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I am always happy to see something even vaguely related to the practice of Kaizen in mainstream publications.…

I recently got to meet Prof. Donald J. Wheeler when he gave a keynote talk at the Society for Health Systems…

Here are some recorded keynote talks and video presentations from the "Results Washington" annual conference, as…

I first blogged about this article back in 2009 and it's still online: "Keen to Be Lean" The sub headline talks…

A hat tip goes to Brian Buck for sharing this quote via email recently. Samuel Clemens, aka Mark Twain, was a pithy…

Here's the latest installment of "Key Tweets," a post that summarizes some of my tweets (or retweets) from the…

Back in 2007, I had my first opportunity to travel to England, a country I really love visiting. I had the chance…

Last Monday, I had the chance to attend a Lean Startup event in Austin where Eric Ries announced the launch of a…

As often happens, I have too many open browser tabs full of articles that I was going to potentially blog about.…

Friday, I shared my song "Gemba Claus is Comin' to Town" and I thought I was done posting for the year. But, my…

People often say Lean is pretty simple (or that it's just "common sense"). Yeah, some of the concepts are simple...…

I get a lot of emails from regular readers or people who have just stumbled across my blog. I try to be as helpful…

MP3 File (run time 31:13) My guest for Episode 188 has been a leading voice in the Lean community for 25 years,…

Mark's note: Christina Kach is back with a new post, this time a review of what should probably be considered a…

When I wrote the post  The Term "Lean Production" is 25 Years Old - Some Thoughts on the Original John Krafcik…

People often ask me where the term "Lean" comes from. It's not an acronym, so it shouldn't be spelled "LEAN" (but…

When the book Lean Thinking (by Jim Womack and Dan Jones) was originally published in 1996, it seems likely that…