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The One Thing That Almost Messed Up the First Moon Landing 50 Years Ago

Mark Graban Jul 21, 2019 0

This past Saturday was, of course, the 50th anniversary of the first moon landing. It still puzzles me why mankind…

Mark Graban Jul 10, 2019 3

Here is an article that caught my eye recently, from HBR: "How One Health System Overcame Resistance to a…

Mark Graban Mar 6, 2019 0

For years, Dr. Greg Jacobson and I have used checklists when prepping for and running our various webinars via…

Mark Graban Apr 17, 2017 11

Last week, I received a few questions from somebody at a hospital system and I thought I'd address one of them…

Mark Graban Apr 12, 2017 0

People often talk about “fire fighting” in a colloquial way. Today, my guest for episode #278 of the podcast is an…

Mark Graban Mar 8, 2017 4

In today's post, I write about how Kaizen starts with you. I share some examples of "personal Kaizen," including…

Mark Graban Apr 28, 2015 6

I was quoted in two articles that appeared in "Today's Hospitalist": "Discharging Mr. Wood: Time to get…

Mark Graban Feb 2, 2014 8

For the coin toss of the Super Bowl 48 (or XLVIII), the referee Terry McAulay handed the coin to Joe Namath to toss…

Mark Graban Aug 28, 2013 2

Following up on my previous posts (here and here) on a recent visit to the Northern California Wine Country, I'm…

Mark Graban Feb 5, 2013 0

Many of you who took my reader survey (still open and feedback welcome, prizes gone) mentioned that you liked this…

Mark Graban Oct 19, 2012 2

Here's an interesting story from this week: "Google early earnings release stuns traders." Reportedly, the Google…