Highlights of “Boss Level Podcast” – Gen. Stan McChrystal and… Mark Graban Aug 17, 2017 1 Blog Hear Mark read the post (subscribe to the podcast): I've read most of retired General Stanley McChrystal's…
NEJM Authors Double Down on Their Claim That #Lean & TPS = Taylorism Mark Graban May 19, 2016 13 Audio You might remember the hubbub (and my earlier blog post) about this article that somehow appeared in the NEJM:…
#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…
Dr. John Toussaint Responds to the NEJM Piece: What Lean Really Is Mark Graban Apr 12, 2016 4 Blog Regular readers will remember my post about the New England Journal of Medicine piece on Lean by Pamela Hartzband,…
There’s a HUGE Problem with Donald Trump’s Outdated and Dangerous… Mark Graban Mar 11, 2016 11 Blog I generally avoid politics here on the blog... In October, I broached the subject when I blogged about a company!-->…
Throwback Thursday: HBR on Taylorism vs Toyota Mark Graban Jan 21, 2016 6 Blog In the midst of the discussion about the NEJM article, John Shook of LEI (a former Toyota employee) pointed me to…
Doctors Bash Taylorism and Lean in the New England Journal of Medicine: Separating… Mark Graban Jan 13, 2016 61 Blog In the article posted today, Pamela Hartzband, M.D., and Jerome Groopman, M.D. (the later the author of the popular…
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"…
What I’m Reading: “Little Bets” Mark Graban Aug 22, 2013 0 Blog I've recently been reading an enjoyable book by Peter Sims, Little Bets: How Breakthrough Ideas Emerge!-->!-->!-->!-->!-->…
‘Moneyball’ Lessons – Listen to Your Front-Line Staff Mark Graban Oct 10, 2011 7 Blog I loved the book Moneyball by Michael Lewis, but I haven't seen the movie yet (I hear it's good). To me, it was a…
Two Cases of Writers Misrepresenting Lean Manufacturing Mark Graban Jul 26, 2011 17 Blog One of the variations of my acronym L.A.M.E. is "Lean As Misguidedly Explained," and I recently ran across two…
Time & Motion Studies Are Not “Discredited,” Just How They Are… Mark Graban May 25, 2011 28 Blog First off, a huge thumbs up and thanks are due to Eric Ries and his thought-provoking "Startup Lessons Learned"…
Is it “Real Lean” at Starbucks or “Tayloristic Industrial… Mark Graban Oct 14, 2010 22 Blog Once again, the WSJ has written about Lean at Starbucks (see my last post "Controversy over New Standardized Work!-->…
A Breath of Lean Positivity – Paul Akers and FastCap Mark Graban Oct 12, 2010 4 Blog I had an amazing conversation on Saturday with Paul Akers (pictured at left), the founder and president of FastCap,…
Depersonalized Workplaces are L.A.M.E., not Lean, Harming Productivity and People Mark Graban Sep 29, 2010 12 Blog When I was traveling last week, a magazine caught my eye, one I don't normally read: Scientific American Mind and…
How to Design Poor Service – Expect 100% Utilization of People or Resources Mark Graban Aug 2, 2010 30 Blog I have as many bad customer service experiences as the next guy, both in healthcare and other businesses. As I've!-->…
Lean Healthcare Featured in Sunday’s NY Times Business Page Mark Graban Jul 11, 2010 12 Blog Today's edition of The New York Times has an outstanding article about Lean Healthcare and what Seattle!-->!-->!-->…
Two Extreme Sides to Every Story in Politics *and* Lean?? Mark Graban Jul 9, 2010 20 Best This is going to seem like a political rant, but I promise this is mainly a post about Lean and healthcare, or at…