Lean Blog Audio
Mark Graban reads and expands upon selected posts from LeanBlog.org. Topics include Lean principles and leadership in healthcare, manufacturing, business, and the world around us. Learn more at http://www.leanblog.org/audio Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/lean-blog-audio/supportPodcasts
Congrats to Four Podcast Guests Who Were Named to the Thinkers50 List
Published: Nov. 28, 2023, 4:49 p.m.Duration: 5 minutes 34 seconds
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Cyber Monday / Week Deal: Measures of Success Signed Copies
Published: Nov. 27, 2023, 4:37 p.m.Duration: 1 minute 18 seconds
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World Kindness Day, The Mistakes That Make Us, and Help From Karyn Ross
Published: Nov. 16, 2023, 2:12 a.m.Duration: 9 minutes 6 seconds
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Gemba vs. Genba -- Different Spellings or Different Words and Meanings?
Published: Nov. 15, 2023, 2:05 a.m.Duration: 10 minutes 21 seconds
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From Punishment to Improvement: Transforming Workplace Culture
Published: Oct. 2, 2023, 4:42 p.m.Duration: 3 minutes 3 seconds
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The Power of Small Acts: How 60 Cents Became Something Priceless
Published: Sept. 30, 2023, 2:03 p.m.Duration: 5 minutes 54 seconds
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Boeing 767 Emergency Slide Mistakenly Deployed Is This the Flight Attendants Fault?
Published: Sept. 18, 2023, 7:46 p.m.Duration: 7 minutes 30 seconds
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Stop Spending Money on Problem-Solving Training; Focus on psychological safety instead
Published: Sept. 13, 2023, 8:09 p.m.Duration: 11 minutes 47 seconds
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An Exciting Live-Streamed Event on September 6: The Lean Mindset with GE and Many Special Guests
Published: Aug. 29, 2023, 11:23 a.m.Duration: 7 minutes 7 seconds
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Remembering and Honoring Chris Burnham, a Colleague and Friend
Published: Aug. 22, 2023, 4:12 p.m.Duration: 14 minutes 59 seconds
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When Life Tests You: My Attempt to Donate a Couch Was Blocked by Bureaucracy
Published: Aug. 17, 2023, 1:42 p.m.Duration: 9 minutes 25 seconds
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Speaking Up Isnt a Matter of Character or CourageIts Driven by Culture
Published: Aug. 15, 2023, 1:27 p.m.Duration: 4 minutes 37 seconds
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Lean Blog Audio: Trailer
Published: Aug. 14, 2023, 1:47 p.m.Duration: 52 seconds
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Story: When Firing an Employee Doesnt Prevent the Repeat of the Mistake
Published: Aug. 14, 2023, 1:20 p.m.Duration: 4 minutes 8 seconds
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A Workplace Culture Where "FAIL" Means First Attempt in Learning
Published: June 26, 2023, 8:53 p.m.Duration: 7 minutes 12 seconds
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In Memoriam: Masaaki Imai, "The Father of KAIZENTM" (1930-2023)
Published: June 17, 2023, 1:28 p.m.Duration: 16 minutes 55 seconds
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A Near Miss with Amazon's Publishing Platform - Save Draft or Publish
Published: June 12, 2023, 3:28 p.m.Duration: 5 minutes 37 seconds
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Why Keep Asking, Whats Your Favorite Mistake?
Published: May 15, 2023, 11:55 p.m.Duration: 5 minutes 58 seconds
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Organizations Cannot Solve Problems Unless Leaders Admit Them and Help Others Feel Safe Speaking Up
Published: May 12, 2023, 12:46 p.m.Duration: 12 minutes 13 seconds
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Kindle Pre-Orders Open for The Mistakes That Make Us Enter to Win Signed Paperback
Published: May 7, 2023, 1:52 p.m.Duration: 3 minutes 24 seconds
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Reader Question: Why Did I Get Into Lean Healthcare?
Published: April 11, 2023, 9:18 a.m.Duration: 10 minutes 20 seconds
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The Mistakes That Make Us My Manuscript is Done! Some Backstory and What Comes Next
Published: April 5, 2023, 11:32 a.m.Duration: 14 minutes 28 seconds
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Measures of Success (Paperback Version) Turns Four Years Old
Published: March 31, 2023, 10:29 a.m.Duration: 5 minutes 55 seconds
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Learning from Small Mistakes to Avoid Big Mistakes, Operating Rooms and Patient Harm
Published: Feb. 23, 2023, 11:32 p.m.Duration: 9 minutes 5 seconds
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GE's Larry Culp on Making it Safe for Bad News to Flow to the CEO (or Other Leaders)
Published: Dec. 1, 2022, 4:06 p.m.Duration: 8 minutes 35 seconds
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Highlights from GE CEO Larry Culp's Remarks at the AME Conference in Dallas
Published: Nov. 28, 2022, 12:06 p.m.Duration: 14 minutes 51 seconds
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Toyota Was Helped, not Hampered, by TPS During the Pandemic
Published: Nov. 22, 2022, 2:41 p.m.Duration: 7 minutes 55 seconds
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Does Learning From Mistakes Mean It's OK to Try Any "Dumb Thing" - For Elon Musk or Any of Us?
Published: Nov. 10, 2022, 10:50 p.m.Duration: 4 minutes 2 seconds
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Psychological Safety as a Pre-Condition for Lean
Published: Nov. 10, 2022, 12:48 a.m.Duration: 3 minutes 30 seconds
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Isn't It Ironic? Mistakes That Interrupted My Webinar About Mistakes
Published: July 3, 2022, 2:21 p.m.Duration: 14 minutes 9 seconds
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This WSJ Article About Lean Isn't Terrible (via GE and Larry Culp)
Published: Jan. 4, 2022, 5:50 p.m.Duration: 12 minutes 14 seconds
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Dolphins Are Also Smart Enough to Game the System to Get More
Published: Oct. 11, 2021, 11:07 p.m.Duration: 7 minutes 5 seconds
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What Does Kaizen Suggest About How to Incentivize People to Submit Ideas?
Published: Oct. 8, 2021, 1:04 p.m.Duration: 12 minutes 7 seconds
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Free Webinar: Applications of Lean Leadership Methods in Home-Based Care
Published: Oct. 7, 2021, 4:26 p.m.Duration: 3 minutes 14 seconds
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Improvements to the Covid Vaccination Process -- Small and Large (and Hockey Hubs)
Published: May 20, 2021, 3:43 p.m.Duration: 15 minutes 51 seconds
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What Does Lean Mean to Healthcare Professionals? What Should it Mean?
Published: March 18, 2021, 1:15 p.m.Duration: 8 minutes 2 seconds
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Being Logical and Kind When a Mistake is Made
Published: March 4, 2021, 2:10 p.m.Duration: 7 minutes 39 seconds
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Will "Kaizen" Get the Buffalo Bills to Next Year's Super Bowl?
