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.
Charlie Protzman on the BASICS of Lean and Applying Lessons from...
Joining me for Episode #339 of the podcast is Charles Protzman, author of a great number of Lean healthcare books. Today, we are talking...
Metrics Require More Than 2-Pointers or 3-Pointers: NCAA Men’s Hoops Final...
Two data points are not a trend. But, one data point can be a "signal" that a metric has changed enough to merit investigation...
WSJ News Flash: Developing Better Leaders Makes a Difference
Here's an interesting recent article from the Wall Street Journal (you might require a subscription to read it):
The Economy's Last Best Hope: Superstar Middle...
Upcoming Webinar: How to Navigate the Transformation Continuum
Our next KaiNexus webinar that I'm hosting is going to be presented by an old friend, Roger Chen. I'm not calling Roger old, I'm...
Podcast #338 – Grey Dube, Another Lean Healthcare CEO from South...
My guest for Episode #338 is Mr. Grey Dube, the Chief Executive Officer at Leratong Hospital. He has over 40 years' experience in the...
Effective and Sustainable Lean Transformation Requires Effective Change Leadership
I was first introduced to the ExperienceChange simulations about ten years ago when I already had more than ten years of experience trying to...
My Next Book: Datum-Driven Lean… and one More Future Release [April...
After the paperback launch of my book Measures of Success: React Less, Lead Better, Improve More, many of you have asked, "What are you...
Adventures in Self Publishing: Defects & Escapes
When I started my career in the auto industry, I learned that a "not defect" is a product that doesn't meet specifications in some...
What Dr. Deming Said About Hospital CEOs and Transformation
Two years ago, I wrote an article for the Deming Institute about Dr. W. Edwards Deming's notes from his 1987 hospitalization.
https://www.leanblog.org/2017/02/tbt-reflections-dr-demings-notes-1987-hospital-stay/
As I wrote then:
The...
How to Weigh Yourself Everyday Without Freaking Out About Every Small...
When we started the new year, many of us make a weight loss resolution (see my article on resolutions via "The Lean Post").
As...
“But TPS Doesn’t Apply to Us….”
Here is my latest article for "The Lean Post" and the Lean Enterprise Institute:
But TPS Doesn't Apply to Us...."
We hear that a lot.
"But patient...
