Toyota Helps Children’s Health Dallas Reduce Some CLABSI Infections 75% Mark Graban Sep 11, 2017 3 Audio "Through a collaboration with Toyota, Children's HealthSM, the leading pediatric health system in North Texas,…
Live Blogging Day 1 of #HCSummit17 – #Lean Healthcare Transformation Summit Mark Graban Jun 7, 2017 1 Blog I'm at the 8th annual Lean Healthcare Transformation Summit in Palm Springs, California. Follow on Twitter using…
Lessons Ford & the UAW Learned in Japan in 1981 Still Apply (Even in… Mark Graban Feb 13, 2017 4 Blog I continue sharing documents from the Don Ephlin library archive. What did Ford and the UAW learn when they visited…
Some Great #Lean Videos from the State of Washington (@ResultsWA) on Culture,… Mark Graban Feb 9, 2017 0 Blog Here are some recorded keynote talks and video presentations from the "Results Washington" annual conference, as…
“Practicing Lean” Excerpt: Lesa Nichols on Standardized Work &… Mark Graban Jan 27, 2017 0 Blog As I'm documenting in the comments here, the collaborative eBook Practicing Lean has now generated more than $1000 …
Lean is Not Just Process Improvement Mark Graban Jan 16, 2017 7 Audio In my travels, I often meet people or visit organizations that say something like: "We're doing Lean... we just…
“The New Lean Hospitals Are Here!” Mark Graban Jun 10, 2016 1 Blog Yesterday was an exciting day for me, professionally and personally, as I received my first copies of the 3rd…
#Lean: The Toyota Production System is Mainly About the Philosophy Mark Graban Feb 24, 2016 12 Blog There's a triangle diagram on the TSSC webpage that describes an "integrated system" that consists of: technical…
“Healthcare Kaizen” Videos from Franciscan St. Francis Mark Graban Feb 23, 2016 1 Featured Videos In the videos, you’ll see staff and leaders talk bout “Kaizen” or continuous improvement. It’s powerful to see the…
How Failed Lean Implementations Are Like a Bad Home Theater System Mark Graban Feb 1, 2016 4 Blog Alternate title: “Lean is an Integrated System. Of Course Just Implementing Pieces Leads to Failure.” Throughout…
The Shared Interests & Goals of Lean and the Patient Safety Movement Mark Graban Jan 22, 2016 0 Blog Later today and tomorrow, I'll be attending the annual World Patient Safety, Science & Technology Summit that's…
Doctors Bash Taylorism and Lean in the New England Journal of Medicine: Separating… Mark Graban Jan 13, 2016 61 Blog In the article posted today, Pamela Hartzband, M.D., and Jerome Groopman, M.D. (the later the author of the popular…
You Got Them to Do What? Getting a Hospital to Dedicate 16 Weeks of Staff Time to… Mark Graban Nov 30, 2015 1 Blog How many times do we hear people say things like “We don’t have time for Lean” or “We don’t have time for Kaizen“?…
How is the “Toyota Effect” Helping Factories, Hospitals, and… Mark Graban Oct 19, 2015 6 Blog Toyota shared some compelling short films with me and I've written about three of them over on LinkedIn... As we…
“Practicing Lean:” Starting Out with Six Sigma Mark Graban Sep 14, 2015 5 Blog Today's post is an excerpt from the collaborative ebook project Practicing Lean. I wrote the first two chapters of…
Using Lean to Organize Hospital Closets… NPR Commenters Are Not Impressed Mark Graban Aug 10, 2015 8 Audio I saw this story when it originally appeared online as part of a local public radio station in California. It was…
Video: Toyota Helps Harbor-UCLA Medical Center and Their Eye Clinic Mark Graban Jun 3, 2014 2 Blog California week on the blog continues after yesterday's post about Lean at San Francisco General Hospital.…
Video: Toyota Helps a NYC Food Bank & Hurricane Sandy Victims Mark Graban Jun 23, 2013 8 Blog Here's a video produced about some work that Toyota's TSSC did for a New York City food bank, applying!-->!-->!-->…