Published: Feb. 21, 2021, 3:12 p.m.Duration: 11 minutes
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Blaming Human Error Isnt an Excuse for Wasting 500 Doses of Covid Vaccine
Published: Dec. 30, 2020, 6:34 p.m.Duration: 13 minutes 12 seconds
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Announcing a New Podcast Series: My Favorite Mistake: Reflections From Business Leaders
Published: Aug. 27, 2020, 11:52 p.m.Duration: 7 minutes 38 seconds
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Why I'm "Handing Over" My Blog for the Week to #RootCauseRacism
Published: Aug. 8, 2020, 2:43 p.m.Duration: 8 minutes 21 seconds
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Great Piece: "Health Care Workers Protect Us. It's Time to Protect Them."
Published: June 22, 2020, 4:53 p.m.Duration: 4 minutes 19 seconds
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The Practicing Lean Audiobook is Available Through Audible
Published: June 11, 2020, 11:39 p.m.Duration: 2 minutes 25 seconds
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Standard Work for Being as Safe as Possible When Refueling Your Vehicle
Published: May 19, 2020, 11:17 p.m.Duration: 6 minutes 18 seconds
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Remembering a Great Leader, Paul O'Neill (1935-2020)
Published: April 22, 2020, 9:43 p.m.Duration: 13 minutes 35 seconds
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What my Book "Lean Hospitals" Says About Inventory Planning
Published: April 12, 2020, 11:56 a.m.Duration: 8 minutes 34 seconds
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Thoughts From Lean Thinkers on Coping with the Coronavirus Crisis
Published: April 11, 2020, 11:52 a.m.Duration: 4 minutes 22 seconds
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See? Lean is About Flexibility, Not Low Inventory
Published: April 10, 2020, 5:22 p.m.Duration: 7 minutes 24 seconds
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One Doctor's Troubling Experiences in the Emergency Department [Covid-19]
Published: March 20, 2020, 1:14 p.m.Duration: 12 minutes 4 seconds
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Covid-19: Don't Blame Toyota or "Just in Time" for Your Risky Supply Chain Strategy
Published: March 17, 2020, 2:38 p.m.Duration: 11 minutes 9 seconds
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For Covid-19 Preparedness, Hospitals Need More Than Written Protocols
Published: March 16, 2020, 6:41 p.m.Duration: 15 minutes 17 seconds
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Jumping to Solutions: A Hard Habit to Break
Published: March 3, 2020, 1:55 p.m.Duration: 5 minutes 22 seconds
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My Measures of Success Workshop at the Shingo Conference 2020 in Orlando
Published: Feb. 12, 2020, 11:21 a.m.Duration: 5 minutes 16 seconds
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GE's CEO Larry Culp Goes to the Gemba, Looks to Understand the Real Reality
Published: Jan. 30, 2020, 11:01 p.m.Duration: 8 minutes 53 seconds
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When Should We Lower a Target and When Should We Try Harder to Figure Out How to Reach It?
Published: Jan. 30, 2020, 1:51 p.m.Duration: 10 minutes 12 seconds
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Our Toyota Tour Guide's Kaizen
Published: Nov. 23, 2019, 11:56 a.m.Duration: 6 minutes 25 seconds
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A Japanese Hospital CEO on Kaizen, Innovation & Breakthrough
Published: Nov. 23, 2019, 11:39 a.m.Duration: 4 minutes 27 seconds
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Jess Orr on What She Learned by Leaving Toyota
Published: Oct. 11, 2019, 9:46 a.m.Duration: 7 minutes 25 seconds
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Maybe "Just Do Its" Should be Called "Just PDSA Its"?
Published: Oct. 8, 2019, 8:33 p.m.Duration: 7 minutes 31 seconds
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When Problems are Hidden in Kudos: From Celebrations to Root Cause Countermeasures
Published: Oct. 7, 2019, 10:26 a.m.Duration: 3 minutes 39 seconds
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Previewing Mark Valenti's Webinar on "Motivational Interviewing" for the Workplace
Published: Sept. 10, 2019, 1:23 p.m.Duration: 8 minutes 51 seconds
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General Jim Mattis on Leadership, Mistakes, and Defining Problems
Published: Sept. 3, 2019, 1:14 p.m.Duration: 8 minutes 24 seconds
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Third Time's the Charm for the Iced Tea -- On Errors, Blame, and Process
Published: Sept. 2, 2019, 11 p.m.Duration: 5 minutes 13 seconds
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Mark Graban Interviewed by KOGO Radio, San Diego
Published: Sept. 2, 2019, 4:17 p.m.Duration: 4 minutes 14 seconds
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Embracing and Helping Surgeons Accept Change -- Instead of Blaming & Labeling Them
Published: Aug. 23, 2019, 11:16 a.m.Duration: 4 minutes 12 seconds
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What Chefs and Restauranteurs Say About Learning From Failures & Mistakes
Published: Aug. 20, 2019, 11:15 p.m.Duration: 4 minutes 1 second
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Bob Lutz on Tesla, Threats, & Communication About Quality - and Implications for Healthcare
Published: Aug. 18, 2019, 10:18 p.m.Duration: 4 minutes 55 seconds
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Lean: A Combination of "Why?" and "Why Not?"
Published: Aug. 16, 2019, 12:10 a.m.Duration: 7 minutes 34 seconds
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When Having a Process Improvement Idea Means You're Weak?
Published: June 24, 2019, 4:35 p.m.Duration: 7 minutes 2 seconds
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Come See a Culture of Continuous Improvement at Franciscan Health This October!
Published: June 24, 2019, 3:25 p.m.Duration: 4 minutes 29 seconds
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Inside Toyota's Takaoka #2 Line - Flexibility and Kaizen
Published: June 11, 2019, 11:44 a.m.Duration: 8 minutes 31 seconds
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Toyota, Respect for People (or "Humanity") and Lean
Published: May 25, 2019, 2:55 p.m.Duration: 9 minutes 10 seconds
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How PBCs (Process Behavior Charts) Can Enhance the Practice of OKRs (Objectives & Key Results)
Published: May 20, 2019, 1:36 p.m.Duration: 17 minutes 57 seconds
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My Talk: When Being Right is the Wrong Strategy for Change
Published: May 17, 2019, 9 a.m.Duration: 36 minutes 45 seconds
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When Old Habits and Old Science No Longer Make Sense - Evidence vs. Habit in Medicine and #Lean
Published: May 16, 2019, 2 p.m.Duration: 14 minutes 11 seconds
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Family Guy Skewers Marie Kondo (and 5S and Lean too?)
