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.
University of Michigan and other hospitals in the news
This article from Detroit's Crain's Business Journal ("Lean machine: Health care follows auto's lead, gears up for efficiency") highlights a growing lean healthcare movement...
Reader Quiz – Guess the Lean Blog Global Readership
Here's something new to try -- a way of giving away a copy of my book Lean Hospitals: Improving Quality, Patient Safety, and Employee...
Guest Post: CEOs and Kaizen
Today's post is an email written by Patrick M. Anderson, Executive Director of Chugachmiut, Inc., the Tribal consortium created to promote self-determination to the...
LeanBlog Video Podcast #9 – Dr. Sami Bahri, D.D.S.
Episode #9 is a new video discussion with Dr. Bahri, the "World's First Lean Dentist" (see also Video Podcast #5). Today we talk about...
LeanBlog Podcast #82: Dr. Sami Bahri, D.D.S.
Podcast #82 is another discussion with with Dr. Sami Bahri, D.D.S., a dentist from Jacksonville, Florida. He is a pioneer in using Lean methods...
Everyone a Problem Solver?
A phrase I keep hearing more of in the Lean world, even at a few hospitals is that leaders want "everyone to be a...
Is This Video about Hand Hygiene Helpful?
On Twitter last week, Tom Peters wrote:
This is the wrong premise - it's not that doctors (and nurses, for that matter) aren't smart or...
A Pop-Culture “PDCA” Cycle?
A few random thoughts from being on the couch all day Sunday, catching up on work and watching a bit of NFL football. One,...
Hospital Looking for a “Sensi”??
A year or two ago, I saw a hospital job posting for a Lean implementer. This hospital wanted every certification under the sun, including...
What is Lean Sigma? Video from Johns Hopkins
Here is a short video from Johns Hopkins Medicine, a member of the Healthcare Value Network, an effort I help facilitate through the Lean...
2009 Management Improvement Carnival
It's an honor to again contribute to John Hunter's amalgamated Management Improvement Blog Carnival. The main page is located here. Ten bloggers are each...
LeanBlog Podcast #81: Rob Bryant, CSC
Podcast #81 is an interview with Rob Bryant, VP for Quality with CSC (Computer Sciences Corporation). In this podcast, we talk about how CSC,...
