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.
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,...
Preview of the KaiNexus iPhone App – making improvement easier, anywhere
KaiNexus has an initial v 1.0 iPhone app that's about ready to be submitted to Apple!
It's been an exciting past few months at KaiNexus,...
Staff Ideas Improving Freeman Health System
I wish I had shared this story when the video was still available (not sure why the TV station pulled it down) -- in...
1 in 7000 – What are the Odds for Lean Healthcare...
If you're a gambler and you take my post title literally, you might be thinking, "The odds? The odds are 1 in 7000, or...
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"....
