Song Parody: If I Had a Million Kaizens Mark Graban Apr 18, 2020 0 Blog I was cleaning out my hard drive (I hesitate to call that "5S-ing")... moving some files to an external disk and!-->…
Weekend Fun: Toast Kaizen or Coffee Kaizen? Mark Graban Mar 5, 2016 0 Blog I like to do some fun and lighthearted posts on the weekends... a blog segment I call "Weekend Fun" (not so…
Weekend Fun: Lean in a British Hospital Soap Opera Mark Graban Feb 9, 2014 3 Blog Hat tip to Paul Levy for sharing this video originally in his blog post. Here is the video (you just have to…
Weekend Fun: An Example of Poor Problem Solving Mark Graban Aug 30, 2013 7 Blog Here's a funny ESPN commercial featuring PGA golfer Rickie Fowler. Fowler is pouring coffee, yet he makes some!-->!-->!-->…
Weekend Fun: “The Onion” on a Really Subtle Bad Boss Mark Graban Apr 20, 2013 0 Blog It's been a crazy week, so I was in the mood for a good chuckle... and the fake news site "The Onion" delivered in…
Weekend Fun: Muda and a Lack of Kaizen on “The Office” Mark Graban Dec 1, 2012 2 Blog Here's a great clip from Thursday's episode of The Office. One of the new employees shows how he enters customer…
Guest Post: Weekend Fun – The Post That Goes PING! Mark Graban Sep 29, 2012 1 Blog Mark's note: Today's guest post is by Brian Buck, a fellow lean healthcare practitioner who regularly blogs at…
Weekend Fun: How “Toast Kaizen” Should Have Ended Mark Graban Jul 20, 2012 7 Blog I've probably seen the "Current Condition" portion of the fantastic "Toast Kaizen" DVD (from GBMP) more than a…
Weekend Fun: “Medical Records” in Auto Repair vs. Hospitals Mark Graban Jun 16, 2012 0 Blog Since many organizations might block The Onion website, I decided to post this in the "weekend fun" category:…
Funny: The Most Interesting Lean Thinker in the World Mark Graban Mar 17, 2012 5 Blog This is too good not to share. The team at a startup called Buffer created a list of Lean Startup concepts in the…
Weekend Fun: Where Good Ideas Go to Die Mark Graban Mar 3, 2012 0 Blog There's a funny cartoon over at ONEFTE.com about suggestions and employee ideas. The post is titled "Where good…
Weekend Fun – Quality Related Band Names (#QualityTermBandName) Mark Graban Feb 25, 2012 11 Blog I was driving the other day, listening to the 1980s music channel on XM Radio. The DJ announced a song by Duran…
Weekend Fun: The Management Methods, They Are a-Changin’ Mark Graban Mar 26, 2011 3 Blog Fans of Bob Dylan and Mike Rother's book Toyota Kata will appreciate this song especially:
More Weekend Fun: Video Proof that Dwight Schrute is NOT a Lean Thinker Mark Graban Jan 23, 2011 2 Blog Following up on yesterday's found parody of the show The Office... As if we needed any proof that Dwight K.…
Weekend Fun: Lean Parody of “The Office” Mark Graban Jan 22, 2011 3 Blog Here is a funny parody from some students at Notre Dame:
Weekend Fun: Dr. Atul Gawande on “The Colbert Report” Mark Graban Jan 8, 2011 3 Blog Here is a fun clip of Dr. Atul Gawande on Stephen Colbert's Comedy Central show, talking about his book The…
Weekend Fun: “Lean Gone Lego” Video Mark Graban Oct 31, 2010 3 Blog Here's a fun stop motion video - I presume it's from Australia or New Zealand?? I don't know the backstory on the…
Weekend Fun: Funny Plane Picture That’s Not Really “Visual… Mark Graban Oct 3, 2010 3 Blog There's a series of airplane photos, of South Africa's Kalula Airlines, that have been going around the web,…