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.
Webinar Preview: Burn Your Ships! (And Full Webinar Recording)
Recently, KaiNexus and I hosted another webinar in our free series and I hope you were able to join us.
Taryn Davis, of the firm...
Episode #5 of the “Lean Whiskey” Podcast (With Guest Host Paul...
Hi, it's episode 5 of our "Lean Whiskey" podcast where we mostly talk about Lean and maybe chat just little bit about whiskey.
Joining...
“Outcomes for Human Systems…” — A Conversation With Barry O’Reilly
Back in March, I was able to have Barry O'Reilly, author of the excellent book Unlearn as a guest on my Lean Blog Interviews...
On the Recent Passing of Two American Auto Industry Legends: Lee...
Lee Iacocca, the former CEO of Chrysler, passed away on July 2.
Ross Perot, founder and former CEO of EDS, also passed away a...
I Haven’t Been Following the Best Standardized Work for This Daily...
"The way we've always done it" doesn't mean that's the right way or the best way to do something.
One of my daily habits is...
What Were the 10 Most Read LeanBlog.org Posts of the First...
Thanks everybody for reading my blog here in 2019! It's been an interesting year on the blog, as usual, and I appreciate you taking time out...
The One Word I Kept Hearing at Wineries in Spain and...
I'll get right to it. The word:
"Experiment."
Well, I also heard "experiments" and "experimenting," but you get the idea.
As I've blogged about before, my wife...
The One Thing That Almost Messed Up the First Moon Landing...
This past Saturday was, of course, the 50th anniversary of the first moon landing. It still puzzles me why mankind hasn't been back on...
Leadership as Defined and Depicted so Well by a Normandy War...
Regular readers will realize I've been away from the blog a lot this month. I was fortunate to get away for two weeks of...
Episode #4 of the “Lean Whiskey” Podcast: Nikka, Performance Reviews, KPIs,...
After the last episode that had the first guest host (Chris Burnham), I'm once again joined by Jamie Flinchbaugh for another "Lean Whiskey" podcast.
In...
Embracing and Helping Surgeons Accept Change — Instead of Blaming &...
Here is an article that caught my eye recently, from HBR:
"How One Health System Overcame Resistance to a Surgical Checklist"
Seeing the word "resistance" always...
A Lack of Standardized Calendars Contributes to my Scheduling Mistake
My wife recently had some work meetings in Louisville, Kentucky and she had a great idea... "Why don't you fly here on Thursday night...
