All posts from Mark Graban’s LeanBlog.org, including podcasts, announcements, articles, and more.
Mark’s note: Here’s the latest in the series by a guest blogger, Paul Serafino. Click here to read earlier posts in this series about leaders who have no one to formally lead. By Paul Serafino: The second strategy in this…
I think I’m done complaining about Frontier Communications on Twitter. It’s been a very frustrating week, as I’m on day 6 of a complete internet outage. You can read my long rant about it here on LinkedIn: How Frontier Communications…
Mark’s note: When I first started in healthcare, I worked for a team called ValuMetrix Services, a part of Johnson & Johnson that did consulting for labs and healthcare organizations. During that time, I got to work with Tony Milian.…
Our friends at Gemba Academy produce some really nice online Lean education materials. It’s a subscription service, but you can see some free videos on YouTube. As part of their “Gemba Live” series, host Ron Pereira visited Franciscan St. Francis Health…
Recent lessons from NICU innovation, primary care access, fan safety in baseball, and ongoing VA wait-time gaming This post is a collection of recent updates and follow-ups to topics I’ve written about before–spanning healthcare improvement, patient access, safety in sports,…
Mark’s note: Last week, I published a post by Paul Serafino titled “3 Strategies for #Lean Leaders Who Have No One to Lead.” Today, and for the next two Tuesdays, Paul shares each of those strategies. Click here for the…
Joining me for episode #248 of the podcast is Drew Locher, an author, consultant, speaker, and, also like me, a faculty member for the Lean Enterprise Institute and the ThedaCare Center for Healthcare Value. You can read his bio via his consulting website,…
Mark’s Note: Today’s guest post is by my good friend and fellow DFW-area resident Michael Lombard. Next week, on Tuesday April 19, I’m hosting a KaiNexus webinar where Michael will be presenting on the topic of A Lean Management System Supported By…
Thanks to my Amazon Kindle app on my iPad, I get to carry much of my book collection with me. Sometimes, while on the road, I end up eating dinner alone with my iPad. Recently, I was in a Japanese…
Mark’s note: Today’s post is by a new guest blogger, Paul Serafino. This initial post will be followed by a series of three posts with strategies that he tees up in this post. By Paul Serafino: The door to the…
Regular readers will remember my post about the New England Journal of Medicine piece on Lean by Pamela Hartzband, M.D., and Jerome Groopman, M.D. that so badly confused Lean with top-down Taylorism. John Toussaint, M.D., the former CEO of ThedaCare…
Hey everyone… I’m doing a few different webinars or webcasts in the next few weeks. But first, while I’m promoting stuff, Amazon has a GREAT deal on the pre-order of the 3rd edition of my book Lean Hospitals, which is supposed…
