Mark Graban

Mark Graban
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Mark Graban is an internationally-recognized consultant, author, and professional speaker, and podcaster with experience in healthcare, manufacturing, and startups. Mark's new book is The Mistakes That Make Us: Cultivating a Culture of Learning and Innovation. He is also the author of Measures of Success: React Less, Lead Better, Improve More, the Shingo Award-winning books Lean Hospitals and Healthcare Kaizen, and the anthology Practicing Lean. Mark is also a Senior Advisor to the technology company KaiNexus.

Marcia Daszko on Leadership Lessons from Dr. Deming; Pivot Disrupt Transform...

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Scroll down for how to subscribe, transcript, and more My guest for Episode #501 of the Lean Blog Interviews Podcast is Marcia Daszko, a speaker,...

Signs are Better Than an Email: Condo Trash Chute Edition

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I often write and speak about how warning signs (or cautions) are not effective at preventing mistakes, errors, and problems. See this recent post...

Oscars Viewership and Ratings: Unveiling the True Story Behind the Numbers...

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Ah, it's another year of the Academy Awards. And that means, not surprisingly, another year with news articles that don't show much understanding of...

Confetti Drops Early at Atlantic 10 Champion Game; Announcer Kevin Harlan...

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Earlier today, during the Atlantic 10 Conference men's basketball championship game between Duquesne and Virginia Commonwealth University (VCU), celebratory confetti briefly fell with 17:54...

500 Episodes and Growing: The History and Evolution of the Lean...

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Scroll down for how to subscribe, transcript, and more My guest for Episode #500 of the Lean Blog Interviews Podcast is me, your usual host...

Developing Coaching Skills: Mine, Yours, Ours, with Tracy Defoe [Webinar]

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Developing Coaching Skills: Mine, Yours, Ours VIEW NOW I'm excited to be hosting and moderating a new webinar that's part of the KaiNexus Continuous Improvement webinar...

Happy 5th Birthday to “Measures of Success,” Print Edition

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Today is the 5th anniversary of the release of my book Measures of Success: React Less, Lead Better, Improve More!! The book was originally...

Safety and Lean (“Flight Deck”) Featured in GE Aerospace Investor Day...

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You might still associate the "old GE" with Six Sigma, but under the leadership of CEO Larry Culp, the last five years, it's all...

Cultivating a Culture of Candor: Transforming Workplace Communication for Better Outcomes

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Does it Feel Better to Be Vulnerable or Candid in a Workplace? I've learned so much from Timothy R. Clark of the firm LeaderFactor, author...

A Better Question Than “Do You Have Any Questions?”

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Recently, I've heard an idea a few times that I'd like to share and discuss in this post. As I'm writing this, I can't...

Instead of Urging Your Employees to Be Brave, Help Them Feel...

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It's 9 p.m. in an operating room, just before the last procedure of a long day that had been full of delays. A nurse...

Shigeo Shingo & Norman Bodek on Learning From Mistakes, Including Shingo’s

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I'm currently working on a Mistake Proofing class for Karen Martin and TKMG Academy. Coming soon!! UPDATE -- AVAILABLE NOW. In the process of writing...
New Workshop: "From Noise to Knowledge" (Cincinnati & Toronto)Learn More
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