A single mistake affected 531 patients—not because people didn’t care, but because the system made it easy to fail silently. Listen: Check out all episodes on the My Favorite Mistake main …
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Mark Graban | Lean Leadership, Psychological Safety, Continuous Improvement
Author, Speaker, Consultant, Podcaster, Entepreneur - "The Mistakes That Make Us"
The Mistake of the Week Archives
Mistake of the Week is a short-form series from My Favorite Mistake that examines real-world mistakes across healthcare, business, and everyday life.
These stories are not about shaming individuals. They are about systems, leadership choices, and the presence or absence of psychological safety. Some mistakes are small and familiar. Others are tragic and irreversible. All of them offer lessons worth learning — if we are willing to look honestly and think systemically.