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.

It’s All The Same – Leadership Challenges and Organizational Dynamics

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I was able to have a chat with Eric Ries yesterday as we were recording some video of him answering some follow up questions...

“Lean Doctors” – A New Book and Webinar

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Something Lean is in the water in Wisconsin, as that state is one of the hotbeds of Lean healthcare. There's, of course, the ThedaCare...

Everyday Lean (or Not): Whole Foods and an Herbal Near Miss

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Saturday morning, as part of my preparation to cook for a brunch gathering (I really enjoy cooking as a hobby, for those who don't...

Life Without Tap Water in Boston – New Standardized Work

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I'm sitting here on a Sunday morning, drinking a cup of coffee I made at home with bottled water. Why bottled water? Because of...

Should Have Posted a “Caution: Don’t Knock Our House Down” Sign?

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I saw this on the national cable news two nights ago, the horrifying story of a Denton TX woman whose house was basically destroyed...

St. Boniface Hospital’s Lean Journey: Enhancing Patient Care and Efficiency

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The Winnipeg Free Press has an article about their local St. Boniface Hospital, a member of the LEI/ThedaCare network I'm involved with called the...

The Waste of Pulling Promised Training Funds in Rhode Island

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I'm sharing this appeal on behalf of a good Lean friend, Karl Wadensten from VIBCO in Rhode Island. Karl is fired up, rightfully so, because...

Follow Ups from @ericries #leanstartup Webinar

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Thanks to Eric Ries for an outstanding webinar today for LEI, "Lessons from Lean Startups." We had over 1300 registrants from over 60 countries,...

Read this Book – But Don’t Copy ThedaCare

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Due out in June is a book that I think will be an important one for the Lean Healthcare movement. That book is about...

How I Broke My Blog and Fixed It… Lessons Learned

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For those of you who have had difficulty accessing LeanBlog.org for the past two weeks or so, I apologize. It's been frustrating to me...

Eric Ries and Lean Startups in the NY Times

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Looking ahead to Wednesday's free LEI webinar "Lessons from Lean Startups" with Eric Ries, it's exciting to see Eric and Steve Blank featured in...

Liveblogging the Quaid Patient Safety Documentary

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I'm blogging notes and thoughts as I watch the Discovery Channel documentary by actor Dennis Quaid and others --   "Chasing Zero: Winning the...
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