Mark Graban
GM Blames Layoffs on the Japan Earthquake and JIT; Should Instead...
Here is a sad article with the headline"General Motors lays off workers at NY plant." This is an addition to earlier Shreveport layoffs.
The media...
Updating “A Vision for a Lean Hospital”
I am working on finishing up the revised and updated edition of my first book Lean Hospitals: Improving Quality, Patient Safety, and Employee Satisfaction....
Collected Employee Engagement & Satisfaction Improvement Statistics – Lean Healthcare
I'm going to use this blog post / page to collect published statistics about the impact the Lean management philosophy has had on healthcare...
Survey: Title & Subtitle for My Second Book on “Kaizen” and...
Hi - As a reader of my blog, your input and thoughts are important to me.
I am currently co-authoring a new book with Joe...
Check Out the Healthcare Value Network Podcast Series
One of my projects with LEI and the Healthcare Value Network is a podcast series I am hosting featuring leaders from our various Network...
From the LEI Summit: Mike Rother on Toyota’s View on ROI
I really had a great learning experience at last week's LEI Lean Transformation Summit that was held here in Dallas. The event sold out...
Donations for Japan Earthquake Relief
Our thoughts and prayers are with our friends in Japan and everybody there dealing with the aftermath of the earthquake and whatever problems are...
My Four Hypotheses for Friday’s DFW Healthcare/Industry Lean Gathering
Coming off of an outstanding 2011 Lean Transformation Summit (blog posts to come), John Toussaint, MD, is doing a huge favor for the Dallas-Fort...
Eric Ries On The Lean Startup Methodology And How To Build...
Episode #115 is a discussion with Eric Ries (@ericries), entrepreneur and author of the book The Lean Startup: How Today's Entrepreneurs Use Continuous Innovation to Create Radically...
How to Make Oatmeal (or Lean)… Wrong
Is oatmeal good for you? It generally is.... well, unless it isn't. Oatmeal can lower your cholesterol, is full of whole grains, and on...
The Workplace, “Bosses,” Health, and “Authentic Conversations”
As many people do, I had to fill out an online health assessment for the purposes of my family's health insurance. The survey asked...
From SHS: Ohio Health Reduces Surgical Site Infections Using Lean
A few weeks back, I attended the Society for Health Systems (SHS) Conference in Orlando, where I chaired the Patient Flow track. There were...