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.
Build, Measure, Learn – in Startups, Healthcare, and Careers
One reason I love applying Lean thinking in new arenas as my career progresses is that each shift in industry leads to new challenges...
Forget Pull or Push, Focus on Improving Patient FLOW Instead
Back in the manufacturing world, the distinction between "push" and "pull" is often much more obvious than it is in healthcare. Push production occurs...
Collected Quality & Cost Results from Healthcare Value Network Members
I was at the ThedaCare Center for Healthcare Value office a few months ago when Dr. John Toussaint reported that he had gotten a...
A Discussion with Group Health Leaders on Lean & Medical Home...
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This episode is a discussion with two leaders from Group Health Cooperative, a consumer-governed, nonprofit health care system based in Seattle, Washington. My guests...
Warning: You Can’t Even Draw a Map with this “Value Stream...
If you are a Twitter user and follow the #Lean hashtag on Twitter, you might have seen a lot of noise from a company...
A Great Poster in a Lean Hospital Lab – Asking Why
As a student of Dr. W. Edwards Deming's books and teachings, I'm not a big fan of slogans and posters in the workplace.
Last week,...
A “Lean Startup” Approach to an Audiobook for “Lean Hospitals?”
I've been asked many times over the past few years, mainly by physicians and other healthcare professionals, about an audiobook version of my book,...
A Call for (Daily) Healthcare Kaizen Examples
As regular readers know, I'm working on a second book: Healthcare Kaizen: Engaging Front-Line Staff in Sustainable Improvements. My co-author, Joe Swartz, and I...
Horrible Bosses – The Movie and Real Life Stories
Did anybody see the new movie, the comedy "Horrible Bosses" this weekend? If so, leave a comment and let us know what you thought...
Join me at the Michigan Lean Consortium’s Conference Aug 10-11
If you're in Michigan, come join me and a great crew for the first annual Michigan Lean Consortium conference near Traverse City, Aug 10...
Mark Graban Speaking Highlights Video; Story that Previews my 2nd Edition...
I've posted a new video on YouTube, about 5 minutes of sections of a presentation I gave at the 2010 Shingo Prize Conference on...
Question – How Does My Bill Factor into Healthcare Spending Totals?
$2.5 trillion dollars a year. 17.6% of the United States Gross Domestic Product (GDP).
These are big numbers that get thrown around a lot...
