Why Start the New Year with Blank Charts? Mark Graban Jan 2, 2023 4 Blog Charts like this always make me wonder why we throw away the additional context of data from 2016 when we start the…
How Standard Should Standard Improvement Boards Be? Joseph E. Swartz Nov 14, 2018 0 Blog Guest Post by Joe Swartz: At Franciscan Health, we were struggling to create a system-wide standard for our…
One Way to Improve Your Lean Daily Management Board: From Lists of Numbers to… Mark Graban Oct 22, 2018 9 Blog The other day, I saw a post on Twitter that included a few photos related to what's often called Lean Daily…
A Health System CEO Leads by Example on #Lean & Huddles Mark Graban May 23, 2018 1 Blog Today is one of those days where I think, "Forget what I have to say, read this...." This being a LinkedIn post…
Reader Question: A Lone Wolf in #Lean Facilitator’s Clothing Mark Graban May 9, 2017 6 Audio Today's reader question comes from somebody who has been put in the position of what I call "the lone wolf" in a…
Better Metrics & “Understanding Variation” – An Important… Mark Graban Jan 9, 2017 3 Audio My favorite book, as I've written about before, is not a "Lean book" -- it's Understanding Variation: The Key to…