Published: May 13, 2019, 6:28 p.m.Duration: 6 minutes 37 seconds
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A Hospital CEO Who Wants Other CEOs to Give a Damn About Their People
Published: May 1, 2019, 5:06 p.m.Duration: 8 minutes
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On Boeing, GM, and Hospitals... and Epic Battles Between Reality and Spokespeople?
Published: April 30, 2019, 2:59 p.m.Duration: 16 minutes 59 seconds
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On Podcast Server Downtime, Scars from General Motors, and Taking Ownership of My Situation
Published: April 29, 2019, 1:30 p.m.Duration: 12 minutes 45 seconds
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Is "Kaizen" a Slogan or a Methodology for the Seattle Marine
Published: April 22, 2019, 1:55 p.m.Duration: 4 minutes 55 seconds
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The CEO Leading the Culture Change at ZSFGH
Published: April 16, 2019, 11:11 a.m.Duration: 9 minutes 22 seconds
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A Lean Guy Reads "Health Leaders" on Nursing Retention
Published: April 15, 2019, 11:03 a.m.Duration: 8 minutes 45 seconds
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WSJ News Flash: Developing Better Leaders Makes a Difference
Published: April 10, 2019, 12:19 p.m.Duration: 5 minutes 2 seconds
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Lean Should be Solution to Hospital Overwork or Understaffing
Published: Jan. 30, 2019, 8:03 a.m.Duration: 14 minutes 24 seconds
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Toyota as a "People Development Company"
Published: Jan. 14, 2019, 1:27 p.m.Duration: 12 minutes 31 seconds
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Value is Defined by the Customer...
Published: Jan. 9, 2019, 10:34 a.m.Duration: 7 minutes 1 second
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For Big Leaps With New Years Resolutions, Start With
Published: Jan. 8, 2019, 2:49 p.m.Duration: 7 minutes 48 seconds
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LinkedIn Post: The Carrot and The Stick On Steroids
Published: Aug. 16, 2018, 4:57 a.m.Duration: 5 minutes 54 seconds
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React Less and Improve More by Using SPC More Effectively
Published: Aug. 14, 2018, 9:49 a.m.Duration: 16 minutes 19 seconds
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#Lean Shouldn't be a Reason for Nurses to Strike
Published: Aug. 13, 2018, 4:20 a.m.Duration: 8 minutes 27 seconds
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ER wait times down, but only slightly ??
Published: July 23, 2018, 5:04 p.m.Duration: 13 minutes 29 seconds
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The Catch-22 of #Lean & Kaizen: You Get More ROI by NOT...
Published: July 19, 2018, 8:06 a.m.Duration: 6 minutes 49 seconds
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Leaders & Lean: We Need to Better Support Doctors and
Published: April 17, 2018, 8:38 a.m.Duration: 10 minutes
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My Talk in Vegas: Leadership Lessons from Statistics and Psych
Published: April 3, 2018, 4:44 a.m.Duration: 18 minutes 29 seconds
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Elon Musk, Safety, and Leadership at Tesla
Published: March 12, 2018, 7:18 a.m.Duration: 11 minutes 26 seconds
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What's Going on at Whole Foods? It Doesn't Sound Like Lean...
Published: Feb. 16, 2018, 6:34 a.m.Duration: 12 minutes 2 seconds
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Tour Preview: The Japanese Health Care System at a High Level
Published: Feb. 13, 2018, 8:09 a.m.Duration: 10 minutes 11 seconds
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The WSJ Overgeneralizes about The "Japanese Model," Not...
Published: Feb. 13, 2018, 7:47 a.m.Duration: 10 minutes 29 seconds
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#Lean Can Be Very Fragile, Especially With Executive Changes
Published: Feb. 5, 2018, 8:08 a.m.Duration: 9 minutes 26 seconds
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Employee Complaints About Lean in Healthcare, Even at...
Published: Feb. 4, 2018, 10:14 a.m.Duration: 8 minutes 22 seconds
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Somebody *Did* Get Unjustly Fired in Hawaii, But System...
Published: Feb. 4, 2018, 9:53 a.m.Duration: 8 minutes 22 seconds
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"What would you say... you do here?" -- 2018 Edition
Published: Jan. 22, 2018, 7:15 a.m.Duration: 5 minutes 32 seconds
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My Thoughts on Standardized Work and #Lean
Published: Jan. 18, 2018, 5:05 a.m.Duration: 15 minutes 23 seconds
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What We're Looking Forward to Learning at Toyota
Published: Jan. 16, 2018, 12:44 p.m.Duration: 11 minutes 24 seconds
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What the Book "Lean Thinking" Said About Healthcare...
Published: Jan. 15, 2018, 10:24 p.m.Duration: 4 minutes 55 seconds
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The Response to the Hawaii False Alarm...
Published: Jan. 14, 2018, 7:56 p.m.Duration: 16 minutes 16 seconds
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Did Toyota's Mindset Really Leave the (Now) Tesla...
Published: Dec. 5, 2017, 5:51 a.m.Duration: 25 minutes 41 seconds
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A Powerful Message from Toyota's President
Published: Dec. 4, 2017, 12:25 p.m.Duration: 8 minutes 11 seconds
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Should #Lean Conferences Add a "Code of Conduct" for S
Published: Nov. 7, 2017, 9 a.m.Duration: 14 minutes 26 seconds
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#ChangeChampions at Franciscan St. Francis Health
Published: Nov. 6, 2017, 8:44 a.m.Duration: 7 minutes 44 seconds
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Highlights from a Great Book: "The Leader's Handbook"
Published: Oct. 30, 2017, 8:59 a.m.Duration: 13 minutes 13 seconds
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Looking for Champions of Change in Healthcare Supply
Published: Oct. 23, 2017, 1 p.m.Duration: 2 minutes 28 seconds
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Of Course Doctors Hate Being "Excluded" From Attempts
Published: Oct. 10, 2017, 10:02 a.m.Duration: 4 minutes 26 seconds
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Healthcare People: Study Lean and Kaizen in Japan
Published: Oct. 9, 2017, 3:01 p.m.Duration: 4 minutes 25 seconds
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Toyota Helps a Young Inventor; Look at His Dad's Toyota...
Published: Oct. 4, 2017, 7:57 a.m.Duration: 11 minutes 49 seconds
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#Lean Enterprise Institute Announces New CEO
Published: Oct. 3, 2017, 7:50 a.m.Duration: 5 minutes 20 seconds
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"Our Hospitals Are Killing Us (1966)
Published: Sept. 26, 2017, 3:28 p.m.Duration: 19 minutes 30 seconds
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Free Webinar Today on #Lean Collaboration Across Companies
Published: Sept. 21, 2017, 8:08 a.m.Duration: 5 minutes 57 seconds
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Texas Hospital Saves Money Occasionally With Lean Six Sigma
Published: Sept. 20, 2017, 8:20 p.m.Duration: 7 minutes 36 seconds
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This Organization Chose Not to "Deploy #Lean" Because...
