Reader Quiz – Guess the Lean Blog Global Readership

by Mark Graban on January 14, 2010 · 19 comments

Here’s something new to try — a way of giving away a copy of my book Lean Hospitals: Improving Quality, Patient Safety, and Employee Satisfaction.

What percentage of Lean Blog readers are from the U.S. (or at least a U.S. server)?  What country is #2 in readership? Come take a guess…Take your best guess using the poll box below and see what others are guessing. Answer will be revealed on January 18.


To have a chance to win the free copy of my book, leave a comment on the blog (with your email address) with your guess as to the country who is #2 in readership. I thought just guessing the U.S. percentage might not be a good contest in and of itself since the voting might lead to the right answer. The contest to guess the #2 country. I’ll reveal that and the U.S. percentage on the 18th. Note: if more than one person picks the #2 country correctly, I’ll do a random drawing of those people to choose one winner.

In an ironic twist, if you’re outside the U.S., I will send you $40 in an amazon gift certificate or via PayPal. International Shipping is outrageously expensive for a book!


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And the #2 Lean Blog Readership Country Is… — Lean Blog
January 18, 2010 at 2:35 pm

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1 Kevin Tame January 14, 2010 at 3:50 pm

England

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2 jamie flinchbaugh January 14, 2010 at 3:59 pm

I would guess U.K.

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3 Ed Butler January 14, 2010 at 4:05 pm

Australia

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4 Phil Christopher January 14, 2010 at 4:16 pm

I’m going to go out on a limb and risk being ridiculed. My guess is the US comes in second, after Canada.

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5 Lucas Dickson January 14, 2010 at 4:23 pm

i would of said the U.K. but since its already taken I’ll say for my offical entry that the 2nd place goes to Germany.

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6 Alan Gleghorn January 14, 2010 at 4:30 pm

I’m leaning toward England. For some reason I’ve seen several seminars and meetings focused on lean there.

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7 Mark Graban January 14, 2010 at 5:15 pm

If there’s a “tie” in terms of multiple people picking the correct country, I’ll do a random drawing for one person.

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8 Bruce Baker January 14, 2010 at 10:21 pm

canada
Bruce Baker´s last blog ..Watching the Border: Customer Confusion and Respect for Humanity

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9 Dragan Bosnjak January 15, 2010 at 2:07 am

I guess it might be India…
Dragan Bosnjak´s last blog ..Fenomeno del Nord Est

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10 Jan Jochmann January 15, 2010 at 3:48 am

Well, I am sure that it won’t be my country (Slovakia) :-)
My tip is also United Kingdom.

Jan

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11 Mark Welch January 15, 2010 at 8:56 am

I’ve gotta go with Canada as #2 behind the U.S.

And Mark, has a career in always marketing been a 2nd passion of yours?!? (kidding)

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12 Mick Parsons January 15, 2010 at 10:26 am

I would think it is the UK

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13 Rick Foreman January 15, 2010 at 12:08 pm

US

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14 Bean January 15, 2010 at 1:10 pm

India

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15 Nick January 17, 2010 at 4:20 pm

seconding India

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16 Mark Graban January 17, 2010 at 9:07 pm

Winner and answers revealed Monday at 2 PM EST…

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17 Jose M Raventos January 18, 2010 at 6:57 am

Not Spain for sure!!!
U.K

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18 Mark Graban January 21, 2010 at 7:44 am

Since our winner, Jan, is from Slovakia, he has agreed that instead of shipping a book around the world, that I would make a $50 donation to Doctors Without Borders for Haiti and emergency relief. Thanks, Jan.

http://www.doctorswithoutborders.org/index.cfm

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