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.
Happy Friday, Happy Holiday!
Monday morning blues 'are a myth' - Science, News - The IndependentI'm going to take a bit of a "blog holiday" this weekend, since...
A Lean Story from the UK
Springs maker saves £50,000 by going lean - Crain's Manchester BusinessHere's a Lean story from the U.K...A Rochdale-based maker of springs for military,...
Gaming the System: E.R. Targets
The BBC morning news show had a story about what they call "Accident & Emergency" here in the U.K. There's a lot of discussion,...
Seth Godin sounds like Lean Solutions
Seth's Blog: Learning from frustrationOnce again, Seth Godin intersects with the concepts of the book Lean Solutions: How Companies and Customers Can Create...
A Powerful Message on Lean and Healthcare
Why I Work In Healthcare | DailyKaizenHere's a great one to end the day on... Lee Fried has a powerful post over on the...
A Lean Guy Reads FORTUNE
As I was catching up on my back issues of FORTUNE, I had a few Lean thoughts as I read.In the June 9 edition,...
“Factory” – A New Situation “Comedy”
Full Episode: Premiere Episode - SPIKE
I saw an ad for this the other day, I don't really have high expectations prior to watching it....
Ultimate Factories — Fire Trucks
I was watching a show (via Tivo, back over the weekend) that I just discovered on the National Geographic Channel -- Ultimate Factories, their...
Jamie Flinchbaugh Video: Daily Improvement
Everybody Everyday: Managing for Daily Improvement
The link above is an online video presentation by Jamie Flinchbaugh, courtesy of IndustryWeek (click here to subscribe to...
Blog Format Change – Comments
Hi - if you're a regular reader (or especially a frequent commenter), you may notice a change to how comments are entered.If you click...
Surgical Checklists in the News!
WHO Proposes Checklist to Reduce Surgery Errors : NPR
A surgical revolution: checklist that could prevent thousands of deaths
Thanks to long-time readers Chet and Andrew...
Tom Peters: The high number of hospital-caused drug errors and infections...
From Modern Healthcare (link no longer available), Tom Peters throws a few verbal bombs at the healthcare industry:
Quality gains needn't be costly, Peters tells...
