If you're in Michigan, come join me and a great crew for the first annual Michigan Lean Consortium conference near Traverse City, Aug 10 and 11. You can learn more in this PDF: MI Lean Conference Agenda 2011 FINAL and you can register online here.
I'm on the advisory board for the MLC since I grew up in Michigan and have a lot of roots there, still. I'm also looking to learn about their Consortium so I can bring lessons learned back to Texas.
Highlights from the agenda include:
- Dr. Richard Zarbo — Sr. Vice President and Chair of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Henry Ford Health System
- Jeffrey Liker, Ph.D. — Professor of Industrial and Operations Engineering at the University of Michigan Author, Toyota Under Fire
and The Toyota Way
and 
I'll be participating in a Leadership Panel:
- G.S. Clarke, Founder, Clarke Consulting
- Mark Graban, author of Lean Hospitals
- Brian Jacobs, Ph.D., P.E., Assistant Professor, Department of Supply Chain Management, The Eli Broad of College Business, Michigan State University
- Ken LePage, Associate Vice President – Process Excellence St. Joseph Mercy Oakland Hospital, Trinity Health
- Ed Sosnowski, Program Manager—Open Solar, United Solar Ovonic
- Moderator: Debra Levantrosser Setman
Hope to see you there! Or, to the Texas readers… how can we do similar things here in Texas?
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Mark Graban is an internationally-recognized consultant, author, and professional speaker who has worked in healthcare, manufacturing, and startups. His latest book is Measures of Success: React Less, Lead Better, Improve More. He is author of the Shingo Award-winning books Lean Hospitals and Healthcare Kaizen, as well as The Executive Guide to Healthcare Kaizen. He also published the anthology Practicing Lean that benefits the Louise H. Batz Patient Safety Foundation, where Mark is a board member. Mark is also a Senior Advisor to the technology company KaiNexus.
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