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Author: Mark Graban

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Lean Blog Interviews — 352: Dr. Fred Southwick, Teaching Quality, Patient Safety & Lean

http://www.leanblog.org/352 Joining me for Episode #352 of the podcast is Frederick Southwick, M.D. He is a Professor of Medicine and is also Director of Patient Care Quality and Safety in the Division of Hospitalist Medicine at the University of Flori…

Lean Blog Interviews

Lean Blog Interviews — 351: Joel Tosi and Dion Stewart, “Creating Your Dojo”

http://www.leanblog.org/351 Joining me for Episode #351 of the podcast are my friends Joel Tosi and Dion Stewart, co-founders of the company Dojo & Co.They’re the authors of the new book (to be released on November 19) called Creating Your Dojo: Upskil…

Lean Coffee Talk (Formerly Lean Whiskey)

Lean Whiskey: 9: Affordable Bourbon, Halloween, Air Travel, Six Sigma, and Lean as a 2nd Job

In Episode 9 of Lean Whiskey, Mark Graban and Jamie Flinchbaugh link up on Halloween night to share a drink and ideas about lean. We discuss air travel, which we both experience in volume, and taste affordable whiskeys under $35.  We both agree handing o…

Lean Blog Interviews

Lean Blog Interviews — 350: Tim Turner – Building Lexus, Leaving Toyota, and Helping Elsewhere

http://www.leanblog.org/350 Our guest today is Tim Turner, who joined us previously in 2010 for episode #90. Tim was the lead author for a book called One Team on All Levels that was about the Toyota plant and its people in Kentucky. Tim was involved in…

Lean Blog Audio

Lean Blog Audio — Jess Orr on What She Learned by Leaving Toyota

http://www.leanblog.org/audio291 Last week was our fifth annual KaiNexus User Conference (or “KaiNexicon” as we now call it). One of our keynote speakers was Jess Orr, a former Toyota engineer who …

Lean Blog Audio

Lean Blog Audio — 290: Maybe “Just Do Its” Should be Called “Just PDSA Its”?

http://www.leanblog.org/audio290 So, upon some reflection, it seems like “Just Do It” isn’t really the right phrase to use. A classic suggestion box system has cards that start with listing a …

Lean Blog Audio

Lean Blog Audio — 289: When Problems are Hidden in Kudos: From Celebrations to Root Cause Countermeasures

http://www.leanblog.org/audio289 In the huddles, the manager and team talk about problems, issues, or opportunities for improvement. In some huddles, the team might say, “We can’t think of anything that came …

Lean Coffee Talk (Formerly Lean Whiskey)

Lean Whiskey: 8: Lean Gin! And “Chummy Lean Chat” with Cristal Totterman

 http://leanblog.org/whiskey8We have a new guest host for Episode #8 of Lean Whiskey. I’m joined by my friend and colleague Cristal Totterman and we’re drinking gin today on her recommendation… so this is “Lean Gin.” We’re also enjoying what Cristal …

Lean Blog Interviews

Lean Blog Interviews — 349: John Dyer, “The Facade of Excellence”

 http://www.leanblog.org/349My guest for episode #349 is John Dyer, president of his consulting firm, John Dyer & Associates, Inc., and author of the new book, The Façade of Excellence: Defining a New Normal of Leadership, which will be released on Oct…

Lean Blog Interviews

Lean Blog Interviews — 348: Cinnamon Dixon, Tiered Huddles at Cleveland Clinic

http://www.leanblog.org/348 Our guest today for Episode 348 is Cinnamon Dixon, Director Of Continuous Improvement at Cleveland Clinic. I interviewed her for the KaiNexus Continuous Improvement Podcast series and I’m cross posting that interview here to…

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