A Lively Conversation with Jim Benson About “Humane Management” Mark Graban Feb 17, 2021 1 Interviews My guest for Episode #401 is my friend Jim Benson, who you might know as the co-author of the book Personal Kanban!-->…
Operational Excellence Mixtape: Jan 15, 2021 Ryan McCormack Jan 15, 2021 0 Mixtape Thanks as always to Ryan McCormick for this... there's always so much good reading, listening, and viewing!-->!-->!-->…
Amy Edmondson on How to Really Learn From Failure and Mistakes Mark Graban Jan 4, 2021 0 Blog The main recurring theme in the "My Favorite Mistake" podcast series is learning from mistakes. I've been trying!-->…
Mike Leigh on Breaking Down Barriers with Lean Mark Graban Nov 11, 2020 1 Interviews Joining me for Episode #392 is Mike Leigh, the President of his firm OpX Solutions, LLC. Mike was one of the!-->…
Dr. Deming, Lean, and Shifting From Command & Control Mark Graban Aug 30, 2020 0 Interviews Joining me today for Episode #383 of the podcast is Patrick Anderson, the CEO of the Rural Alaska Community!-->!-->!-->…
Anti-Racism: A River WE Must Cross Elisabeth Swan Aug 9, 2020 6 Blog Starting With the Grand-Daddies of Quality Elisabeth Swan A few years back I developed a blog series titled,!-->!-->!-->!-->!-->…
Operational Excellence Mixtape: July 3, 2020 Ryan McCormack Jul 3, 2020 0 Mixtape Thanks as always to Ryan McCormick for this... Healthcare - Creating Value for Patients Health Care!-->!-->!-->!-->!-->!-->!-->!-->!-->…
Podcast #368 — Steve Feltovich on Deming and the Toyota Production System Mark Graban May 3, 2020 0 Interviews My guest for Episode #368 is somebody I've met fairly recently through his excellent posts on LinkedIn, Steve!-->!-->!-->…
Podcast #366 — Harry Moser on the COVID-19 Supply Chain Wake-Up Call,… Mark Graban Apr 19, 2020 1 Interviews My guest for Episode #366 is Harry Moser, founder of the Reshoring Initiative. We talk about "reshoring," in!-->…
Must Dos and Nice to Haves: Performance Reviews and Continuous Improvement? Mark Graban Feb 18, 2020 1 Blog There's a very well known cartoon that you might have seen where a caveman offers round wheels to other cavemen!-->…
Sharing Lean Six Sigma Journal Articles on Healthcare Improvement from Ireland Mark Graban Jan 28, 2020 1 Blog I was honored to be asked to participate in a supplement that was published by the journal The International!-->!-->!-->…
Podcast #356 — Amy C. Edmondson on Psychological Safety and “The… Mark Graban Jan 22, 2020 0 Interviews My guest for episode #356 of the podcast is Amy C. Edmondson, PhD, the Novartis Professor of Leadership and!-->!-->!-->…
Operational Excellence Mixtape: December 6, 2019 Ryan McCormack Dec 6, 2019 0 Mixtape Healthcare - Creating Value for Patients Does Lean "work" in hospitals in the US? Sort of,!-->!-->!-->!-->!-->!-->!-->!-->…
Making People and Making Things – in Japan or Mr. Rogers’ Neighborhood Mark Graban Dec 2, 2019 1 Blog Monday was my first day for my fifth Lean study trip to Japan. Yesterday, I had the opportunity to once again!-->…
Podcast #349 — John Dyer, “The Facade of Excellence” Mark Graban Sep 23, 2019 1 Interviews My guest for episode #349 is John Dyer, president of his consulting firm, John Dyer & Associates, Inc.,!-->!-->!-->…
General Jim Mattis on Leadership, Mistakes, and Defining Problems Mark Graban Sep 3, 2019 3 Audio General Jim Mattis has been making the rounds to talk about his new book that is out today: Call Sign Chaos:!-->…
Episode #4 of the “Lean Whiskey” Podcast: Nikka, Performance Reviews,… Mark Graban Jul 17, 2019 2 Lean Whiskey Mark and Jamie After the last episode that had the first guest host (Chris Burnham), I'm once again joined by!-->!-->!-->…
A Strong Signal in the Number of Home Runs — and a Surprising Special Cause Mark Graban Jun 27, 2019 2 Blog It's been a busy few weeks for me with work travel and, blogwise, I'm winding down into a few weeks of "blog!-->!-->!-->…