Published: Sept. 12, 2017, 4:42 p.m.Duration: 7 minutes 29 seconds
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Toyota Helps Children's Health Dallas Reduce Some CLABSIs
Published: Sept. 11, 2017, 9:54 a.m.Duration: 7 minutes 8 seconds
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Variation in Definitions of #Lean (The Good, the Bad...
Published: Aug. 30, 2017, 7:21 a.m.Duration: 8 minutes 27 seconds
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"Practicing Lean" Audiobook is Released! And a New Essay
Published: Aug. 29, 2017, 7:17 a.m.Duration: 4 minutes 33 seconds
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How NOT to Improve Patient Flow: Laws, Targets, Blame,
Published: Aug. 29, 2017, 6:52 a.m.Duration: 10 minutes 11 seconds
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Aim for "Effectiveness" in Your Gemba Walks, Not "Effi
Published: Aug. 24, 2017, 7:31 a.m.Duration: 3 minutes 39 seconds
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Monday's #SolarEclipse: Supply Chain Challenges and Eye
Published: Aug. 23, 2017, 9:02 a.m.Duration: 15 minutes 16 seconds
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Highlights of "Boss Level Podcast" - Gen. Stan McChrystal
Published: Aug. 17, 2017, 11:06 a.m.Duration: 8 minutes 48 seconds
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My Webinar: Standardize What Makes Sense...
Published: Aug. 16, 2017, 3:05 p.m.Duration: 9 minutes 42 seconds
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Does Being Giddy With Knowledge About Wine or Lean Cau
Published: Aug. 15, 2017, 11:30 a.m.Duration: 8 minutes 14 seconds
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Dr. Don Berwick on Respect and Change at the Front Lines
Published: July 26, 2017, 5:24 a.m.Duration: 5 minutes 59 seconds
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Change: Desire, Ability, Reason, Need, and Commitment
Published: July 24, 2017, 6:16 p.m.Duration: 11 minutes 58 seconds
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The Conundrum that is Dr. Deming on Metrics, Measures,
Published: July 16, 2017, 4:37 p.m.Duration: 7 minutes 58 seconds
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Lean Healthcare Featured in Sunday's NY Times Business
Published: July 11, 2017, 4:12 p.m.Duration: 11 minutes 3 seconds
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Is This a 5S Problem or a Broader Healthcare Leadership Issue?
Published: July 11, 2017, 4:42 a.m.Duration: 14 minutes 6 seconds
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The Power of "How Might We?"
Published: June 20, 2017, 5:24 a.m.Duration: 2 minutes 36 seconds
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Is it a "Lean Transformation" or a "Lean Metamorphosis"?
Published: June 19, 2017, 8:45 a.m.Duration: 8 minutes 59 seconds
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Imitation as a Path to Innovation... If You Know What..
Published: June 15, 2017, 8:30 a.m.Duration: 11 minutes 30 seconds
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Do Words Matter on a Kaizen Card?
Published: June 4, 2017, 8:29 a.m.Duration: 6 minutes 43 seconds
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Easier, Better, Faster, Cheaper... What's Missing There?
Published: June 4, 2017, 8:16 a.m.Duration: 4 minutes 20 seconds
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A Prototype For My "Two-Bin Hand Sanitizer" Concept
Published: May 18, 2017, 10:08 a.m.Duration: 12 minutes 6 seconds
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A Lesson From Toyota: Thanking Employees for Pointing
Published: May 16, 2017, 7:19 a.m.Duration: 7 minutes 9 seconds
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3 Recent Audience Questions on Kaizen & Continuous Improvement
Published: May 12, 2017, 7 a.m.Duration: 7 minutes 26 seconds
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Reader Question: A Lone Wolf in #Lean Facilitator's Clothing
Published: May 11, 2017, 5:18 p.m.Duration: 7 minutes 57 seconds
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Thoughts on "Good" vs. "Better" from My College Marching Band
Published: May 11, 2017, 4:53 p.m.Duration: 13 minutes 18 seconds
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The Good and the Bad of the United CEO's Follow Up to
Published: May 5, 2017, 5:22 a.m.Duration: 4 minutes 19 seconds
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"Practicing Lean" as an Audio Book - First Half Now Available
Published: May 4, 2017, 5:48 a.m.Duration: 14 minutes 57 seconds
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My LinkedIn Article: Supply Chain Matters - at the Oscars
Published: May 4, 2017, 3:33 a.m.Duration: 7 minutes 27 seconds
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Don't Have Time for Meditation or Improvement? You Should...
Published: April 30, 2017, 12:13 p.m.Duration: 2 minutes 32 seconds
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Reader Question: How Many People & How Much Time for...
Published: April 26, 2017, 7:55 a.m.Duration: 7 minutes 12 seconds
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Is Calling People "Concrete Heads" the Most Effective...
Published: April 18, 2017, 5:36 a.m.Duration: 14 minutes 16 seconds
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What are the "Quick Wins?" Ask the People Doing the...
Published: April 17, 2017, 4:48 a.m.Duration: 8 minutes 42 seconds
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The United Flight 3411 Mess, Holding Individuals Accountable
Published: April 13, 2017, 4:05 a.m.Duration: 15 minutes 45 seconds
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My Article on Changing How We Think About Change
Published: April 13, 2017, 3:15 a.m.Duration: 2 minutes 32 seconds
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The Patient Pays Less, Yet the Surgeon's Paid More
Published: April 10, 2017, 8:58 a.m.Duration: 6 minutes 24 seconds
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Why You Shouldn't Call Yourself "Sensei" Or Make Other
Published: April 6, 2017, 6:45 a.m.Duration: 14 minutes 54 seconds
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Measures, Incentives, Heart Attack Mortality, Driving
Published: April 5, 2017, 7:41 a.m.Duration: 13 minutes 7 seconds
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Coming Soon 4th Revised Ed. of Lean Hospitals (April Fool)
Published: April 4, 2017, midnightDuration: 7 minutes 30 seconds
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Sad Bloomberg BusinessWeek Article on Auto Supplier Safety
Published: March 27, 2017, midnightDuration: 9 minutes 38 seconds
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10 Years of "L.A.M.E."
Published: March 21, 2017, midnightDuration: 9 minutes 42 seconds
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New Whitepaper: "#Lean for Doctors"
Published: March 10, 2017, 4 a.m.Duration: 4 minutes 21 seconds
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#TBT: Don't Blame the Kicker, Don't Blame...
Published: March 9, 2017, 1 a.m.Duration: 7 minutes 25 seconds
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Personal Kaizen: How I Reduced Effort...
