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.
Weekend Fun: An Elegant Solution by Subtraction (“Parks & Recreation”)
Our good friend Matt May (see posts and podcasts about him here) has a new book coming out in October, The Laws of Subtraction:...
Weekend Fun: Where Good Ideas Go to Die
There's a funny cartoon over at ONEFTE.com about suggestions and employee ideas. The post is titled "Where good ideas go to die." One time...
Management Lessons from Zingerman’s CEO Ari Weinzweig
It was a very pleasant surprise that ASQ chose Ari Weizweig, a founder and CEO of Zingerman's Deli (and other businesses) in Ann Arbor,...
Public Radio Story on VIBCO Helping Rhode Island Healthcare
Short post today - the sole purpose is to point you to a great Rhode Island Public Radio story by Megan Hall. She visited...
Today Would Have Been Taiichi Ohno’s 100th Birthday
Hat tip to John Shook and the Lean Enterprise Institute for pointing this out via his email newsletter -- today would have been the...
My Conference Kaizen
I spent Monday and Tuesday in lovely Phoenix at the ASQ Lean and Six Sigma annual conference. I saw many friends there, including Karen...
Podcast #140 – LeanPub.com Founders, Peter Armstrong & Scott Patten on...
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Episode #140 is a discussion with Scott Patten and Peter Armstrong from LeanPub.com - they want to be THE website for publishing "in-progress books"....
Reader Questions: Lean and Process Improvement in Healthcare
I received some really good questions from a reader, Nick, who has recently crossed industries to bring his Lean Manufacturing experience into healthcare. Since...
Lots of Great Lean Healthcare Progress in Iowa
Thanks to Dean Bliss for sending an article to me about some of the great Lean healthcare work taking place in Iowa. I've visited...
“On the Mend” Wins Shingo Award
Congratulations to Dr. John Toussaint and Roger Gerard, co-authors of the outstanding book, On the Mend: Revolutionizing Healthcare to Save Lives and Transform the...
Weekend Fun – Quality Related Band Names
I was driving the other day, listening to the 1980s music channel on XM Radio. The DJ announced a song by Duran Duran and...
