All posts from Mark Graban’s LeanBlog.org, including podcasts, announcements, articles, and more.
This story was sent to me by somebody I know with a Lean manufacturing career. It’s shocking, but it could happen anywhere, I suppose. I’m not going to name names… the author of this has allowed me to share it,…
Recently, I wrote about an on-site event that I helped the Iowa Lean Consortium and Mary Greeley Medical Center (MGMC) organize… here is my first post about the morning of that event, if you missed it: Celebrating & Sharing Continuous Improvement…
Mark’s Note: Today’s post is by a new contributor, Nathalie Khodr. We met a few years back in San Antonio thanks to our shared interests in Lean and healthcare improvement. Nathalie asked to write a post that reflected on her…
I recently saw this article, as published in a printed magazine that arrived in the mail via the UNT Health Science Center. The bold headline in the magazine was: FIRST, DO NO HARM I appreciate it when a healthcare organization…
It’s probably, ahem, not the most closely watched election race in the United States today, but it will be interesting to see if Washington reelects Governor Jay Inslee, pictured at left, a big support of “Lean Government” efforts in that…
Joining me for Episode #267 is Stephen M. Shortell PhD, MPH, MBA. He is Blue Cross of California Distinguished Professorship, HPM and is a Professor of Organizational Behavior at the University of California Berkeley School of Public Health. He is the director…
We’ve been having a great time at the KaiNexus User Conference. Check out key moments and tweets at the hashtag #KaiNexusUC16 on Twitter. To kick off the event, we shared a video that features KaiNexus team members sharing what we…
Snapping a historic 108-year drought, a small hospital, Chicago Community Use Bariatric Health Services (CUBS), implemented their first employee-driven improvement idea Wednesday night, breaking a long curse.
I was interviewed today by a reporter today who is doing a story on Lean. We talked about Lean being adopted in various industries and settings. He asked a very interesting question, basically: “Has Lean ever been fully implemented and…
Mark’s Note: Today’s post is by a new guest contributor, Tom Gormley. I first met Tom in 2009 or 2010 when my wife and I were in Boston for the year. He was in the process of switching into healthcare…
This week is our 2nd annual KaiNexus User Conference, in Austin… with customers and those who are about to become customers joining us for 1.5 or 2.5 days of sharing, learning, and fun. If Austin’s expression is “Keep Austin Weird,”…
Were there Lean ideas to be found in a tour of AT&T Stadium and an AME Conference speech by NFL great Emmitt Smith?
