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.
Update on Lean Hospitals, 2nd Edition – Download the New Chapter...
Today's post is an update on the 2nd revised edition of my first book, Lean Hospitals: Improving Quality, Patient Safety, and Employee Engagement. The...
Lean Healthcare featured on PBS Nightly Business Report
Friday night's PBS program the Nightly Business Report had a nice feature on the use of Lean at Good Samaritan Hospital in Downer's Grove,...
Join me at a Lean Six Sigma Healthcare Event near Dallas,...
I will be the opening keynote speaker as part of this outstanding program, co-sponsored by the Institute of Industrial Engineers and Children's Medical Center...
Podcast #130 – Greg Howell, Managing Director of the Lean Construction...
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My guest for episode #130 is Greg Howell, co-founder and managing director of the Lean Construction Institute (LCI), a non-profit organization devoted to production...
Paul O’Neill on Lean Leadership for Healthcare
Hat tip to Dan Markovitz for pointing out this excellent post on John Toussaint's blog: "The Key Leadership Behaviors in a Lean Organization?"
The...
Good News, Bad News on GM Doubling ‘Volt’ Production
I don't often go back to write about GM, the first company I worked for out of college. Thanks to my dad who sent...
‘Moneyball’ Lessons – Listen to Your Front-Line Staff
I loved the book Moneyball by Michael Lewis, but I haven't seen the movie yet (I hear it's good). To me, it was a story...
Lean in Hospitals: Which Tool or Which Need?
As people first learn about Lean, they often ask questions like "what tools or methods should we use first?" These tools include things like...
In Memoriam, Steve Jobs (1955-2011)
My deepest sympathies to his family and those who knew him. Steve Jobs is certainly an American original and he's the Thomas Edison and...
“Management By Walking Around” vs. “Gemba Walks”
It's important not to confuse a proper Lean "gemba walk" with the idea of "management by walking around" (MBWA). What did the late, great...
Problems like This Should be the Focus of “Lean Government”
The "Strong America Now" initiative has proposed there are opportunities to save $500 BILLION a year from our U.S. federal government budget by using...
This Photo Seems Like the Definition of “Workaround”
This picture is absolutely classic, from the great website Failblog.org. On their website, it was titled "Ultimate Laziness FAIL." Looking in the workplace, how...
