Choosing Optimism Over Layoffs: Joy Mason’s Lean Approach to Business… Mark Graban Mar 30, 2021 0 Interviews Scroll down for video, transcript, how to subscribe, and more My guest for Episode #407 of the Lean!-->!-->!-->!-->!-->!-->!-->!-->!-->…
GM Shrinking, Laying Off People, Shutting Down Factories, and Cutting Costs… Mark Graban Nov 28, 2018 5 Blog I take no joy in the troubles of any automaker, be it Tesla, Nissan, GM or any others over time. Of course,…
Lessons from Tesla: Short-Term Thinking and Short-Term Layoffs Mark Graban Apr 25, 2018 6 Blog Again, Tesla and their CEO Elon Musk are generating a lot of news and, I think, many things to think about, even if…
What’s Going on with Lean at ThedaCare? Mark Graban Mar 13, 2018 17 Blog I’ve heard a lot of rumblings recently about what might be happening at ThedaCare, a health system in Wisconsin…
Toyota Helps Another Dallas-Area Hospital: The Parkland Emergency Department Mark Graban Nov 27, 2017 1 Blog Here is the headline from the Dallas Morning News: "How Toyota improved Parkland Hospital's ER -- with purple…
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…
Lessons Ford & the UAW Learned in Japan in 1981 Still Apply (Even in… Mark Graban Feb 13, 2017 4 Blog I continue sharing documents from the Don Ephlin library archive. What did Ford and the UAW learn when they visited…
Improving Safety & Quality Matters, but a $54 Million Cost Savings Makes for… Mark Graban Jan 26, 2017 2 Audio I saw this article a few days ago in one of the larger healthcare industry trade publications: How One Woman Saved…
#TBT: What CFO Magazine Wrote About #Lean in 2009 Mark Graban Dec 15, 2016 2 Audio I first blogged about this article back in 2009 and it's still online: "Keen to Be Lean" The sub headline talks…
Examples of Corporate Speak That Masks Reality in Banking and Healthcare Mark Graban Dec 2, 2016 1 Blog I get annoyed by corporate euphemisms, such as referring to people as "resources," the term "right-sizing"!-->…
#TBT: Posts from Julys Past Mark Graban Jul 7, 2016 0 Blog I'm going to be away from the blog (and Twitter) through July 13, but here are some blog posts from Julys of years…
If Your Hospital Wants to “Implement #Lean,” You Need to Learn This… Mark Graban May 31, 2016 1 Blog I've written before about the subject of hospitals "flexing" nurses and employees. I've criticized flexing (or the…
#TBT: Looking Back at Taiichi Ohno’s Book: Lean, Layoffs, Henry Ford, and… Mark Graban Apr 14, 2016 3 Blog Thanks to my Amazon Kindle app on my iPad, I get to carry much of my book collection with me. Sometimes, while…
#Lean Would Be a Solution for What These Nurses Complain About Mark Graban Feb 22, 2016 7 Blog In my time working with hospitals, I've always been very sympathetic to front-line nurses (and other staff). They…
The Main Lesson That Businesses (and Hospitals) Can Learn From This Toyota Plant… Mark Graban Feb 4, 2016 0 Blog If you follow the auto industry, you might have seen headlines this week about how Toyota is being forced to shut!-->…
Is This The One Question That Determines If You’re Truly a Lean-Thinking… Mark Graban Feb 3, 2016 8 Blog I get asked a lot, “How do you know if a hospital is truly ‘Lean?'” Nobody is ever perfect or “fully Lean,” but you…
Lean: Hit or Myth? Layoffs, Patient-Centered Care, and More Mark Graban May 27, 2015 4 Audio It's not uncommon to hear statements thrown around about Lean that are more of a myth than anything resembling…
Why is Today “#WorldNoResourcesDay” and Why Do Words Matter? Mark Graban May 1, 2015 3 Blog I learned about this the other today via Twitter (hat tip to @agile_memes), but today is "World No Resources Day"…