December 3, 2025

Don Koeffer, smiling in a professional setting, with colleagues in the background discussing data charts.

How Don Kieffer Applies Toyota Thinking to Modern Knowledge Work

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Why do so many Lean efforts fail in offices, engineering, and executive work? In this episode, Don Kieffer explains why copying Toyota's rituals misses...

Mark Graban on Five NUMMI Tour Lessons That Still Define Lean ThinkingDecember 18, 2025
A comment on LinkedIn: Great Story!! I worked at NUMMI from 1988 until the plant closed in 2010. I started…
Mark Graban on Stop Comparing MLB Stats Year to Year: A Better Way to See Real TrendsDecember 5, 2025
That's a good point about analytics and "all or nothing" thinking. If defensive alignments and defensive athleticism are so effective…
Mark Graban on Stop Comparing MLB Stats Year to Year: A Better Way to See Real TrendsDecember 5, 2025
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Mark Graban on Gas Prices and Bad Metrics: Why Snapshot Comparisons Mislead UsDecember 2, 2025
Today, I heard on the news, "Gas prices are down 6 cents from last week, but are virtually unchanged from…
Mark Graban on AI as a Thought Partner in Kaizen: Small PDSA Tests and Real LearningNovember 13, 2025
Claude comment: I appreciate you sharing this post with me directly, Mark. As an AI system, I find your framing…

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