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Next week, I'm excited to host a webinar that Katie Anderson will present as part of the KaiNexus continuous improvement webinar series. How to Create a Continuous Improvement Culture by Closing the GAPS If you can't attend live,…
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Thanks as always to Ryan McCormack for this... there's always so much good reading, listening, and viewing shared here by him! Subscribe to get these directly from Ryan via email. Insights about improvement, innovation, and…
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I recently hosted a webinar on habits and "habit loops" as presented by Dr. Greg Jacobson and Morgan Wright from KaiNexus. That recording is available now. …
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I published a poll on LinkedIn, and I'd love to have you vote or participate. Voting is now closed, but you can still discuss it there. This isn't pretending to be a scientific survey, but I hoped it would prompt some healthy…
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Hi, just a quick announcement today: I've turned off the Google Ads that display on LeanBlog.org. Over time, they became increasingly intrusive for me as a user. I can only imagine the ads were annoying others. And, despite Google's…
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Thanks as always to Ryan McCormack for this... there's always so much good reading, listening, and viewing shared here by him! Subscribe to get these directly from Ryan via email. Insights about improvement, innovation, and…
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Tomorrow is the 4th anniversary of the paperback release of my book Measures of Success: React Less, Lead Better, Improve More. Long story short, I'm running a limited-time sale to celebrate. Looking back to the release, I took an…
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To celebrate 200 episodes of the the "My Favorite Mistake" podcast, I'm giving away three logo coffee mugs with some helpful mantras printed on them: Be kind to yourself Nobody is perfect We all make mistakes Let's learn from…
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I was happy to host a webinar, as part of the KaiNexus Continuous Improvement Webinar series that was be presented by Dr. Lisa Yerian, the chief improvement officer at the Cleveland Clinic. You can learn more and register here to view…
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After starting the "My Favorite Mistake" podcast in September 2020 (an episode with Kevin Harrington from "Shark Tank"), I've now reached 200 episodes! Celebrating 200 Episodes -- Mark Graban on Podcasting Mistakes and His Upcoming Book…
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Long story short: Things were broken on my blog where readers couldn't comment. That's now fixed. But I'll share the story of my problem solving adventures. In the first decade or more of this blog (2005 to 2015 we'll call it), most…
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I've written before about Bob. He was the Plant Superintendent (the #2 in command, if you will) at the GM Livonia Engine Plant, where I started my career from 1995 to 1997. See some previous posts about my time there. Bob was a…
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For a long time, it's bothered me that organizations typically react to a mistake with punishment. This is even more annoying when the phrase "hold people accountable" is used as a polite or passive-aggressive way to say "blame and punish…
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Thanks as always to Ryan McCormack for this... there's always so much good reading, listening, and viewing shared here by him! Subscribe to get these directly from Ryan via email. Insights about improvement, innovation, and…
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This article caught my eye today, and it's a change of pace to think about and write about mistakes other than my own (and I made more today -- but healthcare mistakes are more important). Penn Medicine hospital cited over wrong-site…
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