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.
Time Saving Software I Can Believe
For once, I'm not being cynical about software. Since a laptop crash, I've tried to prevent that from happening again. When you're...
Are you a "Lean Purist"?
5 Ways ERP Can Help You Implement Lean by Epicor Software Corporation Ok, that's a trick question. I hate labels like that. ...
What’s the Root Cause of This One?
I don't think I'm smart enough to figure out the root cause of this healthcare dysfunction. I went to the dentist this morning...
Level Loading City Water Use
Little Elm bans outdoor watering
I saw this on the local TV news this morning about a small North Texas town that has taken the...
We Need Lean, Not Cost Cutting
Guardian Unlimited Politics | Special Reports | Overseas transcription errors 'putting patients' lives at risk'It's not news that many hospitals are strapped for cash....
Great Exposure for the "Good News" DVD
Commentary - The Washington Times, America's NewspaperSyndicated columnist (and Fox News contributor) Cal Thomas has written an excellent column about the "Good News... How...
Root Causing the Offshoring of Jobs
I had an "ah-ha!" moment last night. I was reading a book during the NBA Finals (no point really watching closely until the...
Don’t Waste My Time
One of the main principles of Womack and Jones' "Lean Solutions" book is "don't waste my time." I had to teach a...
A Washington DC Lean Tour, Part 5 – Camden Yards, Early...
I got sidetracked from the DC lean tour. I'll wrap it up with this installment. The tour starts here, with Part 1. See all...
The Need for Lean Laboratories
Hospitals move to cut dangerous lab errorsHere is a free version of a WSJ article from last week. I know I've been posting...
Amazing Single Piece Flow MD Office
MedQIC - Patient-Centered Care Supported by an EHR
The link above (and this audio-video presentation with similar content) tell an amazing story of a private...
So More like Summer Camp than a Prison?
via Evolving ExcellenceFoxconn, the contractor that makes the iPods is being more specific now in their denials about employee mistreatment in China.Please check out...
