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.
How Can a Story Like This Occur in Any E.D., Yet...
This story was sent to me by somebody I know with a Lean manufacturing career. It's shocking, but it could happen anywhere, I suppose....
Visiting the Gemba & Seeing a Growing Culture of Continuous Improvement...
Recently, I wrote about an on-site event that I helped the Iowa Lean Consortium and Mary Greeley Medical Center (MGMC) organize... here is my first...
Improving Patient Safety in North Texas
I recently saw this article, as published in a printed magazine that arrived in the mail via the UNT Health Science Center.
The bold headline...
Reelecting a #Lean Governor in Washington? Continuing with Lean Either Way?
It's probably, ahem, not the most closely watched election race in the United States today, but it will be interesting to see if Washington...
Podcast #267 – Steve Shortell on #Lean Healthcare Research
Joining me for Episode #267 is Stephen M. Shortell PhD, MPH, MBA. He is Blue Cross of California Distinguished Professorship, HPM and is a Professor of...
What We at KaiNexus (and Our Customers) Believe About People &...
We've been having a great time at the KaiNexus User Conference. Check out key moments and tweets at the hashtag #KaiNexusUC16 on Twitter.
To kick...
CUBS Win! Chicago Hospital Implements First Staff-Driven Improvement in 108 Years
Snapping a historic 108-year drought, a small hospital, Chicago Community Use Bariatric Health Services (CUBS), implemented their first employee-driven improvement idea Wednesday night, breaking a long curse.
“Has Lean Ever Been Fully Implemented and Not Worked?” What About...
I was interviewed today by a reporter today who is doing a story on Lean.
We talked about Lean being adopted in various industries and...
Practicing What We Preach at KaiNexus, Learning & Sharing
This week is our 2nd annual KaiNexus User Conference, in Austin... with customers and those who are about to become customers joining us for...
Emmitt Smith, An Inadvertent #Lean Coach at #AMEDallas?
Were there Lean ideas to be found in a tour of AT&T Stadium and an AME Conference speech by NFL great Emmitt Smith?
Celebrating & Sharing Continuous Improvement at Mary Greeley Medical Center
I really enjoyed spending the last two days at Mary Greeley Medical Center in Ames, Iowa the last two days.
On Tuesday, there was event...
Repeating the Same #Lean Mistakes Over and Over? Why?
Recently, when I posted a bit from the old 1984 NUMMI Team Member Handbook (more still to come on that), it allowed me to connect...
