For Big Leaps With New Year’s Resolutions, Start With Baby Steps
Thanks to the Lean Enterprise Institute for publishing my article about Kaizen, new habits, and New Year's…
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Podcast #324 – Art Smalley, “Four Types of Problems”
My guest for Episode #324 of the podcast is Art Smalley. Art was one of the first Americans to work for Toyota…
Are You a Good Coach? An Effective Coach? HBR Says You Might Not Be
Some colleagues recently sent me a Harvard Business Review article that has a fairly accusatory title, although…
My Article for the LEI “Lean Post”: React Less and Improve More……
It's been a while since I've contributed something to the Lean Enterprise Institute's online publication, The Lean…
#Lean Enterprise Institute Announces New CEO
The Lean Enterprise Institute (a former employer of mine from 2009 to 2011) has announced a new CEO, the third in…
Variation in Definitions of #Lean (The Good, the Bad, and the Different)
One challenge with teaching Lean is that there isn't aways a consistent definition that's used by everybody. Some…
Registration Now Open for the #Lean Healthcare Transformation Summits in Belgium…
Since the first Lean Healthcare Transformation Summit was held in 2010, I’ve been fortunate to attend and…
Podcast #268 – @TomEhrenfeld, on #Lean Books & #LeanStartup
My guest for Episode #268 is a long-time friend of mine in the Lean community and Lean Enterprise Institute…
Key Tweets from @MarkGraban – Week of June 13, 2016: Lean Healthcare…
Here's the latest installment of "Key Tweets," a weekly post that summarizes some of my tweets (or retweets) from…
Lean Healthcare Transformation Summit Starts Today; Past Videos of Dr. John…
Today's the first day of the two-day Lean Healthcare Transformation Summit, an annual event that's being held this…
Reader Question from an MD: One Shot to Talk to the Hospital CEO About #Lean
Before I head out on vacation, here is a reader question that I am sharing for your input.I'm sharing this with…
Totally Looks Like: LEI’s Jim Womack & Skinny Santa
Friday, I shared my song "Gemba Claus is Comin' to Town" and I thought I was done posting for the year.
But, my…
Kaizen Coaching: Don’t Give People Answers, Let Them Learn
Last week, I taught a pilot session of a new class on Kaizen and continuous improvement that I taught for visitors…
Lean Post: Standardization is a Countermeasure, Not a Goal
Today's post is being hosted by the Lean Enterprise Institute and their "Lean Post" blog... click on the headline…
Day 2 Notes: Lean Healthcare Transformation Summit 2014
Today is the second and final day of the 5th annual Lean Healthcare Transformation Summit. Follow along on Twitter…
Live Blogging Day 1: Lean Healthcare Transformation Summit 2014
Today is the first day of the 5th annual Lean Healthcare Transformation Summit. Follow along on Twitter with …
Misplaced Milkshake Blenders & Unclear Water Dispensers
Last week was the annual LEI Lean Transformation Summit (see my notes here).
There were many inspiring…
Notes & My Short Talk from the #Lean Transformation Summit, #Lean14
It's been fun attending the annual Lean Transformation Summit (produced by LEI). Today is Day 2. I took some notes…