Toyota’s Jamie Bonini on Organizational Culture Mark Graban Jun 11, 2013 3 Blog Last week at the Lean Healthcare Transformation Summit, I really enjoyed the presentation by Jamie Bonini, General…
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…
The Video From the Toyota Museum in Nagoya, Japan Mark Graban Dec 12, 2022 0 Blog When I visited the Toyota Museum in Nagoya, Japan (see my previous blog posts about it), they had a display that!-->…
Toyota Was Helped, not Hampered, by TPS During the Pandemic Mark Graban Nov 22, 2022 0 Blog A culture of learning makes the difference, not "low inventory" Last year, I wrote a post that criticized!-->!-->!-->…
Why Damon Baker Thinks Lean Has a Marketing Problem; the Need to Speak the… Mark Graban Aug 16, 2022 0 Interviews Scroll down for how to subscribe, transcript, and more My guest for Episode #454 of the Lean!-->!-->!-->!-->!-->!-->!-->!-->!-->!-->!-->…
Interviewed by Doctors on the “Connecting the Dots” Podcast Mark Graban Mar 22, 2021 0 Blog I'd like to thank my friend Skip Steward for inviting me to be a guest on his podcast called "Connecting the!-->…
CEO Akio Toyoda’s Perspectives on the Toyota Production System Mark Graban Aug 31, 2020 1 Blog I was really happy to see this publication by Toyota, from Japan but in English: "Akio Toyoda's View on Toyota!-->!-->!-->…
Operational Excellence Mixtape: April 10, 2020 Ryan McCormack Apr 10, 2020 0 Mixtape Thanks as always to Ryan McCormick for this... Healthcare - Creating Value for Patients Healthcare!-->!-->!-->!-->!-->!-->!-->!-->!-->!-->…
A Fantastic Video About Toyota Helping a Hospital in Brazil Mark Graban Oct 29, 2019 3 Blog When I was in Brazil recently (read more), one of the presenters at the Lean Six Sigma Conference was Bruno!-->!-->!-->…
What This Hospital President Said About Lean, Respecting Staff, and Just Culture Mark Graban Sep 5, 2019 1 Blog This article made me smile the other day -- especially the comments about Lean, front-line staff, and systems: !-->!-->!-->…
Operational Excellence Mixtape: Best of 2019 – Mixtape A-Side Ryan McCormack Jul 19, 2019 0 Mixtape Hi All - Summer in Manitoba requires part-time work, as the precious weeks of glorious weather need to!-->!-->!-->!-->!-->!-->…
Operational Excellence Mixtape: April 26, 2019 Ryan McCormack Apr 27, 2019 0 Mixtape Ryan and I are co-sponsoring a workshop that I'll be presenting on "Measures of Success" in Winnipeg on!-->!-->!-->!-->!-->!-->…
Managers Must Help The People They Supervise Mark Graban Mar 26, 2018 5 Blog Last week, a nurse manager downloaded the free first chapter of my book Lean Hospitals and wrote this message in…
Throwback Thursday: Are We Training the Right People on Lean? Mark Graban Oct 12, 2017 10 Blog I'm teaching a daylong class on Lean healthcare today in San Antonio. It's something I've done twice a year for the…
How Toyota Gets Organizations Started with TPS Mark Graban Sep 18, 2017 0 Blog Last week, I mentioned it was the 25th anniversary of TSSC -- formerly known as the Toyota Supplier Support Center…
This Organization Chose Not to “Deploy #Lean” Because a Leader Thought… Mark Graban Sep 12, 2017 10 Blog I posted an article on LinkedIn last week as a companion article and summary of my podcast with Dean Gruner, MD,…
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,…
Variation in Definitions of #Lean (The Good, the Bad, and the Different) Mark Graban Aug 23, 2017 8 Blog One challenge with teaching Lean is that there isn't aways a consistent definition that's used by everybody. Some…