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.
That Wasn’t So Bad After All — From Ambivalence to Acceptance...
Before Christmas, I was thinking again about upgrading my iPhone 8 Plus to the newer iPhone 11 Pro, as I wrote about here:
https://www.leanblog.org/2019/12/am-i-getting-over-my-resistance-to-the-newer-iphones/
A few...
Year in Review: What are the 10 Most Read LeanBlog.org Posts...
Here are the ten most-read posts of the year, according to Google Analytics (popularity doesn't imply quality, but it's interesting to see what people are reading and sharing) -- data from July 1 through December 7.
Episode #10 of the “Lean Whiskey” Podcast: The Grinch Stole our...
In Episode 10 of Lean Whiskey, Mark Graban and Jamie Flinchbaugh do their best to work through technology issues, as the Grinch clearly didn't...
Am I Getting Over My Resistance to the Newer iPhones? Am...
It's a bit of a Throwback Thursday... in October of 2017, I wrote this post about my, ahem, "resistance to change" when it came...
What I Overheard About What Sounds Like “Fake Agile” or “Agile...
This software developer wasn't the first to say it. I wasn't the first to overhear it. And, I'm surely not the first person to...
Why are Factories in Value Stream Maps Drawn That Way? What’s...
Typically, the customer (or supplier) icon in classic Lean "Value Stream Mapping" looks like a factory.
Well, it looks like what might appear to be...
“We Weren’t Always a Kaizen Company”: Lessons from Japan
While in Japan recently, I shared a short post on LinkedIn that I want to expand on here.
Over the years, I've learned that not...
From Numbers to Insights: Smarter Ways to Evaluate Webinar Success
One of the things I do with KaiNexus is manage our webinar series. That means lining up presenters, playing the role of host and...
A Hospital CEO’s Humble Reflections on His Role in Lean and...
Kim Hollon is CEO and President at Signature Healthcare. I don't know him well, but I've heard a lot of great things about him...
My Webinar on Continuous Improvement and Intrinsic Motivation
Hi, you're invited to view the recording of a webinar that I presented next week -- Wednesday, December 11 at 1 pm ET, as...
Making People and Making Things – in Japan or Mr. Rogers’...
Monday was the first day of my fifth Lean study trip to Japan. Yesterday, I had the opportunity to once again visit a Toyota...
Quint Studer on Hardwiring Excellence, Humble Leadership, and The Busy Leader’s...
My guest for Episode #353 of the podcast is somebody whose work I've appreciated for a long time -- Quint Studer. I was first...
