All posts from Mark Graban’s LeanBlog.org, including podcasts, announcements, articles, and more.
I was fortunate to take a nearly two-week vacation recently, a trip that included a week in France. My wife and I had a chance to, I guess, do a number of “gemba visits” at some wineries in the Burgundy,…
I’m away on vacation through October 10th, but I’ve scheduled the posting of an article of interest most weekdays. Feel free to comment and share your thoughts on each and I hope you keep up your daily habit of reading the…
This article caught my eye recently:
We Can Still Do It: Dr. Deming’s Legacy
(via LInkedIn)
Thanks to my friends at the ThedaCare Center for Healthcare Value for putting together this video with me, filmed at the last Lean Healthcare Transformation Summit (hope to see you there next June). The video was a chance to talk…
This article caught my eye recently:
DMC dirty instruments escaped '15 probe, records show
(via The Detroit News)
This article caught my eye recently:
Skeptics - We have Proof that Operational Excellence Work in Healthcare!
(via The Ohio State University)
This article caught my eye recently:
Skip the Fancy Towels, and Hire More Nurses
(via the NY Times)
This article caught my eye recently:
Doctors usually think bigger hospitals offer better surgery. Turns out, we’re wrong.
(via Vox)
This article caught my eye recently: For Every Hour With Patients, Doctors Spend Two Record-Keeping (via Forbes)
Here’s an article that was sent to me by Dave Sundahl, who was my guest on Episode #86 of my podcast: The Deadly Results Of Flawed Design From the article: “Design has the power to make our lives better, and…
My guest for Episode #264 is a friend from here in the Dallas / Fort Worth area, Tyrone Butler. He is LSS Managing Partner at his company, Butler Active Business Solutions LLC. He has a background in the Air Force, he pre-dated…
tl;dr: Wells Fargo didn’t have a “bad apples” problem–it had a bad management system. Unrealistic sales quotas and fear-driven incentives made gaming the numbers easier than doing the right thing. The Wells Fargo scandal is a textbook example of how…
