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.
Starting the New Year with Global Leadership Resolutions: Building a Foundation...
During Katie Anderson's #JapanStudyTrip this past November, a participant shared an observation with me that resonated deeply:
"The biggest challenge is our blame culture. It's...
Why Start the New Year with Blank Charts?
Charts like this always make me wonder why we throw away the additional context of data from 2016 when we start the 2017 chart.
It's unlikely that January 1st in any given year is the magical creation of a new system or a new process. In other words, January 2017 was likely the same process as December 2016. The annual cutoffs are arbitrary. Sure, people are accustomed to thinking in annual cycles, but is this helpful for improvement?
Gemba Claus is Comin’ to Town! [An Original Song]
Here's a musical holiday treat for my regular Lean Blog readers and podcast listeners, a song parody, initially released in 2009, and then remastered...
Process Behavior Charts: The Christmas Tale / Le Conte de Noël...
Two years ago, I received an unexpected and incredibly specific Christmas gift from Charles Desneuf on LinkedIn. He wrote a PDF eBook about Process...
What Were the 10 Most Read LeanBlog.org Posts of the Second...
Thanks, everybody, for reading my blog here in 2024. And for listening to podcasts... oh so many podcasts.
This blog post is the annual "year-end"...
Why Process Behavior Charts are the Best Way to Visualize (and...
I'm all for visualizing data and performance measures in the form of a chart. Charts are far better visuals than "bowlers" or "bowling charts,"...
Visuals vs. Visual Management: Key Differences Explained with Real-World Examples
Are "visuals" and "visual management" the same thing? Are "visuals" always Lean, necessarily? In this post, I talk about the differences using an example from a hospital and my car's dashboard.
Nominate a Weezie’s Angel Healthcare Hero for Patient Safety and Outstanding...
In 2014, The Louise Batz Patient Safety Foundation developed the Weezie's Angel Healthcare Hero Award in honor of Louise Batz, who was lovingly called...
Preview of Mark Graban’s AME Australia “Road Show” in 2025; Improving...
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Welcome to this bonus session of the Lean Blog Interviews Podcast, originally recorded as a LinkedIn...
When the Grocery Store’s Christmas Spirit Confused a Lean Thinker (and...
Quick Reminder: Don't forget the LinkedIn Live event that Elisabeth Swan, Karen Martin, and I are doing tomorrow on the topic of visual workplaces,...
A LinkedIn Live Event on Visual Workplaces & Lean Management [Recording]
The recording is available now...
How this was promoted:
Join us for an unscripted (improvisational?!) Lean LinkedIn Live Talk Show on the Visual Workplace. Mark...
Global Giveaway: Enter to Win a Signed Copy of “The Mistakes...
I'm doing another book giveaway contest -- enter to win a signed paperback copy of my book The Mistakes That Make Us: Cultivating a...
