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.

Mistake-Proofing: The Gas Station Pump Wouldn’t Let Me Forget My Credit...

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Chapter 4 in my book The Mistakes That Make Us: Cultivating a Culture of Learning and Innovation is about preventing mistakes -- mistake-proofing. In the...

“The Mistakes That Make Us” — My Manuscript is Done! Some...

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I'm happy to announce that I've finished the manuscript for my upcoming book (a real one, not an April Fool's Joke). The Mistakes That...

How to Create a Continuous Improvement Culture by Closing the GAPS...

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Today, I was happy to host a webinar that Katie Anderson presented as part of the KaiNexus continuous improvement webinar series. Access it here: How to...

Wishing Tom Peters a Happy Retirement

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I was hoping that Tom's announcement, via his email newsletter and his website, was an April Fool's joke. But the announcement came out on...

Announcing My Next Book: “Management by Emoji” [April Fool]

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Today, April 1st, is a day for BIG announcements. I am pleased to tell you about the logical (if not inevitable) follow-up to my...

Interview with Mit Vyas: Insights on Learning from Toyota, Entrepreneurial Success,...

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Scroll down for how to subscribe, transcript, and more Joining us for Episode #472 of the Lean Blog Interviews Podcast is Mit Vyas, managing director...

Recorded Webinar on Building a Culture of Continuous Improvement through Organizational...

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I recently hosted a webinar on habits and "habit loops" as presented by Dr. Greg Jacobson and Morgan Wright from KaiNexus. That recording is...

From Fear to Improvement: Results of Our Poll on Companies’ Responses...

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I published a poll on LinkedIn, and I'd love to have you vote or participate. Voting is now closed, but you can still discuss...

Discovering the Benefits of Data-Driven DEI: An Interview with Dr. Randal...

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Scroll down for how to subscribe, transcript, and more Joining us for Episode #471 of the Lean Blog Interviews Podcast is Dr. Randal Pinkett. He...

Announcement: Removing Google Ads from My Blog

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Hi, just a quick announcement today: I've turned off the Google Ads that display on LeanBlog.org. Over time, they became increasingly intrusive for me as...

Measures of Success (Paperback Version) Turns Four Years Old

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Tomorrow is the 4th anniversary of the paperback release of my book Measures of Success: React Less, Lead Better, Improve More. Long story short,...

Enter to Win a “My Favorite Mistake” Coffee Mug

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To celebrate 200 episodes of the the "My Favorite Mistake" podcast, I'm giving away three logo coffee mugs with some helpful mantras printed on...
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