Upcoming WIHI Broadcast with Toussaint, Spear, and Kaplan Mark Graban Apr 28, 2010 0 Blog The Institute for Healthcare Improvement (IHI) has a free podcast/audio series called WIHI. My friend e-Patient…
Parallels between “Lean Startups” and “Adaptive Design” Mark Graban Apr 23, 2010 0 Blog I've been a fan of the "Lean Startups" work of Eric Ries since last year, so I'm happy to be producing a free LEI!-->…
LeanBlog Podcast #87 – Steven J. Spear, PhD, Lean in Healthcare Mark Graban Mar 30, 2010 1 Blog Episode #87 is a discussion with a returning guest, Steven J. Spear, PhD, author of the outstanding book!-->!-->!-->…
2009 Management Improvement Carnival Mark Graban Jan 7, 2010 3 Blog It's an honor to again contribute to John Hunter's amalgamated Management Improvement Blog Carnival. The main page…
Wachter is Right: Patient Safety is Not the Patient’s Job Mark Graban Oct 20, 2009 2 Blog Wachter's World: Can Patients Help Ensure Their Own Safety? More Importantly, Why Should They Have To? The whole…
Silver Bullets and Easy Answers — Always Appealing Mark Graban Sep 25, 2009 10 Blog While in Boston, I'm getting the chance to sit in on some sessions of an MIT Seminar in Healthcare Systems…
Cleaning Out the Lean Blog Backlog, Redux Mark Graban Aug 14, 2009 1 Blog It's a not-so-regular feature, but it's time to clean up the Lean Blog Backlog (say that 10 times fast), the…
Networking with Bison and Doctors Scott McDuffee Apr 21, 2009 2 Blog Lean Leap to Health Care #3 (click for Part #2) by Scott McDuffee It would seem to be an efficient method to…
Full List of Shingo Prize for Research Winners Announced Mark Graban Mar 30, 2009 1 Blog Award Recipients - The Shingo Prize for Operational Excellence - shingoprize.org The full list of winners has…
LeanBlog Podcast #58 – Steven J. Spear, “Chasing the Rabbit”… Mark Graban Jan 18, 2009 1 Interviews Episode #58 of the LeanBlog Podcast brings us Steven J. Spear as our guest. Spear is a Senior Researcher at!-->!-->!-->…
Gary Convis for "Car Czar" Mark Graban Dec 11, 2008 6 Blog No Detroiters Need Apply - Automotive NewsFirst off, I hate the whole "czar" term in our government. Ick.But if we…
An Interesting Quote from Steve Spear on Toyota and Surprises Mark Graban Nov 26, 2008 1 Blog I recorded an upcoming LeanBlog Podcast with Steven J. Spear yesterday. Here is that episode: !-->!-->!-->!-->!-->…
Operational Solutions instead of Political Solutions Mark Graban Nov 24, 2007 0 Blog A new design for healthcare delivery - The Boston Globe Good column here from Steve Spear (of "Decoding the DNA of…
“Decoding the DNA of the Toyota Production System” Summary Mark Graban Jun 20, 2007 0 Blog Decoding the DNA of the Toyota Production System -- HBS Working Knowledge Here is a summary of the famous!-->!-->!-->…
VA Pittsburgh Definition of TPS Mark Graban May 9, 2007 0 Blog VA Pittsburgh Healthcare System, Toyota Production System --> Dead Link Here is a nice succinct definition!-->!-->!-->…
The Evolution of Lean in Healthcare Jamie Flinchbaugh Jun 26, 2006 6 Blog Today's Detroit News wrote about lean in healthcare, this time in their own beloved University of Michigan system.!-->…
How Toyota Turns Workers Into Problem Solvers Mark Graban Sep 29, 2005 0 Curious Cat Management Improvement BlogOK, so it doesn't seem very lean for a blog to link to a blog that's linked…
Lean Healthcare Article in Harvard Business Review Mark Graban Sep 13, 2005 0 Blog Fixing Healthcare From The Inside, Today Available through HBS... this is written by Steven J. Spear, a former…