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.
DFW Lean Blog Event March 15
I'm having a local, informal "Lean Lunch" event in Southlake TX, Saturday March 15 at noon. It's a gathering of some Lean folks from...
A Bigger Job for ThedaCare’s Toussaint
Appleton Post-Crescent: Your Fox Cities News Source - ThedaCare CEO takes new jobThedaCare is one of the recognized leaders in the use of Lean...
A "Lean" Article that Doesn’t Mention Real Lean
Turning Chrysler Into ToyotaIt's disappointing when a publication with the wide audience of BusinessWeek misrepresents the Lean and Toyota Production System concepts. But hey,...
Michigan Could Have Had a "Lean" Governor?
TOM WALSH: DeVos' answer for manufacturing in Michigan: Flexibility, teamworkHere is an article about the Republican who lost the Michigan governor's race last year,...
The Feds Reverse Their Decision on Checklists!
Wachter's World : The Checklist Saga: Victory!This is great news for patients and is probably great news for those of you who have been...
Hoaxer Asks Companies about Lean
Analyze This: Hoaxer Haunts Earnings Calls - WSJ.comSome guy (not me) has been spoofing his way onto companies' investor / analyst calls, asking questions...
My Book is Available for Pre-Order
Productivity Press - Lean HospitalsThis was pretty exciting to discover... my book ("Lean Hospitals: Improving Quality, Patient Safety, and Employee Satisfaction") is out there...
Signs of The Lean Buzzword Spreading?
Networks Plot Course - WSJ.com
As the entertainment industry works to recover from the recently-ended writers' strike, the WSJ article featured a quote from a...
Management Improvement Carnival #29
It's once again my pleasure to host the Carnival for John Hunter and his Curious Cat blog.
Please submit your favorite management posts to the...
Why is "Respect for People" missing so often?
I got a couple of reader emails last week that prompted me to think about Lean and the Toyota Way principle of...
Another Pathology Mishap
L.I. Hospital Scrutinized After Deaths of Patients - New York Times
It wasn't the same laboratory this time, but it's more than likely a similar...
Something Nice About an Airline
After my last few complain-ey posts, you might be surprised to see something positive.... especially about an airline.For all of my complaining about airlines,...
