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You Can’t Force Anyone to Change Their Minds or Actions

Mark Graban - December 2, 2015 12

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You Got Them to Do What? Getting a Hospital to Dedicate...

Mark Graban - November 30, 2015 1

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Rethinking the Five Whys: Introducing the ‘Many Whys’ Approach in Lean...

Mark Graban - November 18, 2015 12

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Beyond the Five Whys: Lean and Lean Startup Require a Deeper...

Mark Graban - November 17, 2015 13

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The First Ever Instance of “Lean Doesn’t Apply to Us?”

Mark Graban - November 11, 2015 3

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It’s Not Lean to Have Dysfunctional Efficiency Targets

Mark Graban - November 10, 2015 0

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Fighting Against “The Way We’ve Always Done It” – Before Lean...

Mark Graban - November 9, 2015 13

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Automakers & Car Dealers Should Survey Customers Who DON’T Buy and...

Mark Graban - October 22, 2015 4

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Confusion over Lean Manufacturing, Lean Healthcare, and Lean Startup

Mark Graban - October 20, 2015 9

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How Kaizen is the Key to Northwestern’s Stellar Defense

Mark Graban - October 8, 2015 2

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“Learning to be Lean” – An Inside Look at a Rapid...

Mark Graban - September 28, 2015 6

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Throwback Thursday: This Hospital CEO Was Never Going to Get Lean

Mark Graban - September 24, 2015 4

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Mark Graban on Ryan McCormack’s Operational Excellence Mixtape: June 27, 2025June 27, 2025
On the Boeing story from NPR... I heard the host introduce the story by saying that the NTSB had not…
Mark Graban on Going to the Gemba Means More Than Looking at Boards, Status, and Metrics (or Your Watch)June 27, 2025
Thanks for reading and for sharing your thoughts, Caitlin!
Caitlin R on Going to the Gemba Means More Than Looking at Boards, Status, and Metrics (or Your Watch)June 27, 2025
Thank you so much for this article. It is very timely reinforcement of some of the positive intention, time, and…
Mark Graban on Debunking Misconceptions About Toyota Production System: Video Insights From Nampachi HayashiJune 26, 2025
It seems that Hiyashi-san has passed away: https://www.linkedin.com/posts/salvadordsanchez_rip-hayashi-san-i-learned-today-from-activity-7343860564621766656-JQaL/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=member_ios&rcm=ACoAAAABPaABhOVeGXuJ269R5pg9p0RYCrARSl0 Deepest condolences to his family, friends, and former colleagues...
Venkat on Debunking Misconceptions About Toyota Production System: Video Insights From Nampachi HayashiJune 26, 2025
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You Can’t Force Anyone to Change Their Minds or Actions

You Got Them to Do What? Getting a Hospital to Dedicate...

Rethinking the Five Whys: Introducing the ‘Many Whys’ Approach in Lean...

Beyond the Five Whys: Lean and Lean Startup Require a Deeper...

The First Ever Instance of “Lean Doesn’t Apply to Us?”

It’s Not Lean to Have Dysfunctional Efficiency Targets

Fighting Against “The Way We’ve Always Done It” – Before Lean...

Automakers & Car Dealers Should Survey Customers Who DON’T Buy and...

Confusion over Lean Manufacturing, Lean Healthcare, and Lean Startup

How Kaizen is the Key to Northwestern’s Stellar Defense

“Learning to be Lean” – An Inside Look at a Rapid...

Throwback Thursday: This Hospital CEO Was Never Going to Get Lean

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