Published: March 8, 2017, 4 a.m.Duration: 8 minutes 17 seconds
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Learning & Emulating Without Copying Blindly from...
Published: March 6, 2017, 5 a.m.Duration: 11 minutes 25 seconds
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I Was Asked to Share "Pet Peeves" About Lean (and Lean Sigma)
Published: Feb. 23, 2017, 11 p.m.Duration: 4 minutes 43 seconds
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If a Surgeon or Hospital Puts Quantity over Quality...
Published: Feb. 22, 2017, 11 p.m.Duration: 7 minutes 5 seconds
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The Advice about #Lean That Your Hospital CEO Should Be Getting
Published: Feb. 20, 2017, 11 p.m.Duration: 5 minutes 39 seconds
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Registration is Open! "Kaizen Live!" at Franciscan
Published: Feb. 13, 2017, 11 p.m.Duration: 4 minutes 22 seconds
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Lessons Ford & the UAW Learned in Japan in 1981 Still Apply
Published: Feb. 12, 2017, 11 p.m.Duration: 9 minutes 58 seconds
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#TBT: My Reflections on Dr. Deming's Notes...
Published: Feb. 2, 2017, 4 a.m.Duration: 10 minutes 23 seconds
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The Heroism of Incremental CarIe & Incremental Improvement
Published: Jan. 30, 2017, 11 p.m.Duration: 9 minutes 57 seconds
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Lean as Redesign and Continuous Improvement,
Published: Jan. 29, 2017, 11 p.m.Duration: 8 minutes 27 seconds
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Improving Safety & Quality Matters, but...
Published: Jan. 25, 2017, 11 p.m.Duration: 8 minutes 13 seconds
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You Don't Build a Culture of Continuous Improvement by...
Published: Jan. 19, 2017, 3 a.m.Duration: 5 minutes 27 seconds
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2nd Post for the Deming Institute Blog
Published: Jan. 17, 2017, 3 a.m.Duration: 6 minutes 47 seconds
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Lean is Not Just Process Improvement
Published: Jan. 16, 2017, 3 a.m.Duration: 5 minutes 19 seconds
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Contest: Win a Set of #Lean & Patient Safety Books
Published: Jan. 15, 2017, 11 p.m.Duration: 3 minutes
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Marie Osmond and The Excuses for Not Getting Lean
Published: Jan. 11, 2017, 11 p.m.Duration: 4 minutes 5 seconds
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Better Metrics & "Understanding Variation"
Published: Jan. 9, 2017, 2 a.m.Duration: 7 minutes 9 seconds
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My Post for the Deming Institute Blog:
Published: Jan. 6, 2017, 3 a.m.Duration: 9 minutes 3 seconds
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What the World's Best Organizations...
Published: Jan. 4, 2017, 11 p.m.Duration: 5 minutes 55 seconds
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My Visit to Cleveland Clinic
Published: Jan. 2, 2017, 11 p.m.Duration: 11 minutes 14 seconds
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Food for Thought on Mistakes and Perfection
Published: Jan. 1, 2017, 11 p.m.Duration: 2 minutes 33 seconds
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Examples of Corporate Speak Masking Reality
Published: Dec. 20, 2016, 4 a.m.Duration: 5 minutes 27 seconds
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Bringing Me Problems is OK, We'll Find Solutions Together
Published: Dec. 18, 2016, 11 p.m.Duration: 3 minutes 52 seconds
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#TBT: What CFO Magazine Wrote About #Lean in 2009
Published: Dec. 14, 2016, 11 p.m.Duration: 9 minutes 33 seconds
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Human Nature Around Incentives & Rewards
Published: Dec. 12, 2016, 11 p.m.Duration: 8 minutes 43 seconds
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"The reign of the king-leader is gone" at GM?
Published: Dec. 11, 2016, 11 p.m.Duration: 6 minutes 54 seconds
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Lean People Don't Say Things Like "Idiot Proofing"
Published: Dec. 6, 2016, 11 p.m.Duration: 5 minutes 58 seconds
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In My Global Lean Healthcare Travels,
Published: Nov. 17, 2016, 11 p.m.Duration: 6 minutes 47 seconds
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ThedaCare CEO Dean Gruner to Retire; What's Next for ThedaCare?
Published: Oct. 28, 2016, midnightDuration: 6 minutes 46 seconds
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Good News: UCSF to Teach #Lean to Residents
Published: Sept. 27, 2016, midnightDuration: 2 minutes 59 seconds
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This Time, the NEJM Publishes Something Positive About #Lean
Published: Sept. 6, 2016, midnightDuration: 8 minutes 28 seconds
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Part 3 of Day 1: #Lean Healthcare Trip to China
Published: July 28, 2016, midnightDuration: 8 minutes 19 seconds
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Lean Healthcare Trip to China, Day 1, Part 2
Published: July 26, 2016, noonDuration: 11 minutes 29 seconds
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Mark Graban Interviewed on "Quality Digest Live"
Published: July 25, 2016, midnightDuration: 10 minutes 48 seconds
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"Lean Is About Quality, Not Just Speed or Efficiency...
Published: July 24, 2016, midnightDuration: 8 minutes 37 seconds
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Lean Healthcare Trip to China, Day 1, Part 1:
Published: July 21, 2016, 3 a.m.Duration: 9 minutes 48 seconds
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Free Excerpt from "Lean Hospitals" and "Practicing Lean"
Published: June 23, 2016, midnightDuration: 8 minutes 16 seconds
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Be Careful With "No Waiting Rooms" Just Like "Zero Inventories"
Published: June 13, 2016, midnightDuration: 9 minutes 16 seconds
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GM's CEO Roger Smith Thought Toyota Had Magic,
Published: June 9, 2016, midnightDuration: 7 minutes 12 seconds
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From 1994, But Relevant Today: "Why TQM Fails"
Published: June 8, 2016, midnightDuration: 8 minutes 20 seconds
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his Doctor is Upset About Something,
Published: June 6, 2016, midnightDuration: 8 minutes 43 seconds
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The Need for Standardized Work When Ordering Whiskey
Published: June 3, 2016, midnightDuration: 4 minutes 10 seconds
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My LinkedIn Post on Bad Toast & Bad Management
Published: June 2, 2016, midnightDuration: 5 minutes 14 seconds
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If Your Hospital Wants to "Implement #Lean,"
Published: May 31, 2016, midnightDuration: 5 minutes 14 seconds
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NEJM Authors Double Down on Their Claim That Lean = Taylorism
Published: May 25, 2016, midnightDuration: 10 minutes 25 seconds
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Stuff I'm Reading May 2016: Bad Patient Experiences...
