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.
We Must Follow Standardized Work, Right?
The Informed Patient - WSJ.comHere's an article ($$) about hospitals working to prevent bedsores or "pressure ulcers" as they are called. I didn't...
Worst. Employee Handbook. Ever.
FTD.de - Business English - Business English - I've found the worst employee handbook ever
The title of this post comes with apologies to Comic...
Another Lean Hospital Tale
Medical treatment takes 'lean' tackHere's a great Lean healthcare overview, a news story that appeared in the Chicago Tribune last month about a hospital...
Practicing the "Basics of Management"
By Bryan Lund, guest contributor to the Lean Blog:I posted the following question on LinkedIn.com as Mark noted in a previous blog entry:"How important...
Happy Labor Day
Monday is Labor Day, a holiday in the United States. Since one of the main pillars of the Toyota Production System is "respect...
"5 Whys" Survey Results: Demographic Breakdown (Q2)
Here is another look at the "lean obstacles" survey questions, again breaking it down by some key demographic factors (more details here).Looking first at...
Lean is Not About Outsourcing
How Boeing Got Going - TIMEEvolving Excellence's Kevin Meyer will comment on this after his vacation, I'm sure (read his other Boeing comments starting...
Your Dermatologist Might Not be FIFO
Patients get appointments for Botox faster than for moles: studyYou might expect that a doctor's office either takes appointments in terms of:FIFO (first into...
Looking for Feedback
Three questions for my readers:How does the Lean Blog (and Podcast) help with your understanding of Lean concepts and implementation? Have the Blog...
"5 Whys" Survey Results: Demographic Breakdown (Q1)
I took another look at the "lean obstacles" survey questions, but this time breaking it down by some key demographic factors (more details here):Public...
2008 TWI Summit
TWI Summit - WebsiteIt really looks like a powerhouse lineup they are starting to form for the 2008 Training Within Industry conference in Orlando,...
"5 Whys" Survey Results, Demographics
Here are demographics from my "5 Whys" survey, in case anyone is interested. I'm going to try to do some basic breakdowns to...
