Professor John Grout: A Deep Dive on Mistake Proofing and Lean Mark Graban Nov 9, 2022 0 Interviews Scroll down for how to subscribe, transcript, and more My guest for Episode #462 of the Lean!-->!-->!-->!-->!-->!-->!-->!-->!-->!-->!-->…
Mistake Proofing Expert John Grout’s Favorite Mistake and How to Prevent… Mark Graban Oct 17, 2022 0 Blog This week's episode of the My Favorite Mistake podcast has a guest and a conversation that will be very directly!-->…
How These Credit Card Websites Illustrate Lean Mistake Proofing (or Not) Mark Graban Jun 3, 2022 0 Blog This is an article that I originally published on LinkedIn back in 2015. Has the error proofing been improved!-->…
The Need to Error Proof Medication Vials, Including COVID Vaccines Mark Graban Nov 3, 2021 1 Blog I've given a few presentations about Lean and mass vaccination clinics, based on my visits (as a guest observer /!-->…
Why Did Some Patients Get Injected With 5X the Pfizer Covid Vaccine Dose? Mark Graban Jan 19, 2021 10 Blog Before I get into this post, I want to also point you to another post that I wrote for the Value Capture blog: !-->!-->!-->…
Blaming “Human Error” Isn’t an Excuse for Wasting 500 Doses of… Mark Graban Dec 30, 2020 13 Blog During this "let's try to get people vaccinated" phase of the Covid-19 pandemic, almost every article that I've!-->…
A Throwback to Another #ThrowbackThursday: Yet Again, the Wrong House Was… Mark Graban Feb 27, 2020 0 Blog I can't believe that I'm once again writing about this. But, I saw in the news that ANOTHER house was mistakenly!-->…
The More I Travel, the More Kaizen Opportunities I Create Mark Graban Nov 6, 2019 9 Blog Many of you have asked if I'm at the AME Conference this week in Chicago. I am not, as I had a previous invitation!-->…
A Brief Summary of My First Trip to Brazil: Beef, Emojis, Buses, Lean, and More Mark Graban Oct 15, 2019 2 Blog I got back Sunday morning from my first trip to Brazil. I had a great time last week as a guest of a company!-->…
A Lack of Standardized Calendars Contributes to my Scheduling Mistake Mark Graban Jul 8, 2019 7 Blog My wife recently had some work meetings in Louisville, Kentucky and she had a great idea... "Why don't you fly!-->…
I Can’t Believe You Can’t “Undo” This Thing in Microsoft… Mark Graban May 2, 2019 5 Blog Lean focuses on making it easy for people to do the right thing. We also work hard to "error proof" processes and!-->…
How Checklists and the “Andon Cord” Concept Can Help With Webinars Mark Graban Mar 6, 2019 0 Blog For years, Dr. Greg Jacobson and I have used checklists when prepping for and running our various webinars via!-->…
So Who Else Forgot to Pack Socks? Mark Graban Feb 6, 2019 4 Blog Last week, I had the chance to teach and facilitate a Lean education session for a group of health system!-->…
So, I Finally Left an iPad Behind in an Airplane Seatback Pocket Mark Graban Jan 16, 2019 7 Blog The "Miracle on the Hudson" was 10 years ago today. Read my blog post about hearing Sully speak at an event last!-->…
Throwback Thursday: This is Not a Drill — It Happened Again Mark Graban Nov 29, 2018 2 Blog I really don't enjoy the type of "Throwback Thursday" posts that are triggered by something in the news that…
The Academy Awards Add an Inspector, Practice “Andon Cord Pulls,”… Mark Graban Mar 7, 2018 0 Blog Tomorrow, my post will be about headlines that scream about ratings for The Oscars being "down from last year" or…
The Response to the Hawaii False Alarm Can’t End With Firing Someone Mark Graban Jan 14, 2018 14 Blog Saturday, you might have seen the news about a "false alarm" push alert that was sent to many iPhones and other…
Signs, Error Proofing, and Explaining Why in the Gym Mark Graban Jul 31, 2017 0 Blog Are warning signs or instruction signs effective when they just tell people what to do? Should we use error…