Jeff Hunter’s New Book: “Patient-Centered Strategy” Mark Graban Jun 19, 2018 0 Blog Hi -- I'm still not blogging much these days, as I try to focus on finishing my book Measures of Success. You can…
What Books on #Lean and TPS Are Sold at the Toyota Museum in Nagoya? Mark Graban Feb 26, 2018 0 Blog It's Monday morning in Nagoya, Japan as I write this. I'm still jet-lagged and up early, so here's a blog post…
What Do the “The Toyota Way” Books Say About Visual Metrics? Mark Graban Nov 15, 2017 1 Blog As I've been writing about "process behavior charts" - a simple, yet effective method for charting and reacting to…
The Advice about #Lean That Your Hospital CEO Should Be Getting Mark Graban Feb 21, 2017 3 Blog Art Byrne's latest book, The Lean Turnaround Action Guide, has a lot of great tips that he's trying to share, CEO…
“Practicing Lean” is Now a Paperback Book! Mark Graban Feb 10, 2017 0 Blog Our collaborative eBook project, Practicing Lean, has raised over $1000 so far for the Louise H. Batz Patient…
Podcast #263 – Pascal Dennis, “Andy & Me and the Hospital” Mark Graban Sep 21, 2016 1 Blog Joining me for Episode #263 is another returning guest, Pascal Dennis (@AuthorPascal on Twitter). He was!-->!-->!-->…
Podcast #244 – @DanMarkovitz, “Building the Fit Organization,”… Mark Graban Mar 9, 2016 0 Blog Joining me again for Episode #244 is Dan Markovitz (@DanMarkovitz on Twitter). Today's!-->!-->!-->!-->!-->…
I Wish I Could Say I Intentionally Made This Mistake to Illustrate a Point Mark Graban Aug 26, 2015 3 Blog As I mentioned on Monday, I'm working on a 3rd revised edition of my book Lean Hospitals. Traditional book…
Updating “Lean Hospitals” and a New eBook, “Practicing… Mark Graban Aug 24, 2015 71 Audio Hopefully you're aware of my book Lean Hospitals. It was first published in 2008 and I was able to do a second,…
Podcast #227 – Ruthie Davis & Steve Cook on “Do The Right… Mark Graban Aug 14, 2015 0 Blog Ruthie Davis & Stephen Cook Joining me for episode #227 are Ruthie Davis and Stephen Cook, talking!-->!-->!-->…
First Look: “Management on the Mend” by Dr. John Toussaint Mark Graban Jun 9, 2015 8 Audio At this year's Lean Healthcare Transformation Summit (see my summary here) Dr. John Toussaint talked about and…
#Throwback Thursday: Creating the New American Hospital Mark Graban Mar 19, 2015 1 Audio Today's Throwback Thursday is a look back at a 1993 book that I purchased in 2011 on somebody's!-->!-->!-->!-->!-->…
Podcast #217 – Alan Robinson, The Idea-Driven Organization Mark Graban Mar 2, 2015 2 Blog MP3 File (run time 38:53) Our guest today is Alan G. Robinson, PhD, an award-winning author,!-->!-->!-->!-->!-->!-->!-->…
Podcast #214: Michael Ballé, Lead With Respect Mark Graban Feb 2, 2015 2 Blog MP3 File (run time 42:37) Today's guest is Michael Ballé, an author of many novels about Lean!-->!-->!-->!-->!-->!-->!-->…
“Four Days with Dr. Deming” Mark Graban Jan 7, 2015 10 Audio I had planned on chilling out over the holidays by reading some books that aren't related to Lean, Kaizen, etc.…
Podcast #212 – David Mann, “Creating a Lean Culture, 3rd. Ed.” Mark Graban Dec 30, 2014 5 Blog MP3 File (run time 51:25) Today's guest is David Mann (bio), talking about the new 3rd edition of his!-->!-->!-->!-->!-->!-->!-->…
Podcast #208 – Michael Bremer, “How to Do a Gemba Walk” Mark Graban Sep 9, 2014 1 Blog MP3 File (run time 36:24) Joining me for episode #208 is Michael Bremer, author of the recently!-->!-->!-->!-->!-->!-->!-->…
Podcast #206 – Ed Pound, “Factory Physics for Managers” Mark Graban Aug 14, 2014 0 Blog MP3 File (run time 38:55) My guest for episode #206 is Ed Pound, co-author of the book Factory Physics!-->!-->!-->!-->!-->!-->!-->…