Ryan McCormack’s Operational Excellence Mixtape: Best of 2022 Ryan McCormack Dec 30, 2022 0 Mixtape Thanks as always to Ryan McCormack for this... there's always so much good reading, listening, and viewing!-->!-->!-->…
John Chacon on Continuous Improvement and the Dangers of Paying People to Think Mark Graban Oct 26, 2021 0 Interviews Scroll down for how to subscribe, transcript, and more My guest for Episode #429 of the Lean!-->!-->!-->!-->!-->!-->!-->!-->!-->…
Lean Whiskey #26: The Accidental St. Patrick’s Day Celebration, and… Mark Graban Mar 26, 2021 0 Lean Whiskey Jamie Flinchbaugh, Mark Graban, Adam Zak In Episode 26, we accidentally celebrate St. Patrick's Day with some!-->!-->!-->…
A Kata Geek in the Communities: Deondra Wardelle Mark Graban Mar 11, 2021 0 Interviews Scroll down for video, how to subscribe, and more My guest for Episode #405 is Deondra Wardelle,!-->!-->!-->!-->!-->!-->!-->!-->!-->…
Lean Whiskey #25: Peaty Scotch, Working from Home, and Misunderstood Lean Phrases Mark Graban Feb 25, 2021 1 Lean Whiskey Jamie Flinchbaugh,, Jim Benson, and Mark Graban In Episode 25, Jamie Flinchbaugh and Mark Graban welcome a!-->!-->!-->…
Jeff Liker on the Second Edition of “The Toyota Way” Mark Graban Feb 9, 2021 0 Interviews Wow, 400 Episodes!! 400 episodes in roughly 15.5 years... that's about 800 weeks, or one episode every two weeks,!-->…
Lean Whiskey #24: Homemade Whiskey Cream and Vaccination (Not to be Mixed Up) Mark Graban Feb 4, 2021 0 Lean Whiskey Jamie Flinchbaugh and Mark Graban In Episode 24, Mark and Jamie return to a familiar format, just the two of!-->!-->!-->…
Episode #23 of “Lean Whiskey”: Finishing 2020 with Kentucky Bourbon,… Mark Graban Dec 17, 2020 1 Lean Whiskey Deondra Wardelle, Mark Graban, Jamie Flinchbaugh In Episode 23, Mark and Jamie return to finish out 2020, this!-->!-->!-->…
Kata, Crises, and Michael Lombard’s Innovative AME Conference Keynote Mark Graban Oct 13, 2020 2 Interviews Michael Lombard My guest for Episode #388 is my friend Michael Lombard. I first met Michael when he lived in!-->!-->!-->…
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!-->!-->!-->!-->!-->!-->!-->!-->…
Jess Orr on What She Learned by Leaving Toyota Mark Graban Oct 2, 2019 5 Audio Last week was our fifth annual KaiNexus User Conference (or "KaiNexicon" as we now call it). One of our keynote!-->!-->!-->…
Podcast #333 – Jean-Marc Legentil and Marc-Olivier Legentil, The Toyota Kata… Mark Graban Feb 18, 2019 0 Interviews Marc-Olivier and Jean-Marc at KataCon 5 this week My guests for Episode #333 are Jean-Marc Legentil and!-->!-->!-->…
Podcast #314 – Skip Steward & Brandon Brown, on TWI & Kata in… Mark Graban Aug 15, 2018 0 Interviews Today I have two guests joining me for Episode #314 of the podcast. They are Skip Steward, the Chief Improvement…
Recorded Webinar: TWI and Kata: Skill Patterns to Develop a Culture of Coaching Mark Graban Aug 9, 2018 0 Blog Here is a recorded webinar... I played host (along with KaiNexus) for this webinar that was held Tuesday, August…
Some Great #Lean Videos from the State of Washington (@ResultsWA) on Culture,… Mark Graban Feb 9, 2017 0 Blog Here are some recorded keynote talks and video presentations from the "Results Washington" annual conference, as…
The Heroism of Incremental Care & Incremental Improvement in Medicine &… Mark Graban Jan 31, 2017 1 Blog Are there parallels between medicine and organizations when we look at the tension between heroism and the…
XYZ Thinking: A Practical View of Scientific Thinking in Healthcare & Beyond Michael Lombard Apr 15, 2016 0 Blog Mark's Note: Today's guest post is by my good friend and fellow DFW-area resident Michael Lombard. Next week,…
You Can’t Force Anyone to Change Their Minds or Actions Mark Graban Dec 2, 2015 12 Blog As I've worked with hospital and healthcare people over the past ten years, one personal benefit to me has been…