All posts from Mark Graban’s LeanBlog.org, including podcasts, announcements, articles, and more.
Hospital News: Markham Stouffville Hospital makes 50 improvements to the emergency department Here’s a news story that describes the beginning of a Lean journey in a Canadian hospital: The leadership team at Markham Stouffville Hospital turned to the LEAN methodology,…
The Associated Press: Toyota lays off 800 line workers at Japan plant I’m starting to cut Toyota less slack for their claims of not having laid off employees in over 50 years. Japanese automaker Toyota has laid off 800 people…
To celebrate the 50th LeanBlog Podcast, the tables are turned. Guest host Jamie Flinchbaugh chats with me, Mark Graban, about the history of my blog, my podcasts, and how this led into my new book, Lean Hospitals. This was Jamie’s…
CNBC Link to Show and Online Video I’m setting the DVR from England and will watch this over the internet when time allows (isn’t technology great?). A PR person from CNBC pointed out this show, so I thought I’d suggest…
Pre-Printed Value Stream Mapping Post-it Symbols – 6 Post-it’s per sheet I’m not picking on the retailer… I support the “Lean Supermarket” and they’ve been an advertiser before. They didn’t invent these, but this seems like a solution looking for…
I got into the middle of this discussion on the Healthcare Management Engineers (HME) group on Yahoo. A question was posed: We’re in the process of designing a new facility for a small group of family practice physicians. I’m primarily…
Learn Lean Manufacturing !: Lean For Your Organization – How to add value to your organization using lean concepts I’ve run contests before, but here’s one from Aza Badurdeen and his “Learn Lean Blog.” You can win $200 for the…
FT.com / Home UK / UK – Oil price forces P&G to rethink its distribution OK, I’m catching up on an old post since I saw a very similar story in the NY Times yesterday. First the FT story: There’s…
I will be standing in for LeanBlog founder and podcast host Mark Graban for the upcoming 50th podcast. While I clearly will not be quitting my day job, this was fun being on the other side of the mic for…
What people often think Lean is — a superhero there to “save them” or to “make them Lean.” As illustrated below: How people should really view Lean: The asterisk text reads “warning: requires effort and leadership (not a silver…
It’s once again my pleasure to host the Carnival for John Hunter and his Curious Cat blog. Please submit your favorite management posts to the carnival. Read the previous management carnivals. Boeing Plays Whack-a-Supplier (Kevin Meyer – Evolving Excellence): “Pretty…
I’m happy to announce that I will be speaking at a few events and forums this fall. The firm I work for will also be doing some events in Boston (September) and Dallas (November), so I hope to be able…
