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Throwback Thursday: Inc. Writes About Dr. Deming in 1987

Mark Graban Aug 27, 2015 1
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I stumbled across an article from the Inc. magazine archives from 1987, so it's today's "Throwback Thursday."…

Throwback Thursday: How My Blog Rant Helped Keep an Office 5S Initiative from…

Mark Graban Aug 6, 2015 0
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It's time for another Throwback Thursday where I revisit a blog post from the past. To the left, that's a baby Mark…

Throwback Thursday: “This American Life” on NUMMI Lessons,…

Mark Graban Jul 23, 2015 1
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Episode #403 of the public radio program "This American Life" originally aired in 2010, telling the story of the…

Throwback Thursday: Be Lean, not L.A.M.E.

Mark Graban Jun 25, 2015 0
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Today's post is a throwback to an essay that I originally wrote for the excellent book Lean-Led Hospital Design:…

Throwback Thursday: The Leadership Mantras of Don Davis

Mark Graban May 28, 2015 1
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It's been just about 18 years since I was leaving GM to start the master's program at MIT's Leaders for…

Throwback Thursday – What Did a Mid 1990s Textbook Say About Lean?

Mark Graban May 14, 2015 0
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My friend Ryan, who works at a hospital in Canada, sent me a few pictures of an Industrial Engineering textbook…

Throwback Thursday: Dr. Deming’s Last Interview & Jack Welch’s…

Mark Graban Apr 23, 2015 12
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To the left is a young baby me. I don't think I was thinking about Dr. Deming as a baby, but thankfully my parents…

Throwback Thursday: A Lean Healthcare Conference From 2007

Mark Graban Apr 16, 2015 1
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Back in 2007, I had my first opportunity to travel to England, a country I really love visiting. I had the chance…

Throwback Thursday: 23 Tweets I Might Have Sent in 2002

Mark Graban Apr 9, 2015 1
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I have been going through some old papers recently and I found two sheets of paper with hand-written thoughts or…

Throwback Thursday: Jim Womack on the Term “#Lean” & @EricRies on…

Mark Graban Mar 26, 2015 8
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Last Monday, I had the chance to attend a Lean Startup event in Austin where Eric Ries announced the launch of a…

#Throwback Thursday: Creating the New American Hospital

Mark Graban Mar 19, 2015 1
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Today's Throwback Thursday is a look back at a 1993 book that I purchased in 2011 on somebody's…

Throwback Thursday: Paying Attention to Small Details

Mark Graban Feb 19, 2015 1
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Back in 2011, I wrote this homage to In-N-Out burger.  Their food is awesome, they treat managers and employees…

#Throwback Thursday – “Lean Sigma” is Still Pretty Often Wrong…

Mark Graban Jan 29, 2015 14
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Last weekend, at a patient safety conference, I heard a physician talk about "robust process improvement" and this,…

#Throwback Thursday: Punishing and Jailing People for Patient Harm

Mark Graban Jan 21, 2015 0
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Today is another "Throwback Thursday" post where I revisit posts from the past. Friday and Saturday, I'm going to…

Throwback Thursday: GM Got Gamed & The Original Intent of Their Standup…

Mark Graban Jan 15, 2015 1
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Continuing the "Throwback Thursday" theme for the 10th anniversary of my blog, today's post looks back at and…

Throwback Thursday: Presenting #Lean to Senior Hospital Executives

Mark Graban Jan 8, 2015 0
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The concept of "Throwback Thursday" is very popular on social media platforms, especially when it comes to people…

A Throwback to Another #ThrowbackThursday: Yet Again, the Wrong House Was…

Mark Graban Feb 27, 2020 0
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I can't believe that I'm once again writing about this. But, I saw in the news that ANOTHER house was mistakenly…

#ThrowbackThursday: Past #Lean April Fools’ Day Fun

Mark Graban Mar 31, 2016 2
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It's been a tradition of mine here, since 2010, to present a Lean April Fools' Day joke. You might have noticed,…
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