Ryan McCormack’s Operational Excellence Mixtape: June 10th, 2022 Ryan McCormack Jun 10, 2022 0 Mixtape Thanks as always to Ryan McCormick for this... there's always so much good reading, listening, and viewing!-->!-->!-->…
Kaizen: An Exotic Word, Common Sense Principles for Healthcare Mark Graban Jun 7, 2022 0 Blog We're coming up on the 10th anniversary of the publication of the book that I co-authored with Joe Swartz!-->!-->!-->…
Looking for Waste and Bad Process at the Order Grill from Portlandia Mark Graban May 15, 2022 0 Blog I love the show "Portlandia" and I also love the "Toast Kaizen" video. I bet the latter is more well known and is!-->…
Commemorating Martin Luther King Jr. Day — Keep Moving Forward Mark Graban Jan 17, 2022 5 Blog Let's commemorate Monday's national holiday for Dr. King with a look back at my post from 2012... A Lean Lesson!-->!-->!-->…
This WSJ Article About Lean Isn’t Terrible (via GE and Larry Culp) Mark Graban Nov 17, 2021 2 Blog The Wall Street Journal has an epic track record when it comes to always getting it wrong when they write about!-->…
What Does Kaizen Suggest About How to Incentivize People to Submit Ideas? Mark Graban Sep 28, 2021 6 Blog I received a question from a healthcare leader who had read about the "idea card" format and method that Joe!-->…
The Simple, Cheap Improvement I Made to My iPhone MagSafe Charger Mark Graban Sep 27, 2021 1 Blog When I first learned about "wireless" charging for devices like my iPhone, I was a skeptic. "How hard is it to!-->!-->!-->…
Auctioning “Healthcare Kaizen” for a Good Cause Mark Graban Sep 15, 2021 0 Blog My co-author, Joe Swartz, and I were happy to donate a signed copy of our book, Healthcare Kaizen, to be part!-->!-->!-->…
Three Interviews with KaiNexus Customers on Their Continuous Improvement Journeys Mark Graban Jun 2, 2021 0 Blog I recently had the opportunity to interview people from three different organizations that are KaiNexus customers,!-->…
Improvements to the Covid Vaccination Process — Small and Large (and Hockey… Mark Graban May 13, 2021 1 Blog In this era of Covid--19 vaccination, I'm still pretty much sidelined and not on site with any clients, although I!-->…
Katie Labedz on “How to Improve Absolutely Anything” Mark Graban Apr 6, 2021 0 Interviews Scroll down for video, how to subscribe, video, transcript, and more My guest for Episode #408 of!-->!-->!-->!-->!-->!-->!-->!-->!-->…
When People Start Sharing Their Amazing Covid Vaccination Improvements Mark Graban Feb 16, 2021 5 Blog The past two weeks, I've been part of an initiative that's like a social-benefit startup effort within a startup.!-->…
Will “Kaizen” Get the Buffalo Bills to Next Year’s Super Bowl? Mark Graban Jan 28, 2021 6 Blog I'm not a Buffalo Bills fan (a.k.a. "The Bills Mafia"), but I did attend one game at what was then called Rich!-->…
“Adopting and Adapting” TPS to the Raymond Lean Management System Mark Graban Oct 27, 2020 0 Interviews My guest for Episode #390 is Keith Ingels, the TPS (Toyota Production System) Manager for Raymond Corporation!-->!-->!-->…
Join Me Tomorrow for a Panel Discussion on the “Future of CI in a Changing… Mark Graban Aug 5, 2020 0 Blog Thanks to Keivan Zokaei and SA Partners for inviting me to be part of a webinar panel discussion that's being held!-->…
I Learned a New Word for Our Continuous Improvement Vocabulary — Maybe Mark Graban Jul 27, 2020 3 Blog Almost to a fault, the Lean methodology includes a lot of Japanese words, including kaizen, a word used to!-->…
[Recording] Another Panel Discussion Webinar on Real Continuous Improvement in… Mark Graban Jul 23, 2020 0 Blog In June, I moderated a panel discussion webinar (as part of the KaiNexus series) on the theme of virtual!-->…
[Recording] Panel Discussion Webinar on Virtual Improvement Mark Graban Jun 4, 2020 1 Blog It's a big webinar week for me, as I presented two (here and here) and I moderated a new webinar in the KaiNexus!-->…