Mark Graban

Mark Graban
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Mark Graban is an internationally-recognized consultant, author, and professional speaker, and podcaster with experience in healthcare, manufacturing, and startups. Mark's new book is The Mistakes That Make Us: Cultivating a Culture of Learning and Innovation. He is also the author of Measures of Success: React Less, Lead Better, Improve More, the Shingo Award-winning books Lean Hospitals and Healthcare Kaizen, and the anthology Practicing Lean. Mark is also a Senior Advisor to the technology company KaiNexus.

Turning Bad News into Building Blocks: Cultivating a Culture Where Mistakes...

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Embracing Imperfections and Learning from Mistakes: A Leadership Insight from the 2022 AME Annual Conference... In a riveting conversation between Larry Culp (at the time,...

Bring Me to Speak at Your Health System’s Quarterly Leadership Forum

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I recently spoke and facilitated at a health system's quarterly leadership forum event on the topic of "Psychological Safety as a Pre-Condition for Continuous...

Please Consider Voting for “The Mistakes That Make Us” in This...

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The cover for my book mistakesbook.com is in the running for this book cover design contest... please check it out and consider voting for...

My Piece for IndustryWeek: Boeing Executives Failed to Lead, Waved Off...

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I wrote this piece for IndustryWeek... it starts: "In January, passengers, crew and the public were stunned by the latest high-profile incident involving a...

A Look Back at LeanBlog April Fools’ Pranks, Including Wii Lean...

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2024 Update: A new April Fool's Post for KaiNexus... or is it? The Rediscovered Origins of KaiNexus: A 1980s Video Game The Full Collection of Previous...

Apple and I Made a Similar Mistake: 24 or 2024?

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The other day, I was presenting at a company about "Psychological Safety as a Pre-Condition for Continuous Improvement." It was a hybrid event and...

Marcia Daszko on Leadership Lessons from Dr. Deming; Pivot Disrupt Transform...

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Scroll down for how to subscribe, transcript, and more My guest for Episode #501 of the Lean Blog Interviews Podcast is Marcia Daszko, a speaker,...

Signs are Better Than an Email: Condo Trash Chute Edition

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I often write and speak about how warning signs (or cautions) are not effective at preventing mistakes, errors, and problems. See this recent post...

Oscars Ratings Up for Third Year in a Row. True, but...

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Ah, it's another year of the Academy Awards. And that means, not surprisingly, another year with news articles that don't show much understanding of...

Confetti Drops Early at Atlantic 10 Champion Game; Announcer Kevin Harlan...

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Earlier today, during the Atlantic 10 Conference men's basketball championship game between Duquesne and Virginia Commonwealth University (VCU), celebratory confetti briefly fell with 17:54...

500 Episodes and Growing: The History and Evolution of the Lean...

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Scroll down for how to subscribe, transcript, and more My guest for Episode #500 of the Lean Blog Interviews Podcast is me, your usual host...

Developing Coaching Skills: Mine, Yours, Ours, with Tracy Defoe [Webinar]

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Developing Coaching Skills: Mine, Yours, Ours VIEW NOW I'm excited to be hosting and moderating a new webinar that's part of the KaiNexus Continuous Improvement webinar...