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10 Years of “L.A.M.E.”

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#TBT: Past Posts About the Society for Health Systems

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Why This Nurses Union Is Wrong About Lean in Healthcare

Mark Graban - June 23, 2016 5

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What These Nurses Had to Say About “Lean Hospitals”; Free Gift...

Mark Graban - May 27, 2016 1

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#TBT: Toyota Helps Another Food Bank

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Why Would a New Healthcare CEO Kill a Lean Program?

Mark Graban - April 30, 2016 23

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#TBT: This Former Healthcare CEO’s Advice on Engaging Staff, Not Issuing...

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"It's not the American worker as far as I can determine that's a major part of the problem of productivity."

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It’s Not the Worker’s Fault – in 1980 or Today (Part...

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5 Years of Lean Startup Reflections: Posts, Podcasts, and Lessons Learned

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Podcast #227 – Ruthie Davis & Steve Cook on “Do The...

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Says Jack Dorsey: It’s an “Organizational Failure” if the CEO Has...

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Why “Lean Six Sigma” Misrepresents Lean Thinking (Just Call It 5S...

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Zachary Capen on Kaizen: The Improvement System Most Organizations Talk About but Struggle to PracticeMarch 10, 2026
This post really showed me what kaizen really means and why so many organizations struggle to implement it well. One…
Mark Graban on Stop Reacting to Red Light Metrics: Why ‘Two Reds in a Row’ Is a Misleading Rule of ThumbMarch 7, 2026
Is it a good rule to say, "If there are 2 red data points in a row, do a root…
Jack Benedict on Fujio Cho on Standardized Work: The Foundation for Improvement, Not ControlMarch 4, 2026
I enjoyed reading this article and the points that the author made about standardized work and how it is confused…
William Brew on Why a Lean Coach Asks Questions Instead of Giving AnswersMarch 3, 2026
One takeaway I have from this post is that lean leadership is focused on asking questions to develop people's understanding,…
Zachary Capen on The Longer Starbucks Coffee Stopper Is Obviously Waste… Unless It Is NotMarch 2, 2026
I agree! At first glance, the longer stopper did look a lot like a waste. It is so easy to…

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