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.
Podcast #106 – Jim Baran, “Career Kaizen”
For episode #106, we have a returning guest, Jim Baran of the firm Career Kaizen, formerly of "Value Stream Leadership." Jim was previously a...
Notes From My First Day at #IHI 2011
This is just my second time attending the annual Institute for Healthcare Improvement annual forum - one of about 6,000 medical professionals, leaders, and...
Preventing “Mid-Project” Blues?
I was recently invited by SixSigmaIQ.com to participate by giving a response to the question "How to beat the mid-project blues?" - looking at...
I’m Giving a Free Lean Healthcare Overview Webinar on 1/20/11
On Thursday, January 20 2011, I'm giving a free webinar on Lean healthcare in conjunction with the sponsor, FormFast.
You can read more about the...
Virginia Mason Mentions Learnings from Toyota in Full-Page NY Times Ad
Hat tip to regular blog reader Andrew B. for letting me know that A17 of today's New York Times was a full page ad...
Video of Toyota’s Thanksgiving Kaizen
I blogged about this a few weeks back, but Toyota has posted an outstanding short video about their work at a food bank, applying...
Video of Dr. Russell Ackoff Discussing Systems and Pieces
On weekends, I like to share videos or fun stuff that gets us thinking. Today, I'm sharing a video with the legendary Dr. Russell...
Podcast #105 – Bill Waddell & Adam Zak, “Simple Excellence”
Podcast #105 is a conversation with the co-authors of the new book Simple Excellence: Organizing and Aligning the Management Team in a Lean Transformation...
No, not THAT “Lean” or THAT John Shook…
If you search the web or Twitter for common terms like Lean or thought leaders like John Shook or James P. Womack, you might...
Reader Question: Short Definition of Lean?
Here is a new reader question, shared with permission (as always).
The reader, who works at a hospital and health system, was asked by a...
Mini-Review: First Three Chapters of the Virginia Mason Medical Center Lean...
I've finally started reading the new book by Charles Kenney, Transforming Health Care: Virginia Mason Medical Center's Pursuit of the Perfect Patient Experience, and...
BCG White Paper on Lean in Government and Public Services
I've written occasionally about Lean efforts in government (see a list of posts here). There are formal Lean government efforts at varying levels of...
