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.
Video of Toyota’s Thanksgiving Kaizen
I blogged about this a few weeks back, but Toyota has posted an outstanding short video about their work at a food bank, applying...
Video of Dr. Russell Ackoff Discussing Systems and Pieces
On weekends, I like to share videos or fun stuff that gets us thinking. Today, I'm sharing a video with the legendary Dr. Russell...
Podcast #105 – Bill Waddell & Adam Zak, “Simple Excellence”
Podcast #105 is a conversation with the co-authors of the new book Simple Excellence: Organizing and Aligning the Management Team in a Lean Transformation...
No, not THAT “Lean” or THAT John Shook…
If you search the web or Twitter for common terms like Lean or thought leaders like John Shook or James P. Womack, you might...
Reader Question: Short Definition of Lean?
Here is a new reader question, shared with permission (as always).
The reader, who works at a hospital and health system, was asked by a...
Mini-Review: First Three Chapters of the Virginia Mason Medical Center Lean...
I've finally started reading the new book by Charles Kenney, Transforming Health Care: Virginia Mason Medical Center's Pursuit of the Perfect Patient Experience, and...
BCG White Paper on Lean in Government and Public Services
I've written occasionally about Lean efforts in government (see a list of posts here). There are formal Lean government efforts at varying levels of...
Video on Creating Value in Healthcare
Here's a video produced by Jim Handyside, embedded here with his permission. More inspirational than educational, there are still some concepts related to Lean...
Toyota Applies Kaizen to Thanksgiving Charity Efforts
Here's a nice story about the Toyota Supplier Support Center helping a charitable organization with their holiday operations:
"Toyota applies production know-how to roll...
Podcast #104 – Dr. Peter Patterson (@IDrPete), Lean in Histopathology
Podcast #104 is a discussion with Dr. Peter Patterson (@IDrPete), a friend of mine and the Lean Blog the past few years. He wrote...
A Sad Report from an M.D. Friend, Overprocessing Driven by the...
As I blogged about on Friday, I was back at my alma mater, Northwestern, for a football game this weekend-- well, actually, I was...
Safety First – Even for a Northwestern Football Game at Wrigley...
I'm really excited that I'm going to be attending tomorrow's Northwestern football game that's being played at Wrigley Field, the legendary baseball stadium that...
