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Stuff I’m Reading March 2015: Womack, Sweatshops, Hospitals, and Surveys

Mark Graban Mar 9, 2015 0
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As often happens, I have too many open browser tabs full of articles that I was going to potentially blog about.…

Upcoming Kaizen Workshop in Indianapolis (April)

Mark Graban Feb 12, 2015 0
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I'm planning two different workshops in the coming months: Boston (canceled): "Successful Lean Teams" -…

The Kaizen Approach to Getting Others Comfortable with Sushi

Mark Graban Dec 1, 2014 1
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I'll be blogging a lot more about my recent trip to Japan with Kaizen Institute, including the site visits and our…

“Lean Coffee” for Healthcare in San Antonio, 9/24/14

Mark Graban Aug 19, 2014 2
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I held the first "Lean Coffee" gathering for San Antonio healthcare folks in June and we're going to do another one…

A Whiteboard Accident Waiting to Happen – How to Error Proof?

Mark Graban Mar 13, 2014 28
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Yesterday, Jim Benson and I were facilitating a "Lean for Knowledge Work" class at Geekdom in San Antonio and had a…

Preaching to the Choir: Lean Works Everywhere

Mark Graban Feb 7, 2014 0
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Some of you might have seen it, but I wrote a piece for the LinkedIn Influencers series about how the "Lean…

Practicing What We Preach: Transparency and Kaizen

Mark Graban Feb 1, 2014 0
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I'm part of the crowd that asks the following of healthcare organizations and leaders: be transparent and share…

Parody Video – Two Great Tastes that Taste Great Together

Mark Graban Jan 31, 2014 1
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Next class: Boston, May 20, 2015 I was thinking yesterday about the "Lean for Knowledge Work" seminars I'm doing…

Upcoming Conferences – SHS & LEI

Mark Graban Jan 25, 2014 4
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I'm happy to be attending two really outstanding events in the next two months and I hope to see you there! The…

Before Asking Others to Do Kaizen, First Do Kaizen Yourself

Mark Graban Jan 22, 2014 3
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Today, Joe Swartz and I are leading a workshop about "Healthcare Kaizen" in Farmington Hills. A "core Kaizen…

Online Lean Healthcare Class through LEI, More Upcoming Kaizen Classes

Mark Graban Dec 17, 2013 0
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In addition to the Healthcare Kaizen class that Joe Swartz and I are doing in Detroit on January 22 (with a 10%…

Workshop in Seattle, July 29: An Introduction to Lean for Knowledge Work

Mark Graban May 25, 2013 0
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I'm happy to announce that I'm collaborating with Jim Benson and Tonianne DeMaria Barry, fellow Shingo Research…

Podcast #268 – @TomEhrenfeld, on #Lean Books & #LeanStartup

Mark Graban Nov 29, 2016 1
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My guest for Episode #268 is a long-time friend of mine in the Lean community and Lean Enterprise Institute…

Strategy Deployment as a Series of Hypotheses or Predictions (Part 2)

Mark Graban Jun 28, 2016 5
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Here is the EXTREMELY belated Part 2 of my post, started in January 2015 with Part 1, on Strategy Deployment (SD)…

Report to President Obama Endorses Lean & Systems Engineering in Healthcare

Mark Graban Jul 21, 2014 0
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I recently saw a tweet that referenced a May 2014 that was sent to President Obama and his administration: "Report…
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