All posts from Mark Graban’s LeanBlog.org, including podcasts, announcements, articles, and more.
Listen: Podcast #98 brings us Pat Bergin, President of Aerofil Technology, a manufacturer based in Missouri with 400 employees. Aerofil has been on its Lean journey since 2007 under Pat’s leadership – first as a consultant and now as President.…
Today’s post is an interview I conducted via email with Justin Holland, Managing Principal of GE Healthcare Americas. Before joining GE, he was most recently Vice President of Business Performance at Cleveland Clinic. In this interview we cover topics including…
I’d like to welcome a new advertiser to LeanBlog.org — it’s 5S Supply, found online at www.5Ssupply.com. I’ve talked with the owner, Tony Manos, and he’s serious about Lean and he’s serious about providing good service and good value to…
My city in Texas signed a contract with a new trash/waste company that starts on September 1st. The new bin is green (pictured at left). I already had two blue bins from the old company. The bins work just fine.…
A number of readers emailed me a link to this New York Times article: “U.S. Inaction Lets Look-Alike Tubes Kill Patients.” The headline emphasizes the lack of governmental oversight, but I’d rather talk about the poor system design that allows…
You might know of and already be a fan of Pascal Dennis (read more about him and listen to my recent podcast with him here). He has a new book out (The Remedy) and his firm, Lean Pathways, has published…
People often ask “So where did the term ‘lean’ come from?” It didn’t come from Toyota. And the term isn’t an acronym (so no need to type it as LEAN or L.E.A.N.). The term came from John Krafcik, who was…
Here is a nice little (under 2 minutes) news video from New Zealand talking about one hospital (in Auckland) and their implementation of the “Releasing Time to Care” program that was started in the British NHS. Other hospitals across New…
I’m currently in Minneapolis, where today is Day 2 of our Healthcare Value Leaders Network “Gemba Visit” to Park Nicollet (read more about these visits here). Dr. John Toussaint, author of the book On the Mend: Revolutionizing Healthcare to Save…
Here are a few events I’ll be a part of in the next few months, maybe I’ll see you there: Cindy Jimmerson’s “Big Sky” Lean Leadership Retreat, Sept 20-22 Michigan Lean Consortium’s Lean Healthcare Event, Sept 28 LEI “Key Concepts…
Many of you may know of Paul O’Neill for the dramatic employee safety improvements at aluminum maker Alcoa and you may know of him from his work in promoting healthcare improvement (he is the “bureaucrat” in “The Nun & the…
By now, you may have read the news release and/or e-letter (scroll way down) from the Lean Enterprise Institute that announces founder and chairman James P. Womack is stepping down as CEO of LEI, to be replaced by longtime LEI…
