I know it is not typical to publish acknowledgments separately, outside of the book and in a public forum. But, it is important for me t...

Hoshin kanri is a Japanese word for strategy deployment . It literally translates to mean “compass management.” It is the process of i...

Last month, shortly after my blog on the “Lean Self”, my friend and mentor Mark Graban posted a comment to that blog. This was unusual.  Us...

You all can breathe again! Mark Graban's Lean Hospitals, 3rd Edition is now available. The fact that there is a 3rd edition speaks volu...