Graban, Mark

Mark Graban was an early blogger in the Lean community, publishing Leanblog.org. He was a recipient of the Shingo Publication Award for his book, Lean Hospitals.

Mark was one of the first people to create a specialty version of Lean, applicable to the healthcare industry. He is a consultant, speaker, and writer.

In addition to his work on healthcare, Mark coined the term L.A.M.E or “Lean as misguidedly executed”. It is meant to stress the frequency at which certain teachings of Lean are misapplied and get harmful results.