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.
Toyota Was Helped, not Hampered, by TPS During the Pandemic
A culture of learning makes the difference, not "low inventory"
Last year, I wrote a post that criticized those, including the Wall St Journal, who...
An Amazing Reframing of Failure, in Sports and at Work
I love this clip of John Amaechi (also embedded below), a former NBA player turned psychologist from England.
He's very wise, and I've...
At Toyota: Mistakes are OK, as Long as We Learn; Culture...
The book that I'm writing on learning from mistakes is not an academic research-driven project. My "field research" mainly consists of the 200 podcast...
How a Small Test of Change Can Prevent Bigger Mistakes –...
In the history of our KaiNexus continuous improvement webinar series, we've used a few platforms over time. We used WebEx for many years, but...
Jim Benson on The Collaboration Equation, His New Book
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My guest for Episode #463 of the Lean Blog Interviews Podcast is Jim Benson, the CEO...
Does Learning From Mistakes Mean It’s OK to Try Any “Dumb...
Elon Musk tweeted this yesterday: "Please note that Twitter will do lots of dumb things in coming months. We will keep what works &...
Professor John Grout, A Deep Dive On Mistake Proofing And Lean
My guest for Episode #462 of the Lean Blog Interviews Podcast is Professor John Grout, the former dean of the Campbell School of Business at Berry College...
The Official Cocktail of “My Favorite Mistake”: The Negroni Sbagliato
The cocktail called the "Negroni Sbagliato" is having a moment right now, as they say, as the result of this TikTok video. I don't...
“Habitual Excellence” with Lou Shapiro, CEO of the Hospital for Special...
Today, I'd like to share an interview that I did for the podcast series called "Habitual Excellence," which is presented by Value Capture.
I...
Psychological Safety as a Pre-Condition for Lean and Continuous Improvement
"Simply put, we cannot get to zero harm without psychological safety."
I wrote that as part of this page on the Value Capture website:
Psychological Safety and its...
Webinar by Dave Kippen: Mindfulness and Leading Lean
I'm sure I could be more mindful. To be honest, I'm not really sure what that means, though.
That's why I'm happy to have hosted...
Gauthier Duval on Kaizen Events, Organizational Development, and “Veryable” Labor
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My guest for Episode #461 of the Lean Blog Interviews Podcast is Gauthier Duval, the Director...
