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.
Short Q&A With Me Posted at Jeff Hajek’s Blog
Thanks to Jeff, author of the book Whaddaya Mean I Gotta Be Lean? for posting a 5-question Q&A with me on his blog....
Is This Woman Set Up to Fail?
There are lots of places online where people can ask questions about Lean, such as the LEI forums and numerous LinkedIn groups. I saw...
Guest Post: Lean Leaders Conference, Part 1 – Do Senseis Need...
Mark's note: You may recognize the author of this guest post, Andrew Castle, as a previous contributor and frequent commenter on my blog. I...
Podcast #96 – Interview with Pascal Dennis on His Lean Business...
Our guest for Episode #96 is Pascal Dennis of Lean Pathways, Inc. Pascal is a faculty member with the Lean Enterprise Institute and he's...
How to Design Poor Service: Expect 100% Utilization of People or...
tl;dr: The blog post criticizes the focus on 100% utilization of resources in businesses like American Airlines and Verizon FIOS, arguing that it leads...
Weekend Fun: Depiction of the Lack of Hospital “5S”
One wouldn't expect to find a depiction of a hospital setting with poor "5S" practices on the show Family Guy - of course, depending...
Lean Healthcare at Denver Health is Front-Page News
It's nice to see examples of Lean Healthcare success in the news, this time on the front page of the Denver Post -- "Denver...
Audio Parody: “Lean Spice” Commercial
Hello, readers. How are you? Fantastic.
The recent series of Old Spice commercials starring Isaiah Mustafa have been a pop culture hit, especially on YouTube...
Hospital Advertises 3-Second Savings – Will the Public Care?
Hat tip to Helen Z. for finding this full-page print ad in the New York Times. The full ad appears below in this post,...
Standardized Working Toward Zero Infections and Getting There
First off, there's nothing about "Lean" per se in this linked article from Quality Digest: "New York Pediatric ICU Ward Off Central-Line Infections for...
The Red Bead Game Applied to Medical Errors
A blog reader sent me a link to this UK news article -- really, it's a lesson in statistical literacy, so thanks to the...
Podcast #95 – Norman Bodek “How to Do Kaizen,” Part 1
Also available as Video Podcast #11, Episode #95 of the LeanBlog Podcast features Norman Bodek talking about some of the ideas in his most recent...
