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About Mark Graban

Mark Graban is an author, speaker, and consultant, whose latest book, The Mistakes That Make Us: Cultivating a Culture of Learning and Innovation, is available now.

He is also the author of the award-winning book Lean Hospitals: Improving Quality, Patient Safety, and Employee Engagement and others, including Measures of Success: React Less, Lead Better, Improve More.

He serves as a consultant through his company, Constancy, Inc, and is also a Senior Advisor for the technology company KaiNexus.

Mark hosts podcasts, including “Lean Blog Interviews” and “My Favorite Mistake.”

Education: B.S. in Industrial Engineering from Northwestern University; M.S. in Mechanical Engineering, and M.B.A. from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology’s Leaders for Global Operations Program.

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In this episode, host Mark Graban reflects on 250 episodes, sharing a few clips, admitting a few mistakes, and telling a few stories.

Kevin Harrington episode

Mark Teich episode

Rep. Will Hurd episode

Rep. Adam Smith episode

Sofie Roux episode

Tom Peters episode

Video of Karyn Ross and her suitcase

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