The Power of Process: Interview With Matt Zayko and Eric Ethington Mark Graban Nov 2, 2021 0 Interviews Scroll down for how to subscribe, transcript, and more My guests for Episode #430 of the Lean!-->!-->!-->!-->!-->!-->!-->!-->!-->…
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!-->!-->!-->!-->!-->!-->!-->!-->…
Podcast #342 – Adam Ward (@adz_mikl) on Lean Design in Healthcare Mark Graban May 21, 2019 0 Interviews My guest for Episode #342 of the podcast is Adam Ward, the author of Lean Design in Healthcare: A Journey to!-->!-->!-->…
Lean as Redesign and Continuous Improvement, for Organizations or a Blog Mark Graban Jan 30, 2017 0 Blog Lean sometimes gets, I think, an unfair rap that it’s only a method for incremental improvement. See this article,…
Lean is Not Just Process Improvement Mark Graban Jan 16, 2017 7 Audio In my travels, I often meet people or visit organizations that say something like: "We're doing Lean... we just…
Podcast #271 – @IsaacMitchell, #Lean Design in Healthcare Mark Graban Jan 11, 2017 3 Interviews Joining me for Episode #271 is Isaac Mitchell (@IsaacMitchell), talking about Lean Design for healthcare, the!-->!-->!-->…
Visiting the Gemba & Seeing a Growing Culture of Continuous Improvement at… Mark Graban Nov 11, 2016 3 Blog Recently, I wrote about an on-site event that I helped the Iowa Lean Consortium and Mary Greeley Medical Center …
Podcast #265 – Bernita Beikmann on Lean for Hospital Architecture &… Mark Graban Oct 12, 2016 0 Blog Joining me for Episode #265 of the podcast is Bernita Beikmann, AIA, EDAC, LSSBB, a Principal and!-->!-->!-->…
1% Improvement Here and There Can Make a Big Difference in Wine Making? Mark Graban Oct 11, 2016 1 Blog I was fortunate to take a nearly two-week vacation recently, a trip that included a week in France. My wife and…
Part 3 of Day 1: #Lean Healthcare Trip to China: Visuals, Payment, Management,… Mark Graban Jul 28, 2016 1 Blog Continuing to go through my notes, picking up from my last post... Visuals The presenter said something!-->!-->!-->!-->!-->!-->!-->…
I Moderated a #LeanStartup Webcast Today: “Speed as a Competitive… Mark Graban Jun 19, 2015 1 Audio I've been intrigued by the "Lean Startup" movement since I first saw Eric Ries speak at MIT back in late 2009.…
Cleaning out the Backlog: 3P in the NHS, “Secret” HAI Weapons, MRI… Mark Graban Apr 29, 2015 0 Blog As I sometimes do, I'm going to close out a bunch of browser tabs (which makes my Mac run faster) and I'll do that…
Lean Healthcare Success in Minnesota – And One Off Base Op-Ed Mark Graban Sep 8, 2014 0 Blog Here's an article that summarizes the pocket of Lean healthcare activity in and around Winona and LaCrosse,…
What Does #Lean Flow Look Like in Healthcare? Check Out These Two Videos Mark Graban Jul 1, 2014 4 Blog It's easy for people to think that Lean is about cost-cutting. That would be wrong, but many people associate Lean…
Henry Ford & Hospitals, Nearly 100 Years Ago Mark Graban Mar 25, 2014 4 Blog My life and work takes me to interesting places. In late 2012, I was able to visit Japan for the first time,…
“It’s Gotten Political” in Saskatchewan Lean Healthcare. Of… Mark Graban Mar 20, 2014 21 Blog After some supporters of the Saskatchewan Lean healthcare efforts reached out to me, I've been trying to follow!-->…
Like Lean: Hotels Involve Customers ala “Lean Design” Mark Graban Dec 3, 2013 2 Blog A few weeks back, USA Today published an article that made me think of some of the approaches being used by…
Seattle Children’s Hospital New Tower – From Cardboard to Reality Mark Graban Apr 23, 2013 6 Blog A new tower opened at Seattle Children's Hospital two days ago, built with "Lean Design" principles and methods, as…