All posts from Mark Graban’s LeanBlog.org, including podcasts, announcements, articles, and more.
In the Lean movement, organizations are often wise to have some variation on a “no layoffs due to Lean” policy, as I’ve written about before. Many healthcare organizations, including ThedaCare, have made this commitment quite publicly. Since Lean is about…
It’s time for another reader question – this time, it was a question that came in via Twitter. It was right on point with things I was talking to Paul Akers about in our recent podcast (audio and video). The…
I often get asked “what do you use to produce your podcasts?” So, while this might not be of interest to all, I thought I’d put it in a blog post that I could refer people to as a starting…
Catching up on an episode of the NBC show “Parks & Recreation” from a few weeks back, Rob Lowe’s character is talking about going to a Japanese restaurant and he enthusiastically blurts out a few random words, including “Kaizen!” It’s…
Mark’s Note: Today’s guest post is by Christina Kach, who I met via Twitter and email. I’m hoping this will be the first in a series of posts geared toward young Lean and continuous improvement professionals, but I think there…
Listen: Episode #137 is a chat with Jerry Bussell, founder of the Jacksonville Lean Consortium. I’ve met and talked with Jerry many times through LEI, so I’m thrilled to finally get him on the podcast. Jerry is a retired Medtronic…
TL;DR: Salem Health leaders and frontline staff visited Japan to study Lean and Kaizen–and returned with a deeper understanding that transformation comes from respect for people, teamwork across titles, and leaders going to the front lines to learn. The trip…
We are going through the editing and typesetting process for our upcoming book Healthcare Kaizen this week. After not really looking at the manuscript for a few months, a particular line stood out and made me think, as it’s the…
Here is the fifth in our series of short, simple Kaizen education videos from KaiNexus, a software startup where I am on the management team. We are embedding these videos into our web-based software, to provide short tips and hints for…
There has been a lot of buzz over last Sunday’s New York Times article “How the U.S. Lost Out on iPhone Work.” (Free article). Editor’s Note: Why This Still Matters Today More than a decade later, this conversation is even…
This week, I’ve been reading and listening to a lot of articles about working conditions at the Foxconn facilities in China. These stories are primarily focused on Apple, but nearly any computer, gadget, or mobile device is made there, ranging…
Our guest for episode #136 is Paul Akers, President of FastCap and author of the book 2 Second Lean. Here, we are talking about the new book and how small improvements that save two seconds in your daily work can…
