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.
Guest Post – Lean Myth: Lean is Stressful for Workers
Mark's Note: Today's post is by David Veech, the Executive Director of the Institute for Lean Systems. A fear or anxiety that people often...
Financial Times Features “Lean Startup” Ideas That “Work for All”?
It was nice to read a recent Financial Times article featuring the concept of "Lean Startups" ("Lean start-up thinking that works for all") and...
Sick Hospitals Visitors, Stay Away. Sick Doc? A-OK?
There was an interesting blog post at the New York Times: "The Doctor Is In (but Shouldn't Be)." The piece talks about the healthcare...
Podcast #101 – Keith Syberg, Lean Consortia and Collaboration
Episode #101 of the Podcast is a discussion with Keith Syberg, former Chairman of the Association for Manufacturing Excellence (see here for more about...
A Few Random Links – Oct 22 2010
It's time for a Lean Blog feature where I throw a few links at you - articles I've saved and read that maybe don't...
What I Read and Commented On Yesterday in the Lean and...
I was traveling yesterday, so I read a number of blog posts that I kept open in my browser for my flight. I wrote...
My Anti-Handwashing-Poster Poster
Hospital acquired infections continue to be a big problem, one that's often unsolved except for instances like Dr. Rick Shannon's work at West Penn-Allegheny...
Seth Godin Catches All Manufacturers, Unfairly, in his “Factory Thinking” Net
I really like Seth Godin's writing - his blog on marketing is one that I have followed regularly for years and his book Purple...
Dave Crenshaw, Interview with the Author of ‘The Myth of Multitasking’...
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Wow, 100 episodes of my podcast since 2006! For this episode, I'm thankful to have the author of one of my favorite books in...
Two Upcoming Lean Healthcare Books from Seattle
I'm really excited about these two books coming out later this year -- both from innovative leading lean healthcare organizations in Seattle. What's in...
Guest Post: Why is Healthcare Not Adopting Lean Fast Enough?
Mark's note: Today's guest post is from Tony Manos (bio at the end of the post):
I was talking with a hospital CEO last week...
The Article I *Wish* I Had Read about Starbucks in Yesterday’s...
For a more traditional approach to this topic, check out this alternative post, "Real Lean at Starbucks or Tayloristic Industrial Engineering?".
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