Mark Graban
Mark Graban is an internationally-recognized consultant, author, and professional speaker, and podcaster with experience in healthcare, manufacturing, and startups.
Mark's new book is The Mistakes That Make Us: Cultivating a Culture of Learning and Innovation.
He is also the author of Measures of Success: React Less, Lead Better, Improve More, the Shingo Award-winning books Lean Hospitals and Healthcare Kaizen, and the anthology Practicing Lean.
Mark is also a Senior Advisor to the technology company KaiNexus.
$500k in Stimulus Money for Lean Healthcare Training – Then What?
This headline jumped out at me: "Local hospital receives $500,000 to train workers."
What also jumped out at me, in the article, is that the...
A Brief Video Look into Lean at VIBCO
I may have shared this video before, but it's worth taking a quick video peek into one of my favorite companies - VIBCO. When...
Avoiding the Risks of Using Glib Quotes in Patient Safety Discussions
Yesterday, I tweeted a quote about patient safety that I've seen posted on the wall or bulletin board in many hospitals:
"To err is human,...
Follow Up Q&A from “On the Mend” Webinar
The Lean Enterprise Institute has posted the follow up text Q&A by John Toussaint MD and Roger Gerard PhD, co-authors of the book On...
Collected Quality and Patient Safety Improvement Statistics – #Lean Healthcare
I'm going to use this blog post / page to collect published statistics about the impact the Lean management philosophy has had on healthcare...
Avoid Charting Performance Measures in Confusing or Misleading Ways
Last month, I wrote a post titled "Consulting Case Studies Need Statistical Validity" where I discussed the need to show more than simple "before...
Don’t Speed Up or Improve a Workaround Process – Fix the...
Hospitals are full of workarounds and fire fighting, it's a pretty common problem. That's one reason cost is so high and quality is often...
Podcast #102 – Ron Wince, CEO of Guidon Performance Solutions –...
My guest for Episode #102 is Ron Wince, the President/CEO of Guidon Performance Solutions. We talk here about his views on lean healthcare and...
Weekend Fun: “Lean Gone Lego” Video
Here's a fun stop motion video - I presume it's from Australia or New Zealand?? I don't know the backstory on the video yet.
It...
Got Waste? Who Ya Gonna Call?
Last week, I gave the keynote talk at a hospital's twice-yearly lean conference for leaders and staff. As part of the seasonal decorations around...
Guest Post – Lean Myth: Lean is Stressful for Workers
Mark's Note: Today's post is by David Veech, the Executive Director of the Institute for Lean Systems. A fear or anxiety that people often...
Financial Times Features “Lean Startup” Ideas That “Work for All”?
It was nice to read a recent Financial Times article featuring the concept of "Lean Startups" ("Lean start-up thinking that works for all") and...
