Mark Graban
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.
Beyond Discipline: You Can’t Punish Your Way to Perfection
For a long time, it's bothered me that organizations typically react to a mistake with punishment. This is even more annoying when the phrase...
Learning from Mistakes: An Operating Room Case Study on the Consequences...
This article caught my eye today, and it's a change of pace to think about and write about mistakes other than my own (and...
Owning Up to Mistakes: Reflections on Today’s Lean Podcast Episodes (Yes,...
We all make mistakes. I feel like I've made more mistakes than usual this week -- including a series of mistakes related to my...
What A Unicorn Knows: Interview With Authors Matt May & Pablo...
Joining us for Episode #469 of the Lean Blog Interview Podcast are Matt May and Pablo Dominguez, the authors of the new book What a Unicorn Knows: How Leading Entrepreneurs...
Webinar Recording: Introducing the Connections Between Habit Science and Continuous Improvement
I really enjoyed hosting the latest webinar in the KaiNexus Continuous Improvement Webinar Series:
Introducing the Connections Between Habit Science and Continuous Improvement
The recording is...
Super Bowl XLII: Experimenting with New Grass Proves Slippery for the...
This was a big mistake on the biggest stage for the biggest American sports league. I wouldn't say it ruined the game, but it...
Celebrating Love with a Lean Twist: Creative Ideas for Valentine’s Day
Reposted from 2014... It's Valentine's Day. I'll be on a flight home from Boston later, hoping to see my wife at least a little...
Alternative History: Toyota’s CEO Accelerates Lean Healthcare Improvement in the 2000s
Following up on my recent collaboration with ChatGPT ("Alternative History: GM Uses Lean to Remain #1 in the Auto Industry"), I also asked the...
When Burnout Turns to Moral Injury for Healthcare Clinicians
Here's a sad article from the New York Times... the article link should make it free to read for non-subscribers.
Doctors Aren't Burned Out From...
Jody Crane, MD: Lean in Emergency Medicine and Hospitals; 3 Big...
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Joining us for Episode #468 of the Lean Blog Interviews Podcast is Jody Crane, M.D. He's...
Alternative History: GM Uses Lean to Remain #1 in the Auto...
Updated May 2024: I worked with ChatGPT 4 to create a longer, hopefully better, version of the alternate history story here.
ChatGPT is still all...
Fall in Love with the Problem, not the Solution: In Entrepreneurship...
I'm looking forward to reading the new book by Uri Levine, the founder of Waze. It's titled:
Fall in Love with the Problem, Not the...
