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.

GE Aerospace CEO Larry Culp on CNBC: A Little Better Every...

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It's inspiring to hear a CEO talk about Lean and continuous improvement concepts, as Larry Culp, Chairman and CEO of GE Aerospace, did recently...

Embedding Change Management into your Continuous Improvement Initiatives – Webinar Preview

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I'm happy to be hosting and moderating this webinar that will be presented by Melissa Sherman, a friend of mine from the Michigan Lean...

Beyond the Color Code: Using Process Behavior Charts for Deeper Insights...

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Are Your Charts Leading You to the Wrong Conclusions? Data is everywhere in today's organizations, but are we using it in the most effective way?...

Ryan McCormack’s Operational Excellence Mixtape: September 20, 2024

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Thanks, as always, to Ryan McCormack for this. He always shares so much good reading, listening, and viewing here! Subscribe to get these directly...

Exploring Lean Product Development with Jim Morgan – Rivian’s Former COO

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Scroll down for how to subscribe, transcript, and more My guest for Episode #515 of the Lean Blog Interviews Podcast is Jim Morgan, senior advisor...

Psychological Safety is the Foundation for Continuous Improvement [Video]

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Here's part of a video that I recorded for a Lean healthcare event in Asia. I sound congested from seasonal allergies. I'm sorry about...

Starbucks Mobile Ordering Chaos Again: Broken Processes, Inconsistent Service, and Misguided...

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I've blogged about this before, but I'm going back to the problems at Starbucks again with today's post. Starbucks has a new CEO who is...

Speaking at the Lean Institute Brazil’s Health Summit — Aided by...

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I had a great experience last week at the Lean Institute Brasil's annual Lean Healthcare Summit. They had a live human interpreter translate my talk...

Coaching for Continuous Improvement: Lean Leadership Lessons from Sports with Hugh...

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Scroll down for how to subscribe, transcript, and more My guest for Episode #514 of the Lean Blog Interviews Podcast is Hugh Alley, an author...

Book Giveaway: Two Books About Learning From Mistakes & Failure

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Here's a great opportunity for you to win TWO fantastic books--one for you and one for a young reader in your life! For the adults:...

When Going to the Gemba Goes Wrong: How to Avoid an...

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In the Lean methodology, we often talk about the importance of "going to the gemba" (or "genba"-- the place where the real work happens....

Insights from ‘Leading Excellence’: Brad Jevons and Stephen Dargan on Adaptive...

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Scroll down for how to subscribe, transcript, and more My guests for Episode #512 of the Lean Blog Interviews Podcast are two of three co-authors...