Published: May 24, 2016, noonDuration: 6 minutes 44 seconds
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Congratulations on Reducing Waiting Times,
Published: May 19, 2016, midnightDuration: 6 minutes 33 seconds
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Lean Hospitals: Thoughts from a Health System C.O.O.
Published: May 17, 2016, midnightDuration: 4 minutes 49 seconds
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J.C. Penney's CEO on Listening to Front-Line Employees
Published: May 16, 2016, midnightDuration: 5 minutes 43 seconds
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Free Chapter - Upcoming 3rd Edition of "#Lean Hospitals"
Published: May 14, 2016, midnightDuration: 4 minutes 49 seconds
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Updates: NICU Innovation, Labs, MLB Netting, VA Waiting
Published: May 5, 2016, midnightDuration: 9 minutes 9 seconds
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Why It's OK That This Suggestion Box Was Full of Cobwebs
Published: May 4, 2016, midnightDuration: 6 minutes 28 seconds
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A Radical Idea in Healthcare: Refunds for Dissatisfied Customers
Published: May 3, 2016, midnightDuration: 8 minutes 18 seconds
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A Post-Mortem on a Different Hospital Lean Journey
Published: May 2, 2016, 2 p.m.Duration: 6 minutes 20 seconds
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Why Would a New Healthcare CEO Kill a Lean Program?
Published: May 2, 2016, midnightDuration: 7 minutes 32 seconds
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More on "Motivational Interviewing" as a Method for
Published: April 11, 2016, midnightDuration: 8 minutes 51 seconds
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From a Patient Safety Tragedy to Lean & Baldrige
Published: March 26, 2016, midnightDuration: 7 minutes 3 seconds
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There's a Yuuuge Problem with Donald Trump's
Published: March 11, 2016, 11 p.m.Duration: 8 minutes 13 seconds
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Early Days of Lean in Veterinary Medicine?
Published: March 8, 2016, 3 a.m.Duration: 8 minutes 14 seconds
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What Virginia Mason's CEO Dr. Gary Kaplan Warns Against
Published: March 6, 2016, 11 p.m.Duration: 7 minutes 40 seconds
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Announced "Workplace Principles" for NHS Wales Staff
Published: March 1, 2016, 11 p.m.Duration: 7 minutes 47 seconds
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What We Can Learn About Teamwork and Culture
Published: Feb. 25, 2016, 11 p.m.Duration: 7 minutes 5 seconds
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#Lean: The Toyota Production System is Mainly
Published: Feb. 24, 2016, 11 p.m.Duration: 5 minutes 34 seconds
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#Lean Would Be a Solution for What These Nurses Complain About
Published: Feb. 23, 2016, 11 p.m.Duration: 7 minutes 24 seconds
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Engaging Staff in Improvement is Actually the Toyota Way, Too
Published: Feb. 12, 2016, 11 p.m.Duration: 6 minutes 9 seconds
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Toyota's Japan Shutdown Lessons for Hospitals (and Others)
Published: Feb. 7, 2016, 11 p.m.Duration: 4 minutes 5 seconds
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Is This The One Question That Determines If You're
Published: Feb. 3, 2016, 2 a.m.Duration: 8 minutes 10 seconds
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Kaizen Live! 2016 - See a Culture of Continuous Improvement
Published: Feb. 1, 2016, 11 p.m.Duration: 5 minutes 40 seconds
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How Failed Lean Implementations Are Like a Bad
Published: Jan. 31, 2016, 11 p.m.Duration: 9 minutes 50 seconds
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HBR Article on Avoiding the Futility of Suggestion Systems
Published: Jan. 26, 2016, 11 p.m.Duration: 7 minutes 30 seconds
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Doctors Bash "Taylorism" and "Toyota Lean"
Published: Jan. 24, 2016, 11 p.m.Duration: 12 minutes 17 seconds
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Wise Words from Mark Twain on Continuous Improvement
Published: Jan. 19, 2016, 11 p.m.Duration: 8 minutes 19 seconds
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Where Do Hospitals Get the Idea that Lean is Only
Published: Jan. 11, 2016, 11 p.m.Duration: 10 minutes 3 seconds
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Dr. Don Berwick is "Stunned" By How Few
Published: Jan. 7, 2016, 11 p.m.Duration: 6 minutes 5 seconds
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"If the Employees are Upset, it's Not Really Lean"
Published: Jan. 6, 2016, midnightDuration: 7 minutes 19 seconds
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Throwback Thursday: Humility is a Rare & Powerful Trait
Published: Jan. 4, 2016, 11 p.m.Duration: 4 minutes 15 seconds
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Simple Mixups & How Blaming Workers
Published: Jan. 3, 2016, 11 p.m.Duration: 7 minutes 33 seconds
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You Can't Force Anyone to Change Their Minds or Actions
Published: Dec. 29, 2015, 11 p.m.Duration: 8 minutes 13 seconds
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You Got Them to Do What? Getting a Hospital to Dedicate
Published: Nov. 29, 2015, 11 p.m.Duration: 10 minutes 16 seconds
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Maybe We Should Call it "The Many Whys"
Published: Nov. 18, 2015, 2 a.m.Duration: 9 minutes 16 seconds
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You Just Have to Ask Why Five Times?
Published: Nov. 17, 2015, 1 a.m.Duration: 9 minutes 55 seconds
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The First Ever Instance of "Lean Doesn't Apply to Us?"
Published: Nov. 11, 2015, 2 a.m.Duration: 5 minutes 54 seconds
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It's Not #Lean to Have Dysfunctional Efficiency Targets
Published: Nov. 10, 2015, 6 a.m.Duration: 5 minutes 27 seconds
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Fighting Against "The Way We've Always Done It"
Published: Nov. 10, 2015, 2 a.m.Duration: 4 minutes 17 seconds
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Automakers & Car Dealers Should Survey Customers
Published: Nov. 9, 2015, 3 a.m.Duration: 10 minutes 52 seconds
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Confusion over #Lean Manufacturing, Lean Healthcare,
Published: Nov. 6, 2015, 11 p.m.Duration: 9 minutes 12 seconds
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How Kaizen & Continuous Improvement are Key to
Published: Oct. 8, 2015, midnightDuration: 5 minutes 8 seconds
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Donald Trump's Red Hat (and Other Politicians' Hats)
Published: Oct. 4, 2015, midnightDuration: 8 minutes 28 seconds
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"Learning to be Lean"
Published: Sept. 28, 2015, 5 a.m.Duration: 6 minutes 26 seconds
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This Hospital CEO Was Never Going to Get Lean
Published: Sept. 24, 2015, 4 a.m.Duration: 3 minutes 40 seconds
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Better Change Leadership as a Countermeasure
Published: Sept. 23, 2015, 3 a.m.Duration: 8 minutes 58 seconds
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5S: The Good, the Bad, and the Extreme in Japanese Hospitals
Published: Sept. 21, 2015, 4 a.m.Duration: 7 minutes 29 seconds
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In Tribute to and in Memory of Dr. Michel Tetreault
Published: Sept. 17, 2015, midnightDuration: 7 minutes 55 seconds
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Are Millennials the Only Ones Who Need to Understand Why?
