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.
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...
Upcoming Web Radio Show and Webinar
I wanted to let you know about an upcoming web radio show (tomorrow) and webinar (next week) that I'll be participating in.
Results-Only Radio: ROWE,...
Momentum of Lean Healthcare Design Continues to Build
Oh geez, that's an awful pun in the post title. Sorry. As an increasing number of health systems are using "Lean design" approaches for...
Wasted Data Entry on my Microwave – Why Enter the Date??
March 11, 2012 -- daylight savings time starts and it's time to revisit this post from August 2011... and to set the date and...
Join Me at Lean Healthcare PowerDay, 4/10/12 in Las Vegas
I'm thrilled to be part of an amazing program at the Lean Healthcare PowerDay event being sponsored by Healthcare Performance Partners in Las Vegas,...
Thoughts on Patient Safety Awareness Week
March 4 to 10 has been "Patient Safety Awareness Week" from the National Patient Safety Foundation.
I'm certainly in favor of patient safety and have...
Learning to See (and Spell) in the NHL
Here's a funny little story I saw on ESPN today (Nicklas Grossmann reveals extra 'n'). Apparently when former Dallas Stars' defenseman Nicklas Grossman entered...
Podcast #141 – Norman Bodek Remembers Taiichi Ohno of Toyota Production...
Episode #141 is a chat with Norman Bodek, as he shares his recollections of working with Taiichi Ohno, one of the creators of the...
Two Lean Jobs in the New York HHC
The country's largest public health system, the New York City Health and Hospitals Corporation has two Lean healthcare jobs available and they've asked me...
Farewell to the “Move to Healthcare” Ning Group; Sharing a Success...
About three years ago, I started a group on the Ning platform called "Move to Healthcare." Sadly, I've decided to shut down the site,...
