Meeting A Professional Hero: Donald J. Wheeler, PhD, of “Understanding… Mark Graban Mar 13, 2017 2 Blog I recently got to meet Prof. Donald J. Wheeler when he gave a keynote talk at the Society for Health Systems…
Taking Don Wheeler’s Class; MLB Batting Averages are Lower… So What? Mark Graban Sep 10, 2018 8 Blog I recently saw this headline: Baseball on pace for lowest batting average since 1972 Just because it's the…
Attend With Me: Come Learn Statistical Process Control From Don Wheeler Mark Graban Jun 12, 2018 4 Blog For a long time, I've wanted to attend a "Statistical Process Control" (SPC) class taught by Donald J. Wheeler,…
Understanding Variation: A BBC Simulation of Hospital Surgical Deaths Mark Graban May 21, 2018 0 Blog I'll be teaching my "Better Metrics" workshop (aka "Measures of Success," ala my book) twice in June: Cambridge…
Every Metric Has Variation – What Can We Learn from NCAA Football… Mark Graban Feb 21, 2018 0 Blog Last week, I saw a headline about a drop in NCAA college football attendance. I wasn't satisfied with the two…
Better Metrics & “Understanding Variation” – An Important… Mark Graban Jan 9, 2017 3 Audio My favorite book, as I've written about before, is not a "Lean book" -- it's Understanding Variation: The Key to…
Please Help with Research Topics – Understanding Variation & Reducing… Mark Graban Mar 17, 2015 7 Audio OK, so it's not the kind of scientific research that involves lab coats and microscopes, but I'm doing some…
The Book that Changed Me: “Understanding Variation” Mark Graban Nov 20, 2013 3 Blog For my latest "LinkedIn Influencer" post, I was asked to participate in a series about "The Book that Changed Me."…
John Dues on Continual Improvement, Deming, and Process Behavior Charts in… Mark Graban Feb 22, 2022 0 Interviews Scroll down for how to subscribe, transcript, and more My guest for Episode #441 of the Lean Blog!-->!-->!-->!-->!-->!-->!-->!-->!-->…
Is “Red & Green” Really Lean? Process Behavior Charts are Better Mark Graban May 10, 2021 6 Blog Thanks again to Prof. Eric Olsen for inviting me to give a short talk as part of the virtual Central California!-->…
Interviewed by Doctors on the “Connecting the Dots” Podcast Mark Graban Mar 22, 2021 0 Blog I'd like to thank my friend Skip Steward for inviting me to be a guest on his podcast called "Connecting the!-->…
Episode #2 of the “Lean Whiskey” Podcast on GE, Boeing, and More Mark Graban May 23, 2019 2 Lean Whiskey Mark and Jamie Jamie Flinchbaugh and I got a great response to the first episode of our new "Lean Whiskey"!-->!-->!-->…
Metrics Require More Than 2-Pointers or 3-Pointers: NCAA Men’s Hoops Final… Mark Graban Apr 9, 2019 3 Blog Two data points are not a trend. But, one data point can be a "signal" that a metric has changed enough to merit!-->…
Input Wanted: Figuring Out How to Price the Paperback Version of “Measures… Mark Graban Mar 7, 2019 12 Blog I'm going to think out loud here about book pricing for the paperback version of Measures of Success: React!-->…
Operational Excellence Mixtape: Best of 2018 Ryan McCormack Jan 4, 2019 0 Mixtape Hi All - here's a collection of the most read Mixtape links from 2018. I compiled the links with the greatest!-->!-->…
It’s Been 25 Years Since Dr. Deming Passed Away Mark Graban Dec 20, 2018 6 Blog Today marks 25 years since W. Edwards Deming passed away in 1993. I remember sitting in a statistics class as an…
Home Runs as Tables of Numbers, Run Charts, and Process Behavior Charts Mark Graban Sep 12, 2018 2 Blog If you're not a baseball fan, I apologize for a second baseball-themed post this week. Baseball has a lot of…
Podcast #316 – @JamieFlinchbaugh Interviews @MarkGraban About… Mark Graban Aug 28, 2018 0 Interviews oday's episode is the second time that friend and podcast guest Jamie Flinchbaugh has turned the tables by playing…