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.

The Patriots are like Toyota?

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Unbeaten Patriots see room for improvement - NFL - Yahoo! SportsThe above headline blew me away this morning. The Patriots have basically been...

"Kitchen Nightmares," Part 2

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You might have seen Part 1 of my Lean viewing of the Fox show "Kitchen Nightmares." I watched the second half of the...

Visiting the Lean Dentist

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I've been fortunate to be attending a healthcare related event in Jacksonville FL this week and I've had the chance to meet Dr. Sami...

Talk Shop with Cliff from Cheers

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Series of Town Hall Meetings on Manufacturing IssuesI've written before about John Ratzenberger (from Cheers fame) and his show "Made in America." I've...

Lessons from "Kitchen Nightmares"

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Fox TV Website I've only watched the first half of the premiere episode, but I am (at least temporarily) riveted by the new Fox show...

Free Peeks into Taiichi Ohno’s Book

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I think I've mentioned this resource before, the free content that is online in Google Books. Even though I own Taiichi Ohno's book...

Upcoming Book: How Toyota Became #1

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I was just contacted this morning by David Magee, the author of the upcoming book How Toyota Became #1: Leadership Lessons from the World's...

Hospitals Learning from Hospitals

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Oshkosh Northwestern - Systems turn to ThedaCareThere's a great sense of community and sharing in the hospital space -- something the manufacturing world can...

Waste in Philly Pharmacies

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Phila. health agency in disarray | Philadelphia Inquirer | 09/26/2007I saw this in the news as I was leaving Philly earlier this week. ...

UAW / GM Reach Deal

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Deal helps GM narrow labor cost gap:I'm not going to spend too much time reading about or writing about the strike, since it's not...

Welcome, Uni Watch Visitors

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Welcome to those readers from UniWatchBlog.com. The post about NHL uniforms is here.I was linked to from this comment.Please check out my main...

Heijunka for Airport Security?

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TSA considers reservations for airport security - USATODAY.comI'm not normally a fan of the TSA, but this proposal actually seems somewhat reasonable and reminds...
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