Lean Blog Audio
Lean Blog Audio features Mark Graban reading and expanding on LeanBlog.org posts. Explore real-world lessons on Lean thinking, psychological safety, continuous improvement, and performance metrics like Process Behavior Charts. Learn how leaders in healthcare, manufacturing, and beyond create cultures of learning, reduce fear, and drive better results.
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Latest episodes
Apr 4, 2017 • 8min
Coming Soon– 4th Revised Ed. of “Lean Hospitals” (April Fool)
It's time for another new, revised edition of my book! It was originally published in 2008 as Lean Hospitals: Improving Quality, Patient Safety, and Employee Satisfaction.
Mar 27, 2017 • 10min
Sad Bloomberg BusinessWeek Article on Auto Supplier Safety
A few of you sent me this article... and you were correct to think I would be interested:"Inside Alabama's Auto Jobs Boom: Cheap Wages, Little Training, Crushed Limbs
The South's manufacturing renaissance comes with a heavy price."
Mar 21, 2017 • 10min
10 Years of "L.A.M.E."
It's been 10 years since I first wrote about my awkward acronym L.A.M.E. Is it helpful to distinguish between true Lean principles and "Lean As Misguidedly Explained?" Will we see more L.A.M.E. talk and behaviors in the future?
Mar 10, 2017 • 4min
New Whitepaper: "#Lean for Doctors"
Today, I'm happy to share a link to a white paper that I co-authored for Catalysis (formerly the ThedaCare Center for Healthcare Value).The paper is titled: "Lean for Doctors."
Appropriately, the co-authors are two physician leaders you might very well know: Dr. John Toussaint (founder of Catalysis) and Dr. Jack Billi (from the University of Michigan).
Mar 9, 2017 • 7min
#TBT: Don't Blame the Kicker, Don't Blame...
Today's Post in&t;50 words: Lean thinkers don't blame individuals who in a bad system, whether that's a presenter at Oscars, a kicker in a football game, or a healthcare professional in a hospital.
Mar 8, 2017 • 8min
Personal Kaizen: How I Reduced Effort...
In today's post, I write about how Kaizen starts with you. I share some examples of "personal Kaizen," including the way I've streamlined my call scheduling process, for my benefit and for others.
http://leanblog.org/audio186
Mar 6, 2017 • 11min
Learning & Emulating Without Copying Blindly from...
While I'm writing here about Northwestern men's basketball learning from Duke (without copying everything), the same ideas apply if you're Ford learning from Toyota or a hospital learning from ThedaCare.
http://www.leanblog.org/audio185
Feb 23, 2017 • 5min
I Was Asked to Share "Pet Peeves" About Lean (and Lean Sigma)
Thanks to GoLeanSixSigma.com for asking me some questions for a discussion that they've posted on their website.
Feb 22, 2017 • 7min
If a Surgeon or Hospital Puts Quantity over Quality...
Today's Post in&t;50 Words: I get worked up about labeling a troubled surgical department as "a factory," but there are far more important issues of patient safety and hospital culture to be discussed related to a Seattle Times investigative piece.
http://www.leanblog.org/audio183
Feb 20, 2017 • 6min
The Advice about #Lean That Your Hospital CEO Should Be Getting
Art Byrne's latest book, The Lean Turnaround Action Guide, has a lot of great tips that he's trying to share, CEO to CEO. How many CEOs are reading this book and heeding his advice, in manufacturing or in healthcare?
