Mark Graban

Mark Graban
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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.

Why Keep Asking, “What’s Your Favorite Mistake?”

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The following material was found on the "cutting room floor" for my upcoming book, The Mistakes That Make Us: Cultivating a Culture of Learning...

The Mistake I Made With the Webinar Slide — A QR...

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And this is why we test things... to discover issues that we didn't anticipate in advance. I thought I was being clever by putting a QR code in the upper right-hand corner of the slide earlier. But I didn't realize, until doing the LinkedIn Live test this morning, that the Zoom Webinar video window covered part of the QR code, as you can see below.

The Book Cover Reveal Event – “The Mistakes That Make Us”...

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On Tuesday, May 2nd, I hosted a live event to reveal the full cover of my upcoming book The Mistakes That Make Us: Cultivating...

Advice About Dealing with the Mistaken Confetti Drop at an NBA...

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This was in the news the other day, and it's fun to talk about mistakes that don't harm or kill anybody: Confetti delays Celtics-Hawks Game...

It’s Not Surprising When a Former Toyota Employee is Open to...

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I'm glad that I have become friends with David Meier over the past... almost 20 years, I think. He's been a podcast guest many...

In Memoriam: Ritsuo Shingo, Former Toyota Executive and Lean Teacher

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I am saddened to hear of the death of Ritsuo Shingo (1947-2023), as announced by the Shingo Institute. He was the son of Shigeo...

How to Leave a Review for Lean Blog Interviews

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Kaizen Upon Kaizen: Continuing to Improve our KaiNexus Webinars Experience for...

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At KaiNexus, we practice what we preach when it comes to continuous improvement. One thing I do for the software company is managing the...

What is Meant by “A Culture of Safety” in Healthcare? How...

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I stumbled across this article the other day, on the important issue of medication errors: Medication Errors: The Year in Review "Preventing medication errors is an...

Webinar by Elisabeth Swan: Deepen Your Lean Leadership Skills with Brain...

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I'm happy to have hosted another webinar, presented by Elisabeth Swan as part of the KaiNexus continuous improvement webinar series. Scroll down for a preview of...

My KaiNexus Blog Post on the Need to “BELIEVE” That Every...

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Here is a Ted Lasso-themed blog post that I wrote for the KaiNexus Blog: It Starts With BELIEVE - Creating a Culture of Continuous Improvement The...

Waste Upon Waste: Misadventures in Getting Electronic Medical Records Transferred

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I know I'm not alone in being frustrated by something as simple -- seemingly simple -- as transferring electronic medical records from one physician's...
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