3 Instances in 1 Day: Problems, Mistakes, and Countermeasures (Short-Term and… Mark Graban Oct 10, 2022 0 Blog I don't blog about every mistake I make (although it might seem otherwise, sometimes). I do try to share stories!-->…
Keith Champion on the Lucid (Motors) Production System Mark Graban Apr 20, 2021 3 Interviews Scroll down for info, videos about Lucid Motors, how to subscribe, and more My guest for Episode!-->!-->!-->!-->!-->!-->!-->!-->!-->…
Episode #10 of the “Lean Whiskey” Podcast: The Grinch Stole our Tech,… Mark Graban Dec 20, 2019 0 Lean Whiskey Mark Graban & Jamie Flinchbaugh In Episode 10 of Lean Whiskey, Mark Graban and Jamie Flinchbaugh do their!-->!-->!-->…
Operational Excellence Mixtape: October 25, 2019 Ryan McCormack Oct 25, 2019 3 Mixtape Healthcare - Creating Value for Patients If you set a target without providing a clear path on how !-->!-->!-->!-->!-->!-->!-->!-->…
Operational Excellence Mixtape: October 11, 2019 Ryan McCormack Oct 12, 2019 0 Mixtape Healthcare - Creating Value for Patients Transformation and quality improvement is rarely sustained!-->!-->!-->!-->!-->!-->!-->!-->…
Operational Excellence Mixtape: September 27, 2019 Ryan McCormack Sep 28, 2019 0 Mixtape Healthcare - Creating Value for Patients Globally, at least 5 patients die every minute due to unsafe!-->!-->!-->!-->!-->!-->!-->!-->…
How Checklists and the “Andon Cord” Concept Can Help With Webinars Mark Graban Mar 6, 2019 0 Blog For years, Dr. Greg Jacobson and I have used checklists when prepping for and running our various webinars via!-->…
Leaders & Lean: We Need to Better Support Doctors and Other Providers Mark Graban Apr 17, 2018 3 Blog When surgeons have no better options than complaining about process problems on LinkedIn, are their leaders and…
The Academy Awards Add an Inspector, Practice “Andon Cord Pulls,”… Mark Graban Mar 7, 2018 0 Blog Tomorrow, my post will be about headlines that scream about ratings for The Oscars being "down from last year" or…
What We’re Looking Forward to Learning at the Toyota Plant Tour Mark Graban Jan 16, 2018 0 Blog Tomorrow, with the entire KaiNexus team, I'm going to visit the Toyota truck plant in San Antonio, the plant…
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…
A Lesson From Toyota: Thanking Employees for Pointing Out Problems Mark Graban May 16, 2017 4 Audio Thanks to Lean Frontiers for sharing a story from Mike Hoseus on LinkedIn. Mike is, of course, co-author of the…
The Oscars, An Embarrassing Preventable Error, #Lean, and Process Improvement Mark Graban Feb 27, 2017 22 Blog Alternative headline: “Poorly Designed Card Trips Up Beatty and Dunaway at The Oscars.” Or “A Bad Process Beats…
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…
Lean at UCLA Harbor Medical Center Featured by the BBC Mark Graban Aug 3, 2016 2 Blog The BBC radio program "The Science Hour" recently aired a program with a segment where an unexpected person (Dr.…
This Doctor is Upset About Something, But It Doesn’t Really Sound Like Lean Mark Graban Jun 6, 2016 19 Blog Now, there’s a story written by an emergency medicine physician, Dr. Brad Cotton, that appears in a publication…
Moving from “Visuals” to “Visual Management” and to… Mark Graban Aug 4, 2015 8 Blog I've been studying and working with Lean for 20 years now and I love Lean because I'm still learning and getting…
Is Your Lean Journey Being Embraced With “Open Arms?” Are you… Mark Graban May 21, 2015 2 Blog The phrase "Lean journey" is used widely to describe an organization's transformation over time. It's either a…