Episode #12 of the “Lean Whiskey” Podcast: Canadian Whiskey, the Ups…
Mark Graban and Ryan McCormack
In Episode 12 of Lean Whiskey, Mark Graban is back and he's joined by a friend…
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Can Questions About Patient Safety Feel Psychologically Unsafe?
I think that working to reduce patient harm (to improve patient safety) is one of the most important (and most…
Podcast #356 — Amy C. Edmondson on Psychological Safety and “The…
My guest for episode #356 of the podcast is Amy C. Edmondson, PhD, the Novartis Professor of Leadership and…
The Path to Patient Safety in Japan (or Elsewhere): Reporting Problems, Solving…
As I blogged about this morning, don't forget that you can get a FREE Kindle copy of Practicing Lean today…
Free Kindle Day — Our Anthology Book “Practicing Lean”
Update: This offer has expired.
All day long, today, Tuesday January 21, the Kindle version of the book …
When Doctors and Nurses are Afraid to Speak Up About Patient Safety Problems
The theme for the next couple of days on the blog is patient safety and the idea of "psychological safety" for…
Podcast #355 — An Engineer, an Architect, and a Nurse on Healthcare…
Isaac Mitchell, Laura Silvoy, and Darrin Judkins
So, an engineer, an architect, and a nurse walk into a…
It’s Hard to Ask Leaders to Change the System in Which They’ve Risen…
The other, I stumbled across an old article that I remember, as it was published in the Wall Street Journal in…
A Podcast Talking Lean Healthcare with a Swiss Professor
Normally, I like being the interviewer, but today I'd like to share a podcast where I was the one being…
Podcast #354 — Kim Hollon on the CEO’s Role in Lean and Patient Safety…
Joining me for episode #354 of the podcast is Kim Hollon, the CEO and President of Signature Healthcare, based…
My Article for CFO.com: Break the Bad Habit of Overreacting to Metrics
I'd like to thank CFO Magazine (their CFO.com website) for publishing my article:
"Break the Bad Habit of…
That Wasn’t So Bad After All — From Ambivalence to Acceptance of a New…
Before Christmas, I was thinking again about upgrading my iPhone 8 Plus to the newer iPhone 11 Pro, as I wrote…
Year in Review: What are the 10 Most Read LeanBlog.org Posts of 2019? Of This…
Here are the ten most-read posts of the year, according to Google Analytics (popularity doesn't imply quality, but…
[Song] Gemba Claus is Comin’ to Town!
Here's a musical holiday treat for my regular Lean Blog readers and podcast listeners, a song parody, originally…
Episode #10 of the “Lean Whiskey” Podcast: The Grinch Stole our Tech,…
Mark Graban & Jamie Flinchbaugh
In Episode 10 of Lean Whiskey, Mark Graban and Jamie Flinchbaugh do their…
Am I Getting Over My Resistance to the Newer iPhones? Am I Still Ambivalent?
It's a bit of a Throwback Thursday... in October of 2017, I wrote this post about my, ahem, "resistance to…
What I Overheard About What Sounds Like “Fake Agile” or “Agile…
This software developer wasn't the first to say it. I wasn't the first to overhear it. And, I'm surely not the…
Why are Factories in Value Stream Maps Drawn That Way? What’s That Shape?
Typically, the customer (or supplier) icon in classic Lean "Value Stream Mapping" looks like a factory.
Well,…