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General Jim Mattis has been making the rounds to talk about his new book that is out today: Call Sign Chaos: Learning to Lead. “Learning to Lead” sounds like it could be the title of a book about Lean management.…
Healthcare – Creating Value for Patients The last place I want to receive care is the hospital. There are innumerable advantages to being treated in home for the patient, family, and healthcare system. Treating acute care patients in the home…
This past weekend, an old friend came down from Michigan to spend two days in the Dallas area. Amongst the activities and catching up, we went bowling — something I did a lot of as a kid and something my…
Joining me for Episode 346 of the podcast is Mark Ryan, a Transformation Coach and Lean Six Sigma Black Belt at Franciscan Health. Mark will be one of the hosts and facilitators at our upcoming “Kaizen Live!” site visit event…
tl;dr: High-profile “never events” aren’t caused by careless clinicians–and they aren’t prevented by warning signs. Signs that tell people to “be careful” substitute reminders for real system design, error-proofing, and a culture that makes it easy to do the right…
Healthcare – Creating Value for Patients An experienced doctor in Toronto caused harm, operated without consent, and intimidated staff for years. A disturbing but unsurprising tale of greed, betrayal, and medical misconduct at North York General Hospital. One way to better…
After the last episode with guest host Paul Critchley, I’m once again joined by Jamie Flinchbaugh for another “Lean Whiskey” podcast. In Episode 6 of Lean Whiskey, Mark Graban and Jamie Flinchbaugh explore two icons as leaders and the impact…
My guest for Episode #345 is Edward Niedermeyer, author of Ludicrous: The Unvarnished Story of Tesla Motors. The book offers a deeply reported look at Tesla’s history, strategy, and culture–and why manufacturing and leadership still matter. Ed is Senior Editor…
Thanks to the “Work Minus” podcast for having me on their show: Work Minus Overreacting to Business Metrics with Mark Graban – Distinguishing signal vs. noise I enjoyed being on this podcast — here are two quotes they captured: “When…
The last time I ran a short-term book sale — lowering the Kindle book price of Measures of Success: React Less, Lead Better, Improve More to $2.99 — I was curious what would happen. I saw a short-term spike in…
TL;DR: Many organizations misinterpret metrics, overreact to noise, and miss real signals. Using an A3 approach helps leaders align on the problem first–before introducing Process Behavior Charts as a countermeasure for better decisions and more effective improvement. Why Process Behavior…
Recently, KaiNexus and I hosted another webinar in our free series and I hope you were able to join us. Taryn Davis, of the firm tbd strategies, gave an engaging and practical presentation titled, “Burn Your Ships! Generating Momentum for…
