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.
BREAKING: GM’s CEO Wagoner Steps Down at Obama Request/Demand
GM CEO resigns at Obama's behest - Mike Allen - POLITICO.com (via Drudge)I've been calling for Wagoner to resign for years. I wish GM's...
Jeff Bezos at the Amazon Gemba
Curious at Amazon, but Not Idle - Bits Blog - NYTimes.com
This piece about Amazon's CEO Jeff Bezos made me think about visiting the "Gemba"...
Great Editorial about Lean Healthcare in NZ
New Zealand Doctor Online - Medical News for GPsI often end up groaning (and complaining here) when I see news stories or editorials about...
A Parent Burned by Incentives, Microcosm of Finance and Society?
Family Business - WSJ.comIn today's WSJ, there's a review of a new book called Parentonomics: An Economist Dad Looks at Parenting, in the mold...
“Lean Hospitals” Wins Prestigious Shingo Research and Professional Publication Award
Great news! This is quite an honor and I'm very excited. My book, Lean Hospitals: Improving Quality, Patient Safety, and Employee Satisfaction has been awarded...
Networking for Lean People Looking to Move into Healthcare
Thanks to visibility from my blog and my book, Lean Hospitals, I get a number of questions from people about how to transition into...
New Book from LEI — The Birth of Lean
Has anyone seen this new book from the LEI yet?THE BIRTH OF LEANIn The Birth of Lean, you’ll get a glimpse inside the minds...
Starbucks Tests "Lean" Operations In Some Stores
Starbucks Gossip: Starbucks tests "lean" operations in Ohio and Kentucky stores
We've known for some time that Starbucks has been trying to figure out how...
Examples of Lean A/P or A/R in Hospitals?
Got this question from a reader:After successful application of lean to clinical processes we are moving into the the finance/accounting transaction areas such as...
NVA in the NBA — It’s "Value Added"-tastic?
A Garden party - Nowadays, the games are just part of the show
While we're on the topic of basketball (thanks to Jamie's post last...
Following up on the Peanut Corporation… Snap, Crackle, Salmonella?
Following up on these two earlier posts (here and here)... I'll quit calling them the "Idiot Corporation of America" since the Peanut Corporation of...
Sunday Brunch Thoughts
So it's Sunday morning, I have a cup of coffee at the ready... nice quiet, peaceful, sunny Sunday morning (you can tell we don't...
