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.
Blame Outsourcing or Bad Processes & Bad Management?
This article from the Vancouver Sun caught my eye: "Outbreaks show the vital role of hospital cleaners." The article is written by a union...
TED Video: Atul Gawande: How do we heal medicine?
There's a new TED conference video from April 2012 featuring Dr. Atul Gawande, author of amazing books including The Checklist Manifesto: How to Get...
Stuff I’m Reading, May 7, 2012: Nurses, Blame, Government, Apple in...
Here are links to some more articles I've read recently that might be of interest on a number of Lean related topics:
Twin boys die...
Let’s Save Patients by Standardizing the Standardized Colors
Update: The charity auctions that ended last night raised $420 for Friends of the Orphans. Thanks to all who bid and bought (and donated...
Charity Auctions End Sunday Night!
Happy bidding this weekend! The charity auctions to support Friends of the Orphans all end Sunday evening.
Read my blog posts about the auction items...
CEO’s Lean Vision for Stanford Hospital
Today's post is a link to a great interview with Amir Dan Rubin, the CEO of Stanford Hospital & Clinics. I met Amir a...
Kaizen (Continuous Improvement): The Key To Lean Healthcare?
Ken Congdon at Healthcare Technology Online recently interviewed me for this story that's now online: Kaizen: The Key To Lean Healthcare?.
Mark Graban, lean expert...
Podcast #146 – John Toussaint, MD, ‘Potent Medicine,’ Former CEO of...
Episode #146 is a discussion with a returning guest (#54, #62, #72), John Toussaint, MD, the CEO of the ThedaCare Center for Healthcare Value....
More Charity Auctions – Autographed Books (Graban & Imai), 5S Starter...
You might already know about the charity auctions that are running this week, ending Sunday May 6, to benefit Friends of the Orphans.
I'm happy...
Stuff I’m Reading, May 1, 2012
Here are links to some varied articles I've read recently that might be of interest on a number of Lean related topics:
NFL Draft -...
ASQ Influential Voices: Happy Quality Professionals?
In this month's installment of the "ASQ Influential Voices" blog series, ASQ President Paul Borawski asked, "Are Quality Professionals Happy On the Job?," citing...
When 5S Goes Wrong: A Hilarious (and Cringe-worthy) Office Fiasco Caught...
You might also have seen the first video animation that I did last week about the waste of getting new recycling bins. I've created a new video that shows what a "bad office 5S" scene might look like... something that's "L.A.M.E." not Lean.
