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.
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...
Failure to Follow Process Leads to NL MVP’s Suspension Being Overturned
This is a hot sports news story today, as I woke up to hear ESPN's "Mike and Mike" talking about Milwaukee Brewers slugger (and...
Guest Post: Demand for #Lean Professionals Now Exceeds #SixSigma?
Mark's note: This is a guest post by Tim Noble of The Avery Point Group. Does this assessment match your view, from the hiring...
Podcast #139 – David Munch, MD of Healthcare Performance Partners on...
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Episode #139 is a conversation with Dave Munch, MD, the Senior Vice President and Chief Clinical Officer for Healthcare Performance Partners (HPP). Before joining...
ASQ Influential Voices: Young People and the Future of Engineering and...
I'm happy to be participating in the ASQ "Influential Voices" blog series here in 2012. ASQ President Paul Borawski (listen to my podcast with...
10 Tips from a Hospital CEO – from the #SHS2012 Conference
Sunday's keynote presenter at the 2012 Society for Health Systems conference was Dr. Stephen Markovich, the CEO of Riverside Methodist Hospital, a 1000+ bed...
Hello from the SHS Conference & a Question for the Readers
Hello from Las Vegas, where Monday is Day 2 of the outstanding Society for Health Systems annual conference. I presented Sunday about Healthcare Kaizen...
Sign Up to Receive Chapter 1 Preview of “Healthcare Kaizen”
Tomorrow, at the Society for Health Systems annual conference, I'll be presenting about some of the ideas in my upcoming book (with Joe Swartz)...
Continuing Experiments in Self Publishing & Lean Publishing
After my first experiment with the great Leanpub.com service (my "Best of Lean Blog 2011" eBook), I was happy to see my good friend...
