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.

What Were the 10 Most Read LeanBlog.org Posts of the First...

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Thanks everybody for reading my blog here in 2021. And for listening to podcasts... oh so many podcasts. I released 24 "Lean Blog Interviews"...

Don’t Lie to Your Customer About Scores or Seats (or Anything)

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Back in 2014, I wrote a blog post about being annoyed by companies pressuring you to give good customer service scores in surveys: https://www.leanblog.org/2014/05/when-begging-for-customer-service-scores-hurts-customer-service/ I wondered,...

Revisiting My Interview of Paul O’Neill, Sr. From 2011

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It's been almost ten years and I've wanted to re-visit and re-share this interview that I was honored to do with Paul O'Neill back...

Amin Elhassan: It’s Not Enough to Be Right, How You Communicate...

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I've learned this lesson the hard way at times in my career: Having the right answer isn't enough if you can't lead people in...

Lean Six Sigma and Continuous Improvement from Railroads to Pageants: Allison...

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Scroll down for video, how to subscribe, transcript, and more My guest for Episode #419 of the Lean Blog Interviews Podcast is Allison Greco, an...

Lean Whiskey #28: Mistakes Make us Better (and Sometimes Make Whiskey...

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In Episode 28, Mark and Jamie begin by having our spouses pour mystery whiskeys for us. We don't know what they are when we...

Does Staying OSHA Compliant Really Keep a Company Lean?

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Today's post is written by my friends at Creative Safety Supply. They have been a long-time sponsor of the Lean Blog and I appreciate...

The Lean Journey (and Mass Vaccination Sites) at Munson Healthcare: Kaleb...

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Scroll down for video, how to subscribe, transcript, and more My guests for Episode #418 of the Lean Blog Interviews Podcast both work for Munson...

Celebrating Ten Years With KaiNexus! We Call This a KaiNex-iversary!

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I haven't done a "Throwback Thursday" post in a while, but I'm going to do something similar here on a Monday. Exactly ten years...

When the CEO is Leading the Health System Transformation, Great Things...

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You might not be a regular listener of the Habitual Excellence podcast, presented by Value Capture (and hosted by me). I hope you are......

Dr. John Kenagy on Adaptive Design Kata: An Improvement and a...

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Scroll down for video, how to subscribe, video, transcript, and more My guest for Episode #417 of the Lean Blog Interviews Podcast is John W....

Should We Blame “Just in Time”​ or “Short-Term Thinking”​ for Supply...

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A version of this originally appeared on LinkedIn -- Read and/or see the discussion that's been sparked there. So many major publications (WSJ, NYT, Bloomberg) have printed...
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