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.
“Black Friday” Sale Through December 4th, Signed Copies of “Measures of...
I'm running a special "Black Friday" week promotion... signed paperback copies of Measures of Success: React Less, Lead Better, Improve More for $20, including...
Lean Communicators Talking About Their Podcast / Video Projects
Today's episode, #394, is a little different. I have nine different guests today... not all at once, but sequentially in today's episode.
Many people have...
@WoodyZuill on Mob Programming and the Power of Flow
Joining me for Episode #393 of the podcast is Woody Zuill, who does, per his website, "mob Programming workshops, talks and presentations on agile topics," and...
Mike Leigh on Breaking Down Barriers with Lean
Joining me for Episode #392 is Mike Leigh, the President of his firm OpX Solutions, LLC. Mike was one of the contributors, writing a...
When the Chef Goes and Sees (Well, Tastes) the Problem
A few years ago, my wife and I went to a highly-regarded (and oft-recommended) restaurant in the Orlando area (our now former home).
I...
Mary and Tom Poppendieck on #Lean Software & More
My guests for Episode #391 are Mary Poppendieck and Tom Poppendieck, the authors of books including Lean Software Development: An Agile Toolkit, Implementing Lean...
Please Vote — Lean Thoughts on Respect, Flow, Safety, and Statistics
Today is, of course, election day in the United States. Here is a post with some random thoughts.
I was fortunate in that I was...
Episode #22 of “Lean Whiskey”: Catching Up with Honsha Friends Over...
For Episode 22, Mark Graban is joined by Darril Wilburn and Sammy Obara, two former Toyota employees who are colleagues at the firm Honsha....
“Red / Amber / Green” Charts Are Neither State of the...
In my book Measures of Success: React Less, Lead Better, Improve More, I try to make the case that "Process Behavior Charts" are a...
“Adopting and Adapting” TPS to the Raymond Lean Management System
My guest for Episode #390 is Keith Ingels, the TPS (Toyota Production System) Manager for Raymond Corporation -- Raymond is part of Toyota Material...
Mistakes and Swiss Cheese Ruining My Day (and Some Podcast Recordings)...
The other day, I had an external hard drive completely fail. I lost the last 10 days' worth of data. That wasn't supposed to...
Episode #21 of “Lean Whiskey”: What is the Point of Lean...
In Episode 21, Mark and Jamie return to our regular casual format of open discussion over a drink, this time joined by Tom Ehrenfeld,...
