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.
Podcast #367 — Rachel Mandel, MD MHA, on Lean for Physicians...
Joining me for Episode #367 of the podcast is Dr. Rachel Mandel, a self-described "healthcare whisperer" and Washington D.C.-based consultant for healthcare organizations. She...
The Late Paul O’Neill’s Playbook for Habitual Excellence [Video]
Today, I went for a brisk 50-minute walk on a sunny morning and my companion was the voice of the late Paul O'Neill as...
Remembering a Great Leader, Paul O’Neill (1935-2020)
It was a sad weekend, hearing about the passing of Paul H O'Neill, Sr. on Saturday. He was 84.
I had the good fortune to...
Podcast #366 — Harry Moser on the COVID-19 Supply Chain Wake-Up...
My guest for Episode #366 is Harry Moser, founder of the Reshoring Initiative. We talk about "reshoring," in general, and why that's such an...
Song Parody: If I Had a Million Kaizens
I was cleaning out my hard drive (I hesitate to call that "5S-ing")... moving some files to an external disk and deleting others.
I stumbled...
What Bad Managers, Good Managers, and Great Managers Do
This is an article that I originally published on LinkedIn back in 2014. It was also picked up and re-published by Entrepeneur.com. Other than...
Podcast #365 — Dan Markovitz on His Book “The Conclusion Trap”
Joining me again for Episode #365 is Dan Markovitz, now a five-time guest (but he doesn't get a special jacket like SNL). You can...
Podcast #364 — Mitch Cahn on Lean and Pivoting to Shields...
Joining me for Episode #364 is a returning guest, Mitch Cahn, the president of Unionwear, a Newark-based company. Back in Episode #234, we talked...
Going Down — When a Solution to One Problem Seems to...
My wife and I have been home in an Orlando condo building for the past month. In efforts to avoid the coronavirus (and to...
Busting Myths about Just in Time: The Implications for Healthcare Supply...
Thanks to Professor Peter Hines and the Enterprise Excellence Network for inviting me to present this webinar. Mine was the first in a series...
Thoughts From Lean Thinkers on Coping with the Coronavirus Crisis
Thanks to Elisabeth and the team at GoLeanSixSigma.com for inviting me to contribute some thoughts in this piece:
How Lean Six Sigma Can Help Fight...
Podcast #363 — Crystal Y. Davis on the Business Impact of...
For Episode #363, I'm joined by Crystal Davis as we discuss:
What are you seeing in terms of how Covid19 is disrupting businesses?
How...
