Ryan McCormack’s Operational Excellence Mixtape: November 4, 2022 Ryan McCormack Nov 4, 2022 0 Mixtape Thanks as always to Ryan McCormick for this... there's always so much good reading, listening, and viewing!-->!-->!-->…
John Dues on Continual Improvement, Deming, and Process Behavior Charts in… Mark Graban Feb 22, 2022 0 Interviews Scroll down for how to subscribe, transcript, and more My guest for Episode #441 of the Lean Blog!-->!-->!-->!-->!-->!-->!-->!-->!-->…
Mark Graban Interviewed by Mark Gandy of “CFO Bookshelf” on… Mark Graban Feb 7, 2022 0 Blog Thanks to Mark Gandy for inviting me to be on his podcast, "CFO Bookshelf." You can listen using!-->!-->!-->!-->!-->!-->!-->!-->!-->…
Why Samantha Riley Prescribes “Making Data Count” in the NHS England… Mark Graban May 11, 2021 0 Interviews Scroll down for video, how to subscribe, video, transcript, and more My guest for Episode #413!-->!-->!-->!-->!-->!-->!-->!-->!-->!-->!-->…
Podcast #347 — Brad Parsons, Hospital CEO & Co-Author of… Mark Graban Sep 9, 2019 0 Interviews Our guest today for Episode 347 is Brad Parsons, the CEO of NEA Baptist, in Jonesboro, Arkansas. NEA Baptist!-->!-->!-->…
Measures of Success Related to “Measures of Success” Workshops Mark Graban Jul 1, 2019 4 Blog Each time I teach my "Measures of Success" workshop for Catalysis at one of their events, they give me feedback!-->…
A Strong Signal in the Number of Home Runs — and a Surprising Special Cause Mark Graban Jun 27, 2019 2 Blog It's been a busy few weeks for me with work travel and, blogwise, I'm winding down into a few weeks of "blog!-->!-->!-->…
Chernobyl: Data Without Context is Dangerous Mark Graban Jun 10, 2019 1 Blog I really enjoyed the HBO miniseries "Chernobyl" that aired/streamed recently. You can watch it all now through HBO!-->…
Episode #2 of the “Lean Whiskey” Podcast on GE, Boeing, and More Mark Graban May 23, 2019 2 Lean Whiskey Mark and Jamie Jamie Flinchbaugh and I got a great response to the first episode of our new "Lean Whiskey"!-->!-->!-->…
Don’t Overexplain College Football Playoff TV Ratings Being at “An… Mark Graban Jan 10, 2019 3 Blog We have to be careful with text descriptions of business metrics -- this is true when it's numbers in the news or!-->…
Podcast #320 – Skip Steward on Deming, Wheeler, Metrics, and More Mark Graban Oct 9, 2018 0 Interviews Skip Steward, the Chief Improvement Officer at Baptist Memorial Health Care in Tennessee, was a guest on Episode…
Home Runs as Tables of Numbers, Run Charts, and Process Behavior Charts Mark Graban Sep 12, 2018 2 Blog If you're not a baseball fan, I apologize for a second baseball-themed post this week. Baseball has a lot of…
Taking Don Wheeler’s Class; MLB Batting Averages are Lower… So What? Mark Graban Sep 10, 2018 8 Blog I recently saw this headline: Baseball on pace for lowest batting average since 1972 Just because it's the…
Attend With Me: Come Learn Statistical Process Control From Don Wheeler Mark Graban Jun 12, 2018 4 Blog For a long time, I've wanted to attend a "Statistical Process Control" (SPC) class taught by Donald J. Wheeler,…
Ratings for “The Oscars” Were Lower in 2018? Should We Ask Why or Look… Mark Graban Mar 8, 2018 3 Blog As I blogged about yesterday, things went well at the Oscars... or, at least, no errors were made in the…
Two Data Points Don’t Make a Trend, So Read Beyond the Headline Mark Graban Jan 8, 2018 13 Blog When looking at data, whether it's the number of homicides in San Antonio or some of our workplace metrics, it's…
2-Data-Point Comparisons vs. Charts – NBA Big Man 3-Point Shots and Lean… Mark Graban Oct 31, 2017 2 Blog So many of our business metrics are reported in terms of two-data point comparisons. How much did the…
If You React to Every Blip in the Metrics, Then Nothing is a Priority? Mark Graban Oct 26, 2017 8 Blog Here's another post on the theme of performance metrics, as I'm talking about next week at Lean Startup Week (see…