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.
Free Webinar Recording: The Real Lessons of Dr. Deming’s Red Bead...
I've written a lot about Dr. Deming's famous "Red Bead Experiment." As a follow up to my workshop at February's Society for Health Systems...
This Nurses Union is Wrong About Lean
There's a weeklong nursing strike at Allina Health in Minnesota: Seven-day nurses strike starts at five Twin Cities hospitals. The main issue is health insurance coverage...
Podcast #254 – Lean in Veterinary Medicine
Episode #254 is interesting to me for a number of reasons.
For one, I have a "guest co-host" joining me for the first time. He's...
Meet a Lean Blog Sponsor: Creative Safety Supply; Their “Gemba” Infographic
Thanks to the team at Creative Safety Supply for their sponsorship of LeanBlog.org. They've been running ads in the right sidebar since 2013. They're a...
What Happens to Leaders Who Don’t Listen?
There's a lot of silly stuff that people post that appears on the LinkedIn main page when I log in, between narcissistic selfies and...
Free Excerpt from “Lean Hospitals” and “Practicing Lean” Now in Kindle...
Thanks to those of you who pre-ordered the 3rd edition of my book Lean Hospitals.
Click below to read a free preview from the book, the start...
This Upcoming Webinar on Change and Brain Science Will Open Your...
I've known Dr. Mark Jaben for a while now... we share not just a similar sounding name, but also a passion for healthcare improvement....
Lean Healthcare Transformation Summit Starts Today; Past Videos of Dr. John...
Today's the first day of the two-day Lean Healthcare Transformation Summit, an annual event that's being held this year near Miami. If you're at...
Podcast #253 – Ash Maurya, “Scaling #Lean” and #LeanStartup
Joining me for Episode #253 is Ash Maurya, author of the book Running Lean: Iterate from Plan A to a Plan That Works and his latest,...
Be Careful With “No Waiting Rooms” Just Like “Zero Inventories”
For decades, manufacturers have been tripped up by the simplistic idea that Lean is about "zero inventories." It probably didn't help that one of...
“The New Lean Hospitals Are Here!”
Yesterday was an exciting day for me, professionally and personally, as I received my first copies of the 3rd edition of my book Lean Hospitals (I'll...
GM & Roger Smith Spent $90 Billion on Automation — But...
Thanks to this post by Bruce Hamilton (aka "Toast Guy" or "Old Lean Dude"), I was reminded of the old General Motors effort, spearheaded...