Published: Sept. 16, 2015, midnightDuration: 4 minutes 53 seconds
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Stuff I'm Reading Sept 2015: Urgency, Problems, and Lemmings
Published: Sept. 9, 2015, 3 a.m.Duration: 6 minutes 23 seconds
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Football, Holistic Systems, and Challenging the
Published: Sept. 3, 2015, 2 a.m.Duration: 8 minutes 25 seconds
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Another Conversation About L.A.M.E. and Lean
Published: Aug. 31, 2015, midnightDuration: 10 minutes 50 seconds
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Inc. Writes About Dr. Deming in 1987
Published: Aug. 27, 2015, midnightDuration: 6 minutes 50 seconds
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Updating "Lean Hospitals" and a New eBook, "Practicing Lean"
Published: Aug. 24, 2015, 3 a.m.Duration: 6 minutes 56 seconds
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So-Called "Just in Time" Retail Staff Scheduling is not #Lean
Published: Aug. 22, 2015, midnightDuration: 6 minutes 14 seconds
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Using Lean to Organize Hospital Closets...
Published: Aug. 14, 2015, 4 a.m.Duration: 10 minutes 27 seconds
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A Hospital Manager Makes Time for Kaizen
Published: Aug. 13, 2015, noonDuration: 5 minutes 3 seconds
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When Warnings Aren't Given or Heeded,
Published: Aug. 12, 2015, 5 a.m.Duration: 13 minutes 21 seconds
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"Practice? We're Talking About Practice?" Yes, Practicing Lean
Published: Aug. 8, 2015, 5 a.m.Duration: 8 minutes 20 seconds
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Let's Play Match Game '15 - Suggestion Box Edition
Published: Aug. 7, 2015, 5 a.m.Duration: 6 minutes 28 seconds
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How My Blog Rant Helped Keep an Office 5S
Published: Aug. 6, 2015, 5 a.m.Duration: 5 minutes
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Moving from "Visuals" to "Visual Management"
Published: Aug. 4, 2015, 5 a.m.Duration: 9 minutes 48 seconds
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Why This Sushi Company Policy Letter
Published: Aug. 3, 2015, 3 a.m.Duration: 6 minutes 44 seconds
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How These Credit Card Websites Illustrate Lean Mistake Proofing
Published: Aug. 1, 2015, midnightDuration: 8 minutes 39 seconds
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A Lean Guy Listens to NPR: NICU Waste,
Published: July 31, 2015, 4 a.m.Duration: 7 minutes 54 seconds
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Key Points About Kaizen from Japanese Hospitals,
Published: July 30, 2015, 4 a.m.Duration: 7 minutes 52 seconds
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Model Lines and Model Cells as a Lean Transformation Strategy
Published: July 28, 2015, 5 a.m.Duration: 10 minutes 28 seconds
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Parody: Keith Olber-Lean and the
Published: July 27, 2015, 6 a.m.Duration: 8 minutes 23 seconds
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"Lean Won't Work Here... We're Different"
Published: July 24, 2015, 2 a.m.Duration: 9 minutes 46 seconds
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The Kaizen Approach to Getting Others Comfortable with Sushi
Published: July 23, 2015, 2 p.m.Duration: 7 minutes 50 seconds
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"This American Life" on NUMMI Lessons,
Published: July 23, 2015, noonDuration: 15 minutes 37 seconds
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Fear, Lies, Failure, and Success (and Laughs)
Published: July 20, 2015, 6 a.m.Duration: 7 minutes 50 seconds
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Healthcare Headlines in the UK are Mostly Similar to the US
Published: July 18, 2015, midnightDuration: 11 minutes 50 seconds
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Reader Question from an MD:
Published: June 30, 2015, 3 a.m.Duration: 5 minutes 12 seconds
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Visual Management for an International Flight,
Published: June 29, 2015, 5 a.m.Duration: 7 minutes 35 seconds
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Kaizen Hints from Heloise, or, If Kaizen is Common Sense,
Published: June 26, 2015, 5 a.m.Duration: 6 minutes 5 seconds
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Would the WSJ Blame "Just in Time" for the Stanley Cup
Published: June 25, 2015, 2 a.m.Duration: 9 minutes 27 seconds
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How Would You Respond to This Kaizen Idea?
Published: June 24, 2015, midnightDuration: 11 minutes 10 seconds
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I'm Moderating a #LeanStartup Webcast Today:
Published: June 19, 2015, 6 a.m.Duration: 9 minutes 28 seconds
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Visiting MIT, Learning about "The Good Jobs Strategy"
Published: June 19, 2015, 5 a.m.Duration: 12 minutes 41 seconds
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A Lean Guy Reads the Boston Papers: Facts, Respect,
Published: June 18, 2015, 5 a.m.Duration: 9 minutes 14 seconds
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First Look: "Management on the Mend" by Dr. John Toussaint
Published: June 15, 2015, 5 a.m.Duration: 6 minutes 46 seconds
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A Tale of Two Clinics - What I Wish My Primary Care Could Be
Published: June 13, 2015, midnightDuration: 12 minutes 18 seconds
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Jack Dorsey: It's an "Organizational Failure" if the CEO
Published: May 29, 2015, 6 a.m.Duration: 6 minutes 45 seconds
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The Leadership Mantras of Don Davis
Published: May 28, 2015, 6 a.m.Duration: 8 minutes
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Lean: Hit or Myth? Layoffs, Patient-Centered Care, and More
Published: May 27, 2015, 6 a.m.Duration: 12 minutes 14 seconds
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The Joy of (Waste Reduction and) Cooking
Published: May 26, 2015, 6 a.m.Duration: 9 minutes 40 seconds
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10 Key Lean Mindsets for Factories, Hospitals, Startups,
Published: May 25, 2015, midnightDuration: 11 minutes 22 seconds
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Gemba in the NICU: More Notes from our "Kaizen Live"
Published: May 19, 2015, 6 a.m.Duration: 8 minutes 30 seconds
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U.S. Hospitals Have the Best E.R. Care for Kids,
Published: May 18, 2015, midnightDuration: 7 minutes 10 seconds
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Another Experiment That Works in Healthcare: Safety Huddles
Published: May 13, 2015, 2 a.m.Duration: 6 minutes 46 seconds
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An Experiment That Works in Healthcare: Pioneer ACOs
Published: May 12, 2015, midnightDuration: 5 minutes 24 seconds
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Are Hospitalists Ready to Get Serious About Reducing Waste
Published: May 5, 2015, 1 p.m.Duration: 6 minutes 5 seconds
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Some Highlights from Last Week's "Kaizen Live" Event
Published: May 4, 2015, noonDuration: 9 minutes 53 seconds
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Throwback Thursday: Dr. Deming's Last Interview
Published: May 3, 2015, midnightDuration: 5 minutes 51 seconds
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The Scripps Health CEO is Right About No-Layoffs Policies
Published: April 20, 2015, midnightDuration: 4 minutes 34 seconds
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Why is the Hawthorne Effect Nothing to Brag About or Hope For?
