Ryan McCormack’s Operational Excellence Mixtape: December 2nd, 2022 Ryan McCormack Dec 2, 2022 0 Mixtape Thanks as always to Ryan McCormack for this... there's always so much good reading, listening, and viewing!-->!-->!-->…
Insights from GE CEO Larry Culp’s Speech at the AME Conference in Dallas Mark Graban Nov 27, 2022 1 Blog It was a real treat to hear Larry Culp, the CEO of General Electric and CEO of GE Aerospace, speak at the AME 2022!-->…
Ryan McCormack’s Operational Excellence Mixtape: November 4, 2022 Ryan McCormack Nov 4, 2022 0 Mixtape Thanks as always to Ryan McCormick for this... there's always so much good reading, listening, and viewing!-->!-->!-->…
Ryan McCormack’s Operational Excellence Mixtape: October 21, 2022 Ryan McCormack Oct 21, 2022 0 Mixtape Thanks as always to Ryan McCormick for this... there's always so much good reading, listening, and viewing!-->!-->!-->…
Reading About Lean at GE in Italy Makes Me Hungry for Pizza, While Savoring… Mark Graban Sep 27, 2022 0 Blog You might have noticed that the cover image for this post shows a Neopolitan pizza and a traditional wood-burning!-->…
Ryan McCormack’s Operational Excellence Mixtape: March 4, 2022 Ryan McCormack Mar 4, 2022 0 Mixtape Thanks as always to Ryan McCormick for this... there's always so much good reading, listening, and viewing!-->!-->!-->…
Operational Excellence Mixtape: February 14, 2020 Ryan McCormack Feb 14, 2020 0 Mixtape Healthcare - Creating Value for Patients "We have a good people in a bad system". Here's an !-->!-->!-->!-->!-->!-->!-->!-->…
Operational Excellence Mixtape: December 20, 2019 Ryan McCormack Dec 21, 2019 0 Mixtape Healthcare - Creating Value for Patients It's been 20 years since To Err is Human, the seminal!-->!-->!-->!-->!-->!-->!-->!-->…
GE’s CEO Larry Culp Goes to the Gemba, Looks to Understand the Real Reality Mark Graban Oct 17, 2019 1 Audio Here's an article from Bloomberg BusinessWeek: GE's Larry Culp Faces Ultimate CEO Test in Trying to Save a!-->!-->!-->…
Episode #2 of the “Lean Whiskey” Podcast on GE, Boeing, and More Mark Graban May 23, 2019 2 Lean Whiskey Mark and Jamie Jamie Flinchbaugh and I got a great response to the first episode of our new "Lean Whiskey"!-->!-->!-->…
Would Today’s General Electric Recognize the Ideas in their Old “Blue… Andy Wagner Feb 21, 2019 5 Blog Mark's note: It's been a long time since Andy Wagner contributed a post to the blog, but we've remained friends!-->…
GE Gets a Lean CEO — From the Outside Mark Graban Oct 7, 2018 0 Blog Jet lag, even well managed and planned for, meant I was awake early on a Sunday morning. Over breakfast, I read…
Podcast #229 – John Dyer, Reflections on Deming, Six Sigma, and More Mark Graban Sep 8, 2015 0 Blog My guest for episode #229 is John Dyer, president of his consulting firm, JD&A, Inc., and a contributor!-->!-->!-->…
Throwback Thursday: Dr. Deming’s Last Interview & Jack Welch’s… Mark Graban Apr 23, 2015 12 Audio To the left is a young baby me. I don't think I was thinking about Dr. Deming as a baby, but thankfully my parents…
Random Super Bowl XLIX Lean-Like Moments – Katy Perry and GE Mark Graban Feb 1, 2015 2 Blog Following up my earlier post about the "Patriot Way..." During her halftime extravaganza (video), Katy Perry had…
TV Ad for GE Capital Features a Lean Turnaround for a Factory Mark Graban Oct 2, 2014 1 Blog Thanks to my friend and former Toyota employee Karthik Chandramouli for noticing this commercial on TV. In the…
Notes from Day 1 of the #LeanStartup Conference 2013 Mark Graban Dec 10, 2013 3 Blog It was an amazing first day of the Lean Startup conference yesterday in San Francisco. Videos will be available…
Parallels and Learning Between Aircraft Engine MRO and Human Healthcare Mark Graban Oct 7, 2013 10 Blog My wife is a leader in a business (not GE) that does aircraft engine "MRO" work - maintenance, repair, and…