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.

Q&A with Adam Zak on Lean Leadership

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BioTechnology Supply Chain Conference - interview with speaker Adam Zak | LeanConnectionsI'm reposting parts of this with permission of Adam Zak, a regular contributor...

RN Doesn’t Follow Standardized Work, Exposes Patients to Risk of Disease

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Broward General nurse possibly exposed patients to risk - South Florida - MiamiHerald.com Story and nurse discussion here A number of you (thanks!) sent me this...

“No Blame” Doesn’t Mean “No Accountability”

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Wachter's World : Physician Accountability for Violation of Safety Rules: The Time For Excuses Has Passed I think Bob Wachter has it completely right in...

Lean at Windsor’s Hotel-Dieu Grace Hospital

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Here is a video from Hotel-Dieu Grace Hospital (HDGH) in Windsor, Ontario Canada about their Lean effort, the video is part of their main...

5S the Coffee Pots

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It's time for some coffee talk other than Starbucks... afternoon coffee break here. In Philadelphia last week during our LEI workshops (have you seen our...

Innovation Is as Innovation Does?

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Dispatches from the Frontier: Innovation as OutcomeThis story also seems like it couldn't be true, from the Harga-Blog:I once asked a class full...

LeanBlog Podcast #75 – Peter Ward, Lean Education Academic Network

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Our guest today for Episode #75 is Peter T. Ward, a professor at Ohio State University's Fisher College Business and Chair of the Department...

Leadership Lessons from Larry Kellner

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Corner Office - Bad News or Good, Continental's Chief Wants to Know - Question - NYTimes.comThis interview with Larry Keller, CEO of Continental Airlines,...

I Guess These Couples Should Worry – We Need Lean, not...

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Embryo mix-up worries couples | detnews.com | The Detroit News I've seen a lot of news stories about couples who suffer through errors caused by...

5S and Kanban at BIDMC = Happiness

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Running a hospital: MICUs go Lean: Result = HappinessIn lieu of a blog post today, I'm leaving you with a recent post on Paul...

A "Step Backward" in Patient Safety?

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Joint Commission Changes Requirement for Patient ID during Blood Draws | Dark DailyThanks to my friend Robert Michel and the Dark Daily for bringing...

Video about Lean Startups

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Gov 2.0 Summit 09: Eric Ries, "Lean Startups: Doing More with Less" I was tipped off a while back to the work Eric Ries is...