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.
Lean Blog Week in Review #4 – September 26, 2010
Here is the latest in my "Week in Review" series for the week ending 9/26/10, featuring stories about a Toyota tour, a Don Berwick...
Lean Blog Tech Tips (& Feedback Wanted)
If you'll indulge me, this is a post about some recent tech changes to LeanBlog.org and some tech features you might want to take...
A Lean Guy Reads USA Today – NBA Unis and Teacher...
It's time for a Lean Blog feature I haven't done in a while.... "A Lean Guy Reads _______". I've done this before with the...
Berwick: Don’t Reduce Helpful Care, Don’t Expect Top-Down Solutions from D.C.
I was a supporter of Dr. Donald Berwick's nomination to head CMS (Medicare and Medicaid at a federal level) - not due to politics...
Some Cool Video Technology for Standardized Work & Error Proofing
I recently ran across a Michigan startup company called OPS Solutions that has some interesting technology that could be applied in many settings for...
Free Web Event 9/23: 2010 Business Beyond Boundaries Operational Excellence Virtual...
I'm passing along info here for a free web event that I'm going to tune into on Thursday 9/23, an event sponsored by Guidon...
Letter to the Editor: Lean is Not Just Cost Cutting
Back in July, e-Patient Dave deBronkart noticed an article in the Health Leaders publication called "Taking On the Cost Drivers." It inspired him to...
The Toyota Texas Plant Tour – Concepts From the Visitor Center
I'll start the week with another post about my tour of the TMMTX (Toyota Motor Manufacturing Texas) plant in San Antonio. Today I'll write...
Lean Blog Week in Review #3 – September 18, 2010
Here is attempt #3 in my experiment with a video "Week in Review" series. Please let me know what you think by adding comments...
My Site Got Hacked, But All Clear Now
Everything has been restored, except for the mobile version of my blog, that will be fixed ASAP.
If you see any strange behavior (redirects, virus...
My First Visit to the Toyota Truck Plant in San Antonio...
This blog post is about my first visit to TMMTX in 2010.
Hospitals Under Pressure, Resorting to Layoffs and Slash and Burn, Not...
Generally, with the term "lean," it's easy for people to leap to a conclusion that Lean equals layoffs. This is often the fear in...
