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.
Upcoming Lean Healthcare Discussion in R.I. Dec 1
VIBCO VIBRATORS: VIBCO Vibrators Lean Healthcare Discussion on December 1, 2009Come join me and our hosts from VIBCO if you're in the Rhode Island...
Lean Healthcare in Jacksonville
NE Fla. health care providers cut waste - Jacksonville Business Journal:Here's a nice upbeat article about some lean healthcare progress in Jacksonville, including our...
The Latest on Reducing Preventable Infections – Boston, Appleton, and DC
We had some local Boston news about hospitals reducing infection rates, including dangerous blood stream infections that result from central lines.
Several academic medical centers...
Bad Behavior Kills – in Hospitals?
amednews: Disruptive behavior by doctors, nurses persists a year after crackdown :: Nov. 16, 2009 ... American Medical News
One of the two pillars of...
Misguided Efficiency on The Office
I love NBC's "The Office" and this clip of Dunder Mifflin's Dwight Schrute asking a question at the company shareholder's meeting is pretty funny:...
The NY Times on How The U.S. Needs to Manufacture Again
Op-Ed Columnist - An American Catastrophe - NYTimes.com
This article caught my eye since I grew up outside of Detroit and my mom is still...
Some "Like Lean" Thoughts from CNN's Dr. Sanjay Gupta
CNN Programs - Anchors/Reporters - Sanjay GuptaI had a very full, interesting week - giving a well-received talk about Lean Healthcare at the Ontario...
My Interview for ThomasNet Online
Expert's Corner: Lean Enterprise Institute's Mark Graban : Industry Market TrendsSorry, no real post today (just returned from three busy days with Lean Healthcare...
Yet Again – A Patient Harmed as Hospital Lab Mixes Up...
Freeport woman sues hospital after biopsy mix-up
This is really discouraging to see yet another serious specimen labeling mishap in a pathology department that's led...
LeanBlog Podcast #79 – Eve Yen, CEO of Diamond Wipes on...
Eve Yen, founder and CEO of Diamond Wipes, is our guest for episode #79 of the podcast. In this podcast, Eve discusses her company...
What's the Point of Standard if it's Not Followed?
I am at the Ontario Hospital Association 'HealthAchieve' meeting (giving a talk on Lean Healthcare later on). I saw Dr. Sanjay Gupta present this...
"Love" or "Lean," This Quote Rings True
I saw this quote on Twitter from the pastor Rick Warren (happens to fit in the 140 characters):
"Love isn't letting people do whatever they...
