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Mark Graban
Lean Leadership, Psychological Safety, and Continuous Improvement
Since 2005, LeanBlog.org has shared practical insights from real-world work in healthcare, manufacturing, and beyond.
Lean Blog Interviews Podcast
My guest for Episode #401 is my friend Jim Benson, who you might know as the co-author of the book Personal Kanban (and we talked about that in Episode 155, back in 2012). He was also a guest on...
My guest for Episode #400 is Jeffrey Liker, the retired University of Michigan professor who has recently released the second updated and revised version of his seminal book The Toyota...
Lesa Nichols worked closely with Hajime Oba at Toyota's Supplier Support Center (TSSC) and later became a production manager at Toyota's powertrain plant in Georgetown, Kentucky. In this episode, she...
My guests for Episode #398 of the Lean Blog Interviews podcast are Brett M. Cooper and Evans Kerrigan, both co-founders of the firm Integris Performance Advisors. Brett is the President and Evans is...
More Blog Posts
Why do so many Lean efforts stall after early wins? In this episode, Darren Walsh explains why firefighting feels productive but prevents real progress–and how leaders can build daily routines...
Webinars
Karen Martin is one of those people I've been lucky to know and learn from for a long time. She's...
KaiNexus recently hosted a webinar I was especially looking forward to: “Unlock the Power of...
When organizations struggle to sustain Lean transformation, people often look first at tools...
Recently, I had the pleasure of moderating a webinar titled “Driving a Culture of Transforming...
TL;DR: Lean tools don't fail because people resist change–they fail because people don't feel...
One of the most powerful elements of continuous improvement is the ability to learn from each other...
I'm excited to be presenting this webinar on February 12th at 1 pm ET as part of the KaiNexus...
TL;DR: Psychological safety isn't optional for continuous improvement. This KaiNexus webinar...
I'm happy to be hosting and moderating this webinar that will be presented by Brent Loescher, a...
I'm happy to be hosting and moderating this webinar that will be presented by Melissa Sherman, a...
Psychological safety is often described as “feeling safe to speak up.” In Lean...
Are you looking to transform your business strategy into actionable results? Join us for our...
Videos
In this post, I'd like to share a nice 7-minute video from St. Clair Hospital in Pittsburgh, showing...
Thanks to my good friend Dean Bliss of the Iowa Healthcare Collaborative. You might recognize Dean...
I've been busy over the past year working with the startup KaiNexus. Our technology is now being...
