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.
Everyday Lean (or Not): Whole Foods and an Herbal Near Miss
Saturday morning, as part of my preparation to cook for a brunch gathering (I really enjoy cooking as a hobby, for those who don't...
Life Without Tap Water in Boston – New Standardized Work
I'm sitting here on a Sunday morning, drinking a cup of coffee I made at home with bottled water. Why bottled water? Because of...
Should Have Posted a “Caution: Don’t Knock Our House Down” Sign?
I saw this on the national cable news two nights ago, the horrifying story of a Denton TX woman whose house was basically destroyed...
Learning and Sharing Lean Healthcare in Winnipeg
The Winnipeg Free Press has an article about their local St. Boniface Hospital, a member of the LEI/ThedaCare network I'm involved with called the...
The Waste of Pulling Promised Training Funds in Rhode Island
I'm sharing this appeal on behalf of a good Lean friend, Karl Wadensten from VIBCO in Rhode Island.
Karl is fired up, rightfully so, because...
Follow Ups from @ericries #leanstartup Webinar
Thanks to Eric Ries for an outstanding webinar today for LEI, "Lessons from Lean Startups." We had over 1300 registrants from over 60 countries,...
Read this Book – But Don’t Copy ThedaCare
Due out in June is a book that I think will be an important one for the Lean Healthcare movement. That book is about...
How I Broke My Blog and Fixed It… Lessons Learned
For those of you who have had difficulty accessing LeanBlog.org for the past two weeks or so, I apologize. It's been frustrating to me...
Eric Ries and Lean Startups in the NY Times
Looking ahead to Wednesday's free LEI webinar "Lessons from Lean Startups" with Eric Ries, it's exciting to see Eric and Steve Blank featured in...
Liveblogging the Quaid Patient Safety Documentary
I'm blogging notes and thoughts as I watch the Discovery Channel documentary by actor Dennis Quaid and others -- "Chasing Zero: Winning the...
Parallels between “Lean Startups” and “Adaptive Design”
I've been a fan of the "Lean Startups" work of Eric Ries since last year, so I'm happy to be producing a free LEI...
Retaining Employees through Respect and Development
I was recently in Toronto and I heard a story on an AM news station that really caught my ear. I have searched on...
