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.
Interview with Billy Taylor, Author of The Winning Link
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Joining us for Episode #466 of the Lean Blog Interviews Podcast is a returning guest, Billy...
Progress on My Upcoming Book About Learning From Mistakes (and Possible...
I've mentioned before that I'm writing a book based on -- inspired by -- the interviews, stories, and insights from my guests on the...
Free Webinar Recording: Connecting Continuous Improvement to the Bottom Line
I might not be the most financially-literate Lean practitioner out there. I'm fortunate to have an MBA on top of my engineering degrees, so...
Creating a Growth Mindset Culture in the Classroom: How Teaching about...
A colleague from KaiNexus sent me a photo from his daughter's third-grade classroom. It's titled "The Magic of Growth Mindset," a reference to the...
How Would an AI Bot Explain Lean Manufacturing to a 5-Year-Old?
I saw a story on the NBC Nightly News last night about the ChatGPT / OpenAI tool, and they used examples of asking the...
Lean Whiskey #37: Starbucks’ Gemba, Toyota’s Tour, Product Innovation & Lean...
"I'll have a half-caff no-whip soy-milk chestnut praline latte... to-go."
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In Episode 37, we wish...
What Were the 10 Most Read Lean Blog Posts of 2022?
Thanks, everybody, for reading my blog here in 2022. And for listening to podcasts... so many podcasts again this year! Here are a few...
Enter to Win Books From Rich Sheridan and Tom Peters
As the holidays approach, I'm happy to be running two book giveaway contests that are running through December 20th. You might win and you...
Interview with Tom Peters on His Compact Guide to Excellence –...
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My guest for Episode #465 of the Lean Blog Interviews Podcast is the legendary (my word,...
Employee Ideas and Other Improvement Work at UMass Memorial Health
I hope you'll check out the recording of a webinar / panel discussion that I hosted via KaiNexus:
Managing Transformation Projects, Improvements, and Learning in...
The Video From the Toyota Museum in Nagoya, Japan
When I visited the Toyota Museum in Nagoya, Japan (see my previous blog posts about it), they had a display that includes a video...
Lean Whiskey #36: Jamie Flinchbaugh & Chris Kauzmann on Design Thinking’s...
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In Episode 36, Jamie Flinchbaugh is joined by Chris Kauzmann, an Adjunct Faculty and...
