MARK. GRABAN

Mark Graban has helped organizations improve for more than twenty-five years, in settings including manufacturing, healthcare, and software companies.He previously wrote or co-authored Lean Hospitals, Healthcare Kaizen, Practicing Lean, and, most recently, Measures of Success: React Less, Lead Better, Improve More.Working independently as a professional speaker and consultant, Mark is also a senior advisor to the technology company KaiNexus.He hosts multiple podcasts, including Lean Blog Interviews (started in 2006) and My Favorite Mistake (2020). Mark earned a BS in Industrial Engineering from Northwestern University and both an MS in Mechanical Engineering and an MBA from the MIT Sloan Leaders for Global Operations program. He and his wife, Amy, live wherever her career takes her.