Mark Graban
Mark Graban is an internationally-recognized consultant, author, and professional speaker, and podcaster with experience in healthcare, manufacturing, and startups.
Mark's latest book is The Mistakes That Make Us: Cultivating a Culture of Learning and Innovation, a recipient of the Shingo Publication Award.
He is also the author of Measures of Success: React Less, Lead Better, Improve More, Lean Hospitals and Healthcare Kaizen, and the anthology Practicing Lean, previous Shingo recipients.
Mark is also a Senior Advisor to the technology company KaiNexus.
Doctor’s Office Raises Price Because They Can?
A common theme I've written about from the start of my blogging days is the Lean/Toyota notion that price is dictated by the market...
LeanBlog Podcast #92 – Mike Micklewright, Another Crisis
Episode #92 brings a returning guest, the always entertaining and thought-provoking Mike Micklewright. He is the author of a batch of two new books:...
“Lean Startups” in the Wall St. Journal
I've been really intrigued recently by the innovations in the "Lean Startup" movement. I've been reading Steve Blank's book The Four Steps to the...
Dr. Brent James at the Shingo Conference, Part 2 – His...
Last week, I published Part 1 of my notes about a breakfast talk by Dr. Brent James at the Shingo Prize Conference.
https://www.leanblog.org/2010/05/notes-from-dr-brent-james-at-the-shingo-prize-part-1/
One of the...
A Lean Healthcare Intro Video
A few weeks back, I was given the chance to preview a Lean Healthcare intro video from a Wisconsin firm called Optima. The video...
Notes from Dr. Brent James Teaching at the Shingo Prize Conference...
At last week's Shingo Prize conference, I was very excited to meet Dr. Stephen Covey (my podcast is here), but I was just as...
Passport “Processing Time” or Waiting Time?
I recently heard this on a cable news channel that was blaring in the airport:
"The current passport processing time is 3 to 6 weeks"....
New Book Gives Negative Review to Performance Reviews
Hat tip to the WSJ for their review of the new book Get Rid of the Performance Review!: How Companies Can Stop Intimidating, Start...
Lean Blog Podcast #91 – Interview with Dr. Stephen Covey on...
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Episode #91 is a very special one-on-one conversation that I had with Dr. Stephen Covey, recorded at the Shingo Prize Conference in Salt Lake...
Saturday Fun: Social Media on “The Office”
I know this is a blog about Lean, but if you're reading this, you might be somewhat hip to social media. That's such a...
Big News: Toyota and Tesla to Build Cars at NUMMI
Surprising news today from California... from the WSJ. Toyota and Tesla are partnering up!
Tesla Motors Inc. said it is partnering with Toyota Motors Inc....
Lean Blog Podcast #90 – Tim Turner on Toyota Kentucky (TMMK)...
Podcast #90 features Tim Turner, a team leader at Toyota's factory in Georgetown Kentucky (aka TMMK or Toyota Motor Manufacturing Kentucky). He is the...
