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.
Paying for Hospital Activity
B.C. considers radical shift in hospital funding, based on patients treatedThis is something that I just recently learned about the Canadian health system --...
Obvious Incentives for Coverups
The Associated Press: FAA tries again to fix cover-up of air safety errors:It's always disturbing to hear about cover ups and systemic problems related...
The Shift from Factories to Hospitals
Factories Fading, Hospitals Step In - WSJIt's inevitable -- as manufacturing jobs decline and our population ages, more people will shift from manufacturing jobs...
Problems at JPS Hospital, Part 2
Star-Telegram.com: | 04/28/2008 | Trapped in a waiting game at JPSUpdate: For those who didn't catch the update to Monday's post, it was announced...
Error Proofing Vs. “Be Careful” – Which is More Effective?
Why do you need a "be careful" warning message when you've already error proofed something? For liability's sake?
I am going to be flying back...
Candidates at the Gemba
Video - Breaking News Videos from CNN.comSort of a funny video (linked above) on CNN/Headline News about presidential candidates being "clueless" about what they're...
A Japanese Paper on the Spread of TPS
CURRENTS / 'Toyota way' inspires lean practices
From a Japanese newspaper, an article about the impact the Toyota Production System is having on organizations around...
Updated: Problems at JPS Hospital, Part 1
Update 5/1/08: The CEO is being forced out, "retiring" in SeptemberStar-Telegram.com: | 04/27/2008 | JPS patients get shortchanged as cash surpluses keep growingSecondary article...
Costs "Forcing" US Firms Out of China
AFP: Costs driving US manufacturing firms out of China: AmCham"Forcing" is a strange word to use. It's really a business choice, one way or...
Can Convis Turn Dana Around?
toledoblade.com -- Dana CEO, veteran of Toyota, hailed as mentorHere's another nice article that gives an overview of the leadership style of Gary Convis,...
Trouble in a Fort Worth Hospital
JPS patients get shortchanged as cash surpluses keep growingThis linked article is a preview of what I'll be blogging about next. I'm trying an...
Moving a Factory to Mexico
How I Helped Move a Factory to Mexico - Business WeekHat tip to Jennifer in Washington state for pointing this article out to me....
