All posts from Mark Graban’s LeanBlog.org, including podcasts, announcements, articles, and more.
Mark’s Note: Today’s post is by Dr. Mark Jaben, following up our recent podcast discussion. See his previous guest posts. Hidden brain ————–> prefrontal cortex ————–> creativity Our brain is only willing to expend the necessary energy to be creative…
In this 5-minute video from the 2012 Lean Startup Conference, I explore how Lean principles can improve hospital facility design. Using the fast-paced Ignite talk format (20 slides, auto-advancing every 15 seconds), the presentation draws connections between Lean Design in…
This video contains clips of a talk I gave at the University of Michigan Health System in early 2014. I cover some basics about the Kaizen approach to continuous improvement and how that fits into the “A3” problem solving model…
Here is another question emailed to me by a reader, so I’m answering it here (with the reader’s permission and removing any identifying details): The question: I am currently faced with a problem with scheduling breast biopsies. The next available…
It has been right about three years since I was introduced to Dr. Greg Jacobson via a reader of this blog. It was great to meet a physician who had read, loved, and practiced the ideas from Masaaki Imai’s book Kaizen.…
Mark’s note: Christina Kach is our guest blogger today, with a post written on a flight back from visiting what’s considered to be one of America’s best Lean companies A big part of Lean practice teaches us to find the…
I hope many of you will be attending either (or both) of the upcoming LEI summits with me, either the Lean Transformation Summit in early March or the Lean Healthcare Transformation Summit in June. See you there? Today’s post is something…
Here’s a great post from Pascal Dennis on Lean and PDCA (or PDSA): PDCA – the Pounding Heart Muscle of Life Everybody should read Pascal’s post… twice. Honestly, go read it a few times before returning here. I was fortunate…
TL;DR: The phrase “you get what you expect and you deserve what you tolerate” appears to trace back to a 1970s Reader’s Digest article, brought into Lean and healthcare circles through Charlie Protzman’s seminars at Johnson & Johnson. I learned…
Hat tip to Paul Levy for sharing this video originally in his blog post. Here is the video (you just have to watch the first minute to see the intro and the clip where the doctor talks about “Lean processing.):…
Some of you might have seen it, but I wrote a piece for the LinkedIn Influencers series about how the “Lean Manufacturing” principles are being used in various “knowledge work” settings – including healthcare, education, software, government, financial services, etc.…
My guest for episode #193 is Mark Jaben, MD, talking about our brains, Lean, and change. Mark has been a guest blogger for me before and it’s great to talk to him today about his research and experiences. In our conversation,…
