Mark Graban
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.
A “Lean Startup” Approach to an Audiobook for “Lean Hospitals?”
I've been asked many times over the past few years, mainly by physicians and other healthcare professionals, about an audiobook version of my book,...
A Call for (Daily) Healthcare Kaizen Examples
As regular readers know, I'm working on a second book: Healthcare Kaizen: Engaging Front-Line Staff in Sustainable Improvements. My co-author, Joe Swartz, and I...
Horrible Bosses – The Movie and Real Life Stories
Did anybody see the new movie, the comedy "Horrible Bosses" this weekend? If so, leave a comment and let us know what you thought...
Join me at the Michigan Lean Consortium’s Conference Aug 10-11
If you're in Michigan, come join me and a great crew for the first annual Michigan Lean Consortium conference near Traverse City, Aug 10...
Mark Graban Speaking Highlights Video; Story that Previews my 2nd Edition...
I've posted a new video on YouTube, about 5 minutes of sections of a presentation I gave at the 2010 Shingo Prize Conference on...
Question – How Does My Bill Factor into Healthcare Spending Totals?
$2.5 trillion dollars a year. 17.6% of the United States Gross Domestic Product (GDP).
These are big numbers that get thrown around a lot...
What Makes a Hospital Great? Culture
This has been sitting in my "to blog about" queue since March, but I wanted to catch up and post this article: "What Makes...
A Lean Guy Reads Inc. Magazine, July/August 2011
The articles from the July/August 2011 issue of Inc. Magazine aren't online yet, but there are two things I wanted to go ahead and...
Denver Health’s Lean Patient Safety Improvements on PBS’ NewsHour
On June 30, the PBS NewsHour program did a 7-minute story on healthcare improvement (featuring Lean and Toyota methods) at Denver Health.
You can also...
Interview with Paul Akers, CEO of FastCap, on the LeanAmerica.org Initiative
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This episode is a conversation with Paul Akers, founder and president of FastCap LLC, based in Bellingham, WA. FastCap is an international product development...
“All Men (or People) Are Created Equal” – In Your Workplace?
As we celebrate Independence Day in the United States (I prefer not to refer to it as the less meaningful "4th of July"), it's...
Funny Kaizen Cartoon from Lean Pathways
I feel like a lazy blogger posting cartoons and links to videos, but this latest "Lean Laughs" cartoon from Pascal Dennis and the team...
