All posts from Mark Graban’s LeanBlog.org, including podcasts, announcements, articles, and more.
Running a hospital: It’s the economy You might have seen in the news that hospitals showed record profits in 2007, according to Modern Healthcare. U.S. community hospitals enjoyed record profits in 2007, posting $43 billion more in revenue than expenses…
leanblog.org | Lean Blog: Upcoming Charity Auction with Norman Bodek I’m still working on getting this auction ready (see link above for more details). I have the podcast CD-set ready to go and Norman has autographed the cover (see below).…
Amazon made some news at the end of last week when it announced plans to redesign its packaging and shipping practices across a variety of products. The initiative is called “frustration-free packaging,” and it should be instantly clear what it…
I wanted to remind you about an online event I’m presenting for Thursday afternoon and tell you about a new event (local to Dallas) that I’m attending Thursday night. THE DARK REPORT presents: How To Find And Eliminate All The…
Last year, I conducted a survey in advance of my book, Lean Hospitals. I’ve been a bit lax about sharing some of the results that I didn’t include in the book. One question was about the use of “events.” As…
You might know Mike from my podcast with him (performing as Dr. W. Edward Deming). Here are three videos with Mike (as himself) done by Quality Digest magazine. In Part 1, Mike talks about asking why and the continuing relevance…
LEAN.org – Lean Enterprise Institute John Shook is one of my favorite people in the Lean world. I’ve learned more about Toyota-style leadership from him than anyone else (the learning-to-time-exposed-to-John ratio is very, very high). John has a new book…
ThedaCare Improvement System Facilitator, ThedaCare, Inc. jobs in Wisconsin, Wisconsin ThedaCare Center for Healthcare Value Looks like ThedaCare is collecting resumes for future hiring as Lean (ThedaCare Improvement System) facilitators. Might be a nice opportunity for those of you in…
Hospitals try automakers’ practice of building efficiency in effort to trim costs | The Detroit News | detnews.com Here’s a good overview article about some Lean activity going on in hospitals around the Detroit area. I can understand the bias…
DAN Dana CEO to leave post, was on job for 6 months: Change at top job is 3rd in 9 months A great Lean leader, Gary Convis, has been replaced as CEO at an auto parts supplier, Dana. He will…
Today’s post is by a new contributor — but someone who isn’t a new name if you’ve been a listener to the LeanBlog Podcast. I’m happy to have Jim post here and I’m hoping he’ll contribute more in the future.…
Bedside Manner: Advocating for a Relative in the Hospital (WSJ) WSJ Health Blog (free): Five Tips for Helping a Family Member in the Hospital I’ve written before about my questions of why so many hospitals abdicate their leadership responsibility for…
