By Mark Graban
The Catch-22 of #Lean & Kaizen: You Get More ROI by NOT Focusing Only on High-ROI Projects http://www.leanblog.org/audio257 — Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/lean-blog-audio/support
Leaders & Lean: We Need to Better Support Doctors and Other Providers When surgeons have no better options than complaining about process problems on LinkedIn, are their leaders and organizations …
My Talk in Vegas: Leadership Lessons from Statistics and Psychology Today, I’m giving a keynote talk at the Lean & Six Sigma World Conference being held in Las Vegas. I …
What’s Going on at Tesla? Is @ElonMusk Following up on Employee Injuries? There’s a lot to admire about Elon Musk. I admire his risk taking and his entrepreneurial spirit. I …
The chain Whole Foods is reportedly having inventory shortages and morale problems. It sounds like a real mess, but thankfully nobody is calling it Lean. Their “Order to Shelf” system …
Tour Preview: The Japanese Health Care System at a High Level As I prepare to go back to Japan, I’m sharing some insights about the Japanese health system from the …
The WSJ Overgeneralizes about The “Japanese Model,” Not All Companies Are Toyota Not all Japanese companies are the same. “Lean isn’t easy” if you’re a Japanese company. Toyota has created …
#Lean Can Be Very Fragile, Especially With Executive Changes Lean can be very fragile. History shows that Lean can fall apart even in an organization that is years into a …
Employee Complaints About Lean in Healthcare, Even at Some of the Best Organizations Last week, I blogged about some employee complaints related to rotating day and night shifts at the …
Somebody *Did* Get Unjustly Fired in Hawaii, But System Problems Should be Blamed TL;DR Summary: “Employee 1” (the guy who pushed the “wrong” button) got fired. But the FCC report …
