Mark Graban
Recent Posts
How to Evaluate the Success of a Continuous Improvement Department
February 11, 2020We love answering questions in our "Ask Us Anything" video series, but sometimes we get questions that are best answered in a blog post.
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How a Lean Adoption Strategy for Public Schools Applies to Everyone
August 28, 2026I’m excited to be giving a preview of a webinar that Harry Kenworthy is going to be presenting for us on February 19th.
The title of that...
What the KaiNexus Team Saw and Heard Visiting a Toyota Plant
February 11, 2020As I wrote about last month, the entire KaiNexus team was excited to have the chance to visit and tour the Toyota truck factory in San...
What the KaiNexus Team Expects to See When We Visit Toyota
January 16, 2018Later this week, the entire KaiNexus team is meeting in Austin for our bi-annual team meeting (we have team members in the Dallas area and...
What to do After a Kaizen Event so Improvement Doesn’t End
March 26, 2026I think we’ve all heard stories about “backsliding” or a lack of sustainment after formal Kaizen Events. When we plan and conduct a Kaizen...
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...
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...

