Tag: Books
17 Years Later: Reflections on Lean Hospitals and the Journey of...
tl;dr: Seventeen years after Lean Hospitals, the core lessons still hold: Lean healthcare isn't about tools--it's about systems thinking, respect for people, psychological safety,...
Culture Is the Key — Reflections on Leadership, Mistakes, and Building...
I've always believed that culture isn't just one component of success--it's the foundation everything else is built upon. That belief is central to my...
Yes! Another Lean Book Emphasizes Psychological Safety’s Importance
TL;DR: A newly released Lean book from the Lean Enterprise Institute reinforces what Toyota, Deming, and Lean leaders have long known: psychological safety is...
Book Giveaway: Two Books About Learning From Mistakes & Failure
Here's a great opportunity for you to win TWO fantastic books--one for you and one for a young reader in your life!
For the adults:...
Art Byrne on Lean from the CEO’s Perspective and The Lean...
Art Byrne returns to the podcast to share CEO-level lessons from decades of Lean transformations and his new book, The Lean Turnaround Answer Book....
Lessons from Toyota Culture: Embracing Problems, Kaizen, and Psychological Safety
tl;dr: Toyota's culture treats problems as opportunities for learning--not failures to hide. Lessons from Toyota leaders show how kaizen, psychological safety, and trust enable...
Happy 5th Birthday to Measures of Success: Lessons from Five Years...
TL;DR: Five years after the print release of Measures of Success, the core lesson still holds: reacting less to data and understanding variation leads...
Win the Complete Mark Graban Library: Autographed Editions of All Six...
I've done book giveaway contests before, but this is my first contest where the prize is a signed copy of each and every one...
George Saiz on “We Started With Respect” and His Career Focused...
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My guest for Episode #481 of the Lean Blog Interviews Podcast is George Saiz.
As a...
The Mistakes That Made “The Mistakes That Make Us” – First...
Bottom Line Up Front:
I wrote a book about mistakes. That book was published... with some mistakes.
Since it's a book about learning from mistakes,...
Paul Critchley Interviews Mark Graban About “The Mistakes That Make Us”
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For Episode #480 of the Lean Blog Interviews Podcast turns the tables, as regular host Mark...
Ryan McCormack’s Operational Excellence Mixtape: May 19th, 2023
Thanks as always to Ryan McCormack for this... there's always so much good reading, listening, and viewing shared here by him! Subscribe to get...















