Mark Graban
Mark Graban is an internationally-recognized consultant, author, and professional speaker, and podcaster with experience in healthcare, manufacturing, and startups.
Mark's latest book is The Mistakes That Make Us: Cultivating a Culture of Learning and Innovation, a recipient of the Shingo Publication Award.
He is also the author of Measures of Success: React Less, Lead Better, Improve More, Lean Hospitals and Healthcare Kaizen, and the anthology Practicing Lean, previous Shingo recipients.
Mark is also a Senior Advisor to the technology company KaiNexus.
Unlock the Power of Leadership: A Preview of the Electrolux Manufacturing...
Next month, KaiNexus is hosting a webinar I'm especially looking forward to: "Unlock the Power of Leadership: The Electrolux Manufacturing System (EMS) Way," presented...
How Don Kieffer Applies Toyota Thinking to Modern Knowledge Work
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My guest for Episode #540 of the Lean Blog Interviews Podcast is Don Kieffer--executive consultant, former...
Gas Prices and Bad Metrics: Why “Today vs. Last Week” Misleads...
We love comparisons.
Today vs. last week
This month vs. last month
This year vs. last year
It feels responsible. Analytical. "Data driven." But most of the time,...
5 Big Lean Questions with Mark Graban: Purpose, Misconceptions, and the...
Last year, my friend (and long-time fellow blogger) Tim McMahon from the A Lean Journey blog sent me a set of questions he's asked...
Why Lean Leaders Should Be Thankful for Problems, Waste, and Mistakes
At the hospital on Monday, a chaplain shared a Thanksgiving poem on the theme of being grateful.
It struck a chord with me. As a Lean practitioner, it's easy to focus on the waste... the problems... the gaps. We think about what could be and the "ideal state." We strive for perfection and it's easy to lose site of what we have.
Stop Forcing Change: Use These Motivational Interviewing Questions Instead
When we think about how change happens in organizations, especially those practicing Lean, we often focus on tools, plans, and communication strategies. But what...
You Can’t Cherry-Pick Lean: Why Pull, Heijunka, and CI Don’t Stick
Why don't people do pull?
Why don't they do leveling?
I saw questions like these in my LinkedIn feed recently - reflections on the frustrating patterns...
Unlearning Old Habits: What a Pickleball Mistake Taught Me About Feedback...
What Pickleball Taught Me About Kindness, Kaizen, and Culture
"Don't worry about your mistakes--you're learning."
That's what an instructor said during my first 1x1 lesson at...
AI as a Thought Partner in Kaizen? Small Tests, PDSA Cycles,...
A question asked after a recent virtual keynote talk that I did for a health system on continuous improvement caught my attention:
"What are your...
From Firefighting to Flow: Darren Walsh on Lean Leadership Routines that...
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My guest for Episode #539 of the Lean Blog Interviews Podcast is Darren Walsh, author of...
From Coffee Filters to Culture: How Sister Martha Ann Helped Spark...
When people ask what it looks like to connect daily improvement to mission, I often think of Franciscan St. Francis Health in Indiana--and specifically...
GE’s Larry Culp: Why Lean Thinking Starts with Safety and Respect...
It's rare to find a Fortune 100 CEO who talks about flow, standard work, and kaizen with the same fluency as a plant manager....