Published: April 15, 2015, midnightDuration: 3 minutes 14 seconds
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Why Would These Workplace Slogans Be Offensive to Employees?
Published: April 14, 2015, midnightDuration: 4 minutes 28 seconds
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Rhode Island's Governor Announces Lean Initiative,
Published: April 13, 2015, midnightDuration: 4 minutes 5 seconds
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Throwback Thursday: 23 Tweets I Might Have Sent in 2002
Published: April 9, 2015, midnightDuration: 6 minutes 37 seconds
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What's Interesting About This Toyota Executive
Published: April 7, 2015, midnightDuration: 5 minutes 36 seconds
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An Invention to Prevent Empty Gel or Foam Sanitizer
Published: April 6, 2015, midnightDuration: 12 minutes 37 seconds
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10 More Reasons to Come See Kaizen at Franciscan
Published: March 31, 2015, midnightDuration: 7 minutes 8 seconds
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We Can't Ignore "Lean Horror Stories" or That Cheeseburger
Published: March 27, 2015, midnightDuration: 10 minutes 17 seconds
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Jim Womack on the Term "Lean" & Eric Ries on "Lean Startup"
Published: March 26, 2015, midnightDuration: 10 minutes 51 seconds
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Lean Factories and Lean Hospitals Are Safer and
Published: March 25, 2015, midnightDuration: 6 minutes 21 seconds
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Throwback Thursday: Creating the New American Hospital
Published: March 19, 2015, midnightDuration: 10 minutes 4 seconds
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Please Help with Research Topics
Published: March 17, 2015, midnightDuration: 4 minutes 37 seconds
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ThrowbackThursday: #Lean Manufacturing Training from 2002
Published: March 12, 2015, midnightDuration: 7 minutes 38 seconds
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It's Patient Safety Awareness Week and I Was Surprised
Published: March 11, 2015, midnightDuration: 7 minutes 42 seconds
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10 Ways that Lean Respects & Supports Healthcare Staff
Published: March 10, 2015, midnightDuration: 8 minutes 48 seconds
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Womack, Sweatshops, Hospitals, and Surveys
Published: March 9, 2015, midnightDuration: 7 minutes 43 seconds
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A Call for Partners to Measure Improvement Results
Published: March 6, 2015, midnightDuration: 9 minutes 8 seconds
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Why Kaizen is an Important Differentiator for Japanese Whisky
Published: March 5, 2015, midnightDuration: 7 minutes 33 seconds
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Kaizen: Giving Seven Days' Grace on a New Idea
Published: March 4, 2015, midnightDuration: 5 minutes 23 seconds
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The One Thing Google Should Show When You Search for a Hospital
Published: March 3, 2015, midnightDuration: 8 minutes 53 seconds
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A Story About a Hospital Putting Safety First
Published: Feb. 26, 2015, midnightDuration: 8 minutes 11 seconds
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"Safety is always our top priority" -
Published: Feb. 25, 2015, midnightDuration: 9 minutes 22 seconds
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"Safety is always our top priority" -
Published: Feb. 25, 2015, midnightDuration: 9 minutes 22 seconds
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"Accountability" Shouldn't Mean Blaming People
Published: Feb. 23, 2015, midnightDuration: 6 minutes 55 seconds
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Paying Attention to Small Details
Published: Feb. 19, 2015, midnightDuration: 10 minutes 1 second
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Who Ever Asks "Let's Plus/Delta That Visit / Stay"?
Published: Feb. 17, 2015, midnightDuration: 7 minutes 27 seconds
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When Will The Federal Government&VA Learn?
Published: Feb. 16, 2015, midnightDuration: 7 minutes 54 seconds
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Upcoming Kaizen Workshops in Boston and Indy
Published: Feb. 16, 2015, midnightDuration: 4 minutes 1 second
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Why don't we do what we know we're supposed to do? Why don't I?
Published: Feb. 11, 2015, midnightDuration: 4 minutes 53 seconds
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The "Productivity Paradox" of Healthcare IT and
Published: Feb. 6, 2015, midnightDuration: 6 minutes 2 seconds
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What Does ThedaCare CEO Dean Gruner, MD Say About Safety?
Published: Feb. 5, 2015, midnightDuration: 3 minutes 36 seconds
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The Patriots, Coach Belichick, Aspects of Lean Thinking,
Published: Feb. 1, 2015, midnightDuration: 6 minutes 25 seconds
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Audio Parody - "Lean Serial"
Published: Jan. 30, 2015, midnightDuration: 8 minutes 11 seconds
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"Lean Sigma" is Still Pretty Often Wrong on Lean
Published: Jan. 29, 2015, midnightDuration: 9 minutes 53 seconds
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Looking back at the Toyota Tsutsumi plant tour, part 1
Published: Jan. 20, 2015, midnightDuration: 6 minutes 47 seconds
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Putting Up Signs and Shooting Down Ideas
Published: Jan. 19, 2015, midnightDuration: 5 minutes 45 seconds
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Parallels Between Personal Training and Lean Coaching
Published: Jan. 18, 2015, midnightDuration: 11 minutes 6 seconds
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The Original Intent of My GM Standup Meeting
Published: Jan. 15, 2015, midnightDuration: 6 minutes 34 seconds
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Strategy Deployment as a Series of Hypotheses - Pt 1
Published: Jan. 14, 2015, midnightDuration: 7 minutes 49 seconds
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Fear of speaking up is a broader problem,
Published: Jan. 13, 2015, midnightDuration: 8 minutes 55 seconds
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Lessons from the Football Coaching and Leadership
Published: Jan. 12, 2015, midnightDuration: 8 minutes 48 seconds
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GM Got Gamed (Or, How to Fudge Your Production Numbers)
Published: Jan. 11, 2015, midnightDuration: 8 minutes 14 seconds
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Throwback Thursday: Presenting Lean to Senior
Published: Jan. 8, 2015, midnightDuration: 6 minutes 42 seconds
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"Four Days With Dr. Deming"
Published: Jan. 7, 2015, midnightDuration: 6 minutes 7 seconds
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The Little Difference That Turned "No Ideas"
Published: Jan. 5, 2015, midnightDuration: 7 minutes 14 seconds
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