Mark Graban

Mark Graban
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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.

Notes From My Second Day at #IHI 2011

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Following up my notes from Day 1, I'm sharing my notes from the second full day I attended on Wednesday, December 8 2010. Here, in...

Podcast #106 – Jim Baran, “Career Kaizen”

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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

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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?

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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”

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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…

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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?

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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...

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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...
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