Mark Graban
Recent Posts
Webinar Preview: Cascading Strategy Through Hoshin Kanri
November 9, 2017On November 14th, we are excited to be hosting a webinar on Hoshin Kanri (aka Strategy Deployment) that will be presented by Craig...
If You’re Going to Set a Goal, Make it Big, Hairy, and Audacious
August 11, 2017Recently, I read this article by Quint Studer: “Set 'Big Hairy Audacious Goals'.” A “big hairy audacious goal,” as the author Jim Collins...
CI is Practiced at US News & World Report Best Hospitals
August 29, 2026Earlier this year, the magazine U.S. News & World Report announced their “best hospitals” list for 2016-2017. It’s a regular feature, which...
How We Use Kaizen and our Improvement Software to Get Better
August 29, 2026If you’ve been a subscriber to our KaiNexus Continuous Improvement Podcast, you might have noticed a small detail that changed (if you’re...
Preview of An Upcoming Webinar on Bottom-Up Improvement
February 20, 2017We love our customers at KaiNexus. We admire people who are driving a culture of continuous improvement in their organizations, and we...
How to Create a Control Chart for Managing Performance Metrics
October 15, 2019Recently, I presented a webinar titled "How to Manage Your Improvement Metrics More Efficiently and Effectively." You can watch the...
We Wish People Enjoyed Their Work More - Let's Work on That!
August 29, 2026Since the earliest days of my career, I’ve been fascinated by the reasons why people are upset with their jobs or are miserable at work....
Everyday Examples of the 8 Wastes of Lean
August 29, 2026Toyota famously changed automobile manufacturing forever by focusing on continuous improvement, particularly on the never-ending process of...
Why I'm So Excited About "Kaizen Live!" Next Month
April 11, 2017I guess I’m excitable. I recently wrote a post about how I’m excited about a change management workshop that I’m facilitating before our...

