Throwback Thursday: Consternation Again Over a New NBA Ball Mark Graban Jan 13, 2022 0 Blog It's been a while since I've done a "Throwback Thursday" post, but I saw some news stories late last year that!-->…
What Bad Managers, Good Managers, and Great Managers Do Mark Graban Apr 16, 2020 1 Blog This is an article that I originally published on LinkedIn back in 2014. It was also picked up and re-published by!-->…
Am I Getting Over My Resistance to the Newer iPhones? Am I Still Ambivalent? Mark Graban Dec 19, 2019 4 Blog It's a bit of a Throwback Thursday... in October of 2017, I wrote this post about my, ahem, "resistance to!-->!-->!-->…
Throwback Thursday: A Scary (?) Halloween Webinar About Managing Metrics Mark Graban Oct 31, 2019 0 Blog Happy Halloween! I'll actually be home to hand out treats as a countermeasure for possible tricks. A year ago,!-->!-->!-->…
#Throwback Thursday (and Updates): Bryce Harper, Home Runs, Attendance, and Game… Mark Graban Oct 3, 2019 2 Blog The Major League Baseball regular season has ended, so there's an opportunity to revisit some posts about!-->…
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!-->…
#TBT: The Carrot and the Stick on Steroids Mark Graban Aug 16, 2018 0 Audio I haven't done a Throwback Thursday in a while, but here's a new one. I was reminded of an article I wrote for…
Presentation About Kaizen and KaiNexus From 2013 [Video] Mark Graban Jun 7, 2018 0 Blog Recently, I stumbled across some video of me and Dr. Greg Jacobson giving a talk at a health system. I think it's…
#TBT: Happy National Nurses Week – Posts on #Lean and Nursing Mark Graban May 10, 2018 0 Blog This week is National Nurses Week. Nurses are highly skilled and, too often, are underappreciated. Lean should…
#TBT: #Lean & #Baldrige at Mary Greeley Medical Center; Upcoming Webinar on… Mark Graban Mar 22, 2018 0 Blog I'm really happy to be playing the role of host for this free webinar that's being presented next Friday, March…
Throwback Thursday: A Look Back at Japan #Lean Healthcare Study Trips Mark Graban Dec 7, 2017 0 Blog For today's Throwback Thursday, I'd like to look back at some blog posts about the trips I took to Japan in 2012…
Throwback Thursday: Are We Training the Right People on Lean? Mark Graban Oct 12, 2017 10 Blog I'm teaching a daylong class on Lean healthcare today in San Antonio. It's something I've done twice a year for the…
#TBT: Idea-Driven Organizations are Still a Great Idea Mark Graban Aug 3, 2017 0 Blog Today, we're looking back at a podcast that I did back in 2015 with Alan G. Robinson, PhD, co-author of many…
#TBT: Podcast Interview with Dr. Greg Jacobson of @KaiNexus from 2011 (New PDF… Mark Graban Jul 13, 2017 0 Blog It's been just over six years since I joined the team at KaiNexus, serving in various capacities over that time. As…
#TBT: Kaizen Upon Kaizen in Meeting Scheduling (and a New Kaizen of Mine) Mark Graban Jun 22, 2017 0 Blog Kaizen is an incremental approach to problem solving and continuous improvement. We don't need to put pressure on…
Flashback Friday: Demolition Errors, Mistake Proofing, and Healthcare Mark Graban May 19, 2017 6 Blog In recent years, I've written two blog posts about the sad scenarios where the wrong building was demolished by a…
Podcast #279: A Psychologist’s Use of Kaizen and What We Can Learn Mark Graban Apr 27, 2017 0 Interviews Back in 2012, I did a podcast interview (Episode 153) with a psychologist and family therapist, Robert Maurer, PhD.…
#Throwback Thursday: My Interview with Paul O’Neill on Patient Safety &… Mark Graban Apr 20, 2017 0 Blog One of the highlights of my podcasting adventures was the opportunity to interview Paul H. O'Neill back in 2011.…