Commemorating Martin Luther King Jr. Day — Keep Moving Forward Mark Graban Jan 15, 2023 5 Blog Let's commemorate Monday's national holiday for Dr. King with a look back at my post from 2012... A Lean Lesson!-->!-->!-->…
Ryan McCormack’s Operational Excellence Mixtape: Best of 2022 Ryan McCormack Dec 30, 2022 0 Mixtape Thanks as always to Ryan McCormack for this... there's always so much good reading, listening, and viewing!-->!-->!-->…
Employee Ideas and Other Improvement Work at UMass Memorial Health Mark Graban Dec 12, 2022 0 Blog I hope you'll check out the recording of a webinar / panel discussion that I hosted via KaiNexus: Managing!-->!-->!-->…
The Video From the Toyota Museum in Nagoya, Japan Mark Graban Dec 12, 2022 0 Blog When I visited the Toyota Museum in Nagoya, Japan (see my previous blog posts about it), they had a display that!-->…
How a Small Test of Change Can Prevent Bigger Mistakes – A Webinar Platform… Mark Graban Nov 17, 2022 0 Blog In the history of our KaiNexus continuous improvement webinar series, we've used a few platforms over time. We!-->…
Gauthier Duval on Kaizen Events, Organizational Development, and… Mark Graban Oct 26, 2022 0 Interviews Scroll down for how to subscribe, transcript, and more My guest for Episode #461 of the Lean!-->!-->!-->!-->!-->!-->!-->!-->!-->!-->!-->…
Ryan McCormack’s Operational Excellence Mixtape: August 26nd, 2022 Ryan McCormack Aug 29, 2022 0 Mixtape Thanks as always to Ryan McCormick for this... there's always so much good reading, listening, and viewing!-->!-->!-->…
Alan Robinson on Continuous Improvement for All and Practical Innovation in… Mark Graban Jul 26, 2022 0 Interviews Scroll down for how to subscribe, transcript, and more My guest for Episode #451 of the Lean!-->!-->!-->!-->!-->!-->!-->!-->!-->!-->!-->…
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!-->…
This WSJ Article About Lean Isn’t Terrible (Thanks to GE and CEO 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 2 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!-->!-->!-->!-->!-->!-->!-->!-->!-->…