letters for Lean Daily Management Boards 23.1k views
15. My Thoughts on Standardized Work and #Lean 21k views
16. Statistics on Healthcare Quality and Patient Safety Problems – Errors & Harm 18.4k views
17. Why Toyota is Eliminating the Andon Cord from its Factories 18.1k views
18. Guest Post: What is “Yokoten?” 17.9k 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 15.5k views
21. How a Simple Office Kanban System Works at the Lean Enterprise Institute 15k views
22. PDF of “Triumph of the Lean Production System” is Finally Available 14.2k views
23. Wise Words from Mark Twain on Continuous Improvement and Perfection 13.9k views
24. Picking on the PICK Chart 13.7k views
25. What Happens to Leaders Who Don't Listen? 12.5k views
26. The One Thing Lean Six Sigma Got Wrong About Lean? 11.2k views
27. Podcasts 11.2k views
28. Origins of this Quote on “The Biggest Room in the World”? 11.2k views
29. Farewell to “30 Rock” & its Six Sigma Jokes 11.1k views
30. Fighting “We've Always Done It This Way” in Workplaces & Baseball 10.6k views
31. About Mark Graban 10.4k views
32. Video on a “2-Bin” Kanban System at a Pennsylvania Hospital 10.2k views
33. Tool Crib Management & Its Role in Lean Manufacturing 9.7k views
34. “Standard” vs. “Standardized” Work in Lean 9.5k views
35. Lean Comedy 9.5k views
36. 10 Common Problem Solving Mistakes 9.4k views
37. Toyota is Admired for Good Reason… But About Those Rotating Job Shifts… 9.1k views
38. Video: Toyota Helps a NYC Food Bank & Hurricane Sandy Victims 8.9k views
39. A Toyota Leader on Misunderstandings About the Toyota Production System 8.9k views
40. Is it a Bad Idea to Pay a Lean Consultant Based on a Percentage of Cost Savings? 8.7k views
41. Great Steve Jobs Video (& Transcript) from 1990 on Continuous Improvement 8.6k views
42. Doctors Bash “Taylorism” and “Toyota Lean” in the New England Journal of Medicine 8.6k views
43. Video of a Daily Huddle at Everett Clinic 8.5k views
44. “Quality Circles” Are Alive & Well in Japanese Organizations; We Might Call it A3 Problem Solving 8.3k views
45. Top 10 Amazon Healthcare Administration Books 8.3k views
46. Blog 8.1k views
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48. “Stop the Line” in a Hospital 7.7k views
49. Chernobyl: Data Without Context is Dangerous 7.6k views
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