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.
Gaming the College Rankings at Baylor
Baylor Rewards Freshmen Who Retake SAT - NYTimes.comBaylor Newspaper ArticleShow me a ranking system and I'll show you a way to "game the system"...
Steven J. Spear on Chasing the Rabbit (Now, The High Velocity...
Episode #58 of the LeanBlog Podcast brings us Steven J. Spear as our guest. Spear is a Senior Researcher at MIT, a Senior Fellow...
Two Sentences That Don’t Help
I've blogged before about the "20 things supervisors shouldn't say."I'll throw out, for discussion, two phrases that are awful to hear in the context...
Future Speaking Gigs
I'm fortunate to have a few private speaking gigs in the coming months (a hospital in Iowa, an online presentation for an engineering student...
Enter for a Chance for a Free Visual Management Webinar
Dear Lean Blog readers,I have an exciting opportunity here for a lucky reader. Gwendolyn Galsworth is author of outstanding books on visual management, including...
Experience vs. Outside Views (or Experience + Outside)
I'm getting some really interesting and constructive comments in my reader survey. Keep it coming. I'll reflect, summarize, and respond to it here on...
Lean + Layoffs @ a Nebraska Hospital: But Not Related??
Reminder: Reader Survey Link (2 minutes of your time)Economy brings layoffs at Kearney hospital - Top Local Stories - News : KHAS-TVHere is a...
Author Interview with Alfie Kohn, “Punished by Rewards”
My guest for LeanBlog Podcast #57 is Alfie Kohn, an author and lecturer in the fields of education, parenting, and human behavior. His books...
Four Years of Lean Blogging
I always just slightly "miss" the birthday of the Lean Blog. My first post to the blog was January 3, 2005. I've been doing...
My Interview in Healthcare Construction + Operations News
Q&A Nov/Dec 2008 - Trimming the Fat
I was featured in Healthcare Construction + Operations News in a recent issue where we talked about my...
Lean MD Office on NM TV
Local doctors cut stressBelow is a video from an Albuquerque TV news station, visiting a doctor's office that was implementing Lean. I wish I...
Lean is More than a Toolkit
I had a great conversation with a fellow healthcare lean thinker the other day. She shared my book, Lean Hospitals: Improving Quality, Patient Safety,...
