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 new book is The Mistakes That Make Us: Cultivating a Culture of Learning and Innovation. He is also the author of Measures of Success: React Less, Lead Better, Improve More, the Shingo Award-winning books Lean Hospitals and Healthcare Kaizen, and the anthology Practicing Lean. Mark is also a Senior Advisor to the technology company KaiNexus.

Reflect and Evolve: Embracing Positive Surprises and Learning from the Unexpected...

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As the year draws to a close, it's a pivotal time for reflection, both on a personal level and within our teams and organizations.Traditionally,...

What Were the 10 Most Read LeanBlog.org Posts of the Second...

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Thanks, everybody, for reading my blog here in 2023. And for listening to podcasts... oh so many podcasts. This blog post is the "year...

Beyond Mistakes: Uncovering Toyota’s Approach to Success Through Learning

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This post is built around excerpts from the book The Mistakes That Make Us: Cultivating a Culture of Learning and Innovation. Read more about Toyota,...

My Audio Mistake in My Live Video to Give Away a...

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The book giveaway contest that I'm running ends Friday at about 3 pm ET. ENTER TO WIN a set of all six books that I've...

Journal Article Suggests Efficacy of Lean in U.S. Public Hospitals; Will...

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tl;dr summary: A journal article evidences Lean's effectiveness in healthcare, challenging skeptics. It finds that Lean adoption in U.S. public hospitals is linked to...

Continuous Improvement and the Need to Improve LESS – Lean Insights...

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Scroll down for how to subscribe, transcript, and more My guest for Episode #494 of the Lean Blog Interviews Podcast is Chad Bareither, the founder...

Lean Whiskey #43: 100 Years of Suntory Whiskey; Safety at SpaceX

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Listen: In Episode 43 of the "Lean Whiskey" podcast, Jamie Flinchbaugh and Mark Graban begin by talking about each of our interviews regarding the new...

Effective Change Management: Beyond Rightness to Motivational Engagement [Video & Transcript]

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This is a repost from my blog post about a talk I gave in 2018... I always enjoy the KaiNexus User Conference (now called...

Culinary Mastery Meets Continuous Improvement: Wolfgang Puck at the GE Lean...

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The GE Lean Mindset event back in September was such an exciting day. One of my highlights was not just eating food prepared by...

Webinar Recording: Engaging Senior Leaders to Accelerate Your Continuous Improvement Program

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I'm happy to have hosted a webinar that was presented by Stephanie Hill from KaiNexus, on December 5th at 1 pm. It's titled: Engaging Senior Leaders...

Gene Kim and Steve Spear, Discussing ‘Wiring the Winning Organization’

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Scroll down for how to subscribe, transcript, and more My guests for Episode #493 of the Lean Blog Interviews Podcast are Gene Kim and Steve...

Cyber Monday / Week Deal – ‘The Mistakes That Make Us’...

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🚨 Special pricing this week only! 🚨 My latest book, The Mistakes That Make Us: Cultivating a Culture of Learning and Innovation, is on...