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.
My Article in “Hospital & Health Networks” on Waste in Healthcare
After last week's piece on "putting the continuous back into continuous improvement," I had another article published this past week.
This new article was published...
Podcast #127 – Dr. Richard Shannon, on Lean, Quality & Patient...
Podcast #127 is a very special conversation with a leader and a hero of mine in the world of patient safety, Richard P. Shannon,...
Recording of my “Quality Digest Live” Appearance – Lean in Healthcare
In my segment, we talk about Lean in healthcare, including my recent article on Healthcare Kaizen, quality and patient safety improvement, unique challenges in healthcare, and more.
Kaizen at a Wine Bar – “Lazy” or Smart?
"Progress isn't made by early risers. It's made by lazy men trying to find easier ways to do something." - Robert Heinlein, American science...
The Global Spread of “Lean Hospitals”
I'm in beautiful Traverse City, Michigan for a few days for the Michigan Lean Consortium annual conference. It's my home state, so it's great...
Quality Digest Column w @KaiNexus: Reclaiming the word “Kaizen”
Thanks to Quality Digest for publishing an article I co-authored with Gregory Jacobson, MD, a co-founder and the CEO of KaiNexus, a software startup...
Podcast #126 – Auto Industry Legend and Executive Bob Lutz on...
See the transcript later in this post.
My guest for Podcast #126 is Bob Lutz, author of the book Car Guys vs. Bean Counters: The...
ThedaCare’s CEO: “The Goal is Zero – The Target is Improvement”
On his blog, John Toussaint shared this letter from ThedaCare CEO Dean Gruner to all employees. Toussaint said the letter is inspired by Paul...
Some Upcoming Lean Events – See You There?
I wanted to share a few upcoming Lean events that I'll be attending. You can read more updates via the archive of my latest...
Help a Doctoral Student: Online Survey on Lean Diffusion
If you are in the midst of a Lean transformation and have some time, please take a look at this online survey from a...
Visual Timeline of Workplace Safety Problems and Improvements
The following infographic was provided by LabSafety.com, a provider of lab equipment and supplies.
Welcome, Fast Company readers. Please check out my main page to...
Case Study: Standardization of Anesthesia Carts Across Multiple Sites
Today's post is a case study submitted by Abdul N. Mansour, Director Lean & Process Improvement at Scottsdale (AZ) Healthcare. The material here and...
