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.
Lean in a New Zealand E.R.
Hospital aims for shorter wait times | Otago Daily Times Online
Here's today's positive blog post. For cynicism and negativity on a different Lean topic...
This WSJ Article (as do Many Organizations) Misses the Point of...
Neatness Counts at Kyocera and at Others in the 5S Club - WSJ.com
I'm going to violate a rule I have to try not to...
Cutting the Waste of Waiting with PC Bootup
In Age of Impatience, Cutting PC Start Time - NYTimes.com
Honestly -- how many of us just sat and stared at our PC when it...
Blog Comments are NOT Muda
Bold Lentil: Lean Blogging: Comments as Muda?
The blog I've linked to above posed a theory that you could apply "Lean Manufacturing" to the practice...
Birthday Ramblings on Errors and Work Design
Kevin Meyer, over at Evolving Excellence, recently wrote a good piece on "endorsing" a U.S. presidential candidate. Today, I'm technically Constitution-eligible to be...
Emergency Docs Flaunt Standardized Work
Moonlighting county docs raise questions :: CHICAGO SUN-TIMES :: The WatchdogsOK, this isn't strictly a Lean issue, but this caught my eye in the...
Professor Channels Dr. Deming and Writes "Get Rid of the Annual...
Get Rid of the Performance Review! - WSJ.com ($$)
A UCLA professor, Samuel A. Culbert, has written a monumental commentary in the Wall Street Journal....
Words that Matter in Healthcare
Healthcare Intelligence Network » Blog Archive » Eight Steps to a Culture of SafetyI think words matter. Action matters, also, but the...
Advertiser Spotlight: American LED-gible, Inc.
Sorry if this post is annoying to anyone, but I always do a short blog post about my sponsors and advertisers on the Lean...
Why Cut Wasteful Spending Only in a Downturn?
Downturn Forces Cutbacks Big and Small - WSJ.comThere's a lot of town during any downturn about cutting costs in businesses or organizations. Often, the...
Weekend Fun: Google Mail Goggles
Official Gmail Blog: New in Labs: Stop sending mail you later regretHa, this isn't an "error proofing" service I would need anymore, but it...
"Black Belt for Sale"
Black Belt for Sale | Quality Digest - Mike Micklewright
You might remember Mike from his Dr. Deming podcast and impersonation. Not that I'm trying...
