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 hospitals are implementing lean healthcare practices
Under Blog Break rules, I'll just post this article that I was quoted extensively in: "Author: Hospitals can use lean techniques to drive improvements...
Podcast Interview on “Lean Healthcare” for the ScrumCast Show
Today, I'd like to share a podcast where the ScrumCast hosts, Derek Neighbors and Clayton Lengel-Zigich, interviewed me about Lean in healthcare. Their audience...
The More Sophisticated Brains – Robots or Employees?
Last week, an article in the Wall Street Journal caught my eye:
"The Robots Are Coming to Hospitals: A New Breed of Blue-Collar Robots...
94% of Problems Are Really Caused By… Chuck Norris?
Since the webinar I'm doing later today for Gemba Academy (Using SPC to Make Better Management Decisions) allows me to cite the late great...
Full “Healthcare Kaizen” Book Website Launches
My co-author, Joe Swartz, and I did a soft launch a few weeks back, but we're happy to announce that the full website for...
Dr. John Toussaint Video Lecture on Healthcare Quality & Lean
Here is an hour-long lecture given by John Toussaint, MD - shared by the ThedaCare Center for Healthcare Value. There isn't a lot of...
Registration Open for 2012 Lean Healthcare Transformation Summit
For the third year, my good friends at the Lean Enterprise Institute, the ThedaCare Center for Healthcare Value, and the Healthcare Value Network are...
Partial Transcript of Podcast #142 – @EricRies on Taiichi Ohno &...
Here is a transcript of last week's podcast with Eric Ries talking about the impact that Toyota legend Taiichi Ohno had on his work...
Funny: The Most Interesting Lean Thinker in the World
This is too good not to share. The team at a startup called Buffer created a list of Lean Startup concepts in the guise...
Standardized, but Not Identical – College Basketballs
As the main days of the men's NCAA basketball tourney ("March Madness") start Thursday, here's a topic that might make for fun Lean discussion...
Guest Post: Healthcare Kaizen in The Netherlands
Mark's note: Thanks to Freek Dekker for this guest post. I met Freek at last year's Lean Healthcare Transformation Summit, as he was part...
Eric Ries On How Taiichi Ohno’s Ideas Shaped The Evolution Of...
Episode #142 brings us a returning guest (#115), Eric Ries, author of the best-selling book The Lean Startup: How Today's Entrepreneurs Use Continuous Innovation to Create...
