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.
Intrinsic Motivation in Lean Leadership: Unpacking Daniel Pink’s TED Talk on...
I have been a big fan of the author Daniel Pink since I heard about his most recent book Drive: The Surprising Truth About...
Exceptional Efforts in Imperfect Circumstances – Celebrated or Lamented?
Here's a thought starter for a Monday morning - I'm looking forward to hearing your perspectives. A few weeks ago, I heard a leader...
Random iPad Thoughts and Questions
Yesterday was iPad debut day - the new product was in stores and was supposed to arrive to those who pre-ordered it via UPS....
No Joke: Lean Methods Applied by a Hockey Coach in Ontario
Unlike Thursday's joke, this is real. It's a video posted by the Association for Manufacturing Excellence (AME), featuring a full-time Lean professional, a "kaizen...
April Fool: A New Way to Learn Lean? Wii Lean!
Note: I edited the post title on April 3 to make it clear this was an April Fool's Joke. Comments posted by readers on...
A Lean Urban Legend/Myth Busted about Toyoda and Toyota Names?
Last month, in the midst of Toyota CEO Akio Toyoda's appearance in front of Congress, there was a little sidebar in the USA Today...
Steven Spear on High-Velocity Healthcare, Lean Lessons & Toyota’s Quality Crisis
Episode #87 is a discussion with a returning guest, Steven J. Spear, DBA, author of the outstanding book Chasing the Rabbit: How Market Leaders...
Dr. Deming – “More Relevant Than Ever”
Being a huge fan of Dr. W. Edwards Deming, especially so some 17 years after his death, I like any article that concludes with...
Dr. Don Berwick, Supporter of Lean Healthcare, to be New Obama...
Dr. Donald Berwick (bio), founder of the Institute for Healthcare Improvement, has reportedly named by President Obama to head Centers for Medicare & Medicaid...
NPR on the “End of the Line” at NUMMI and My...
Here's some Saturday morning listening... a story from yesterday's "All Things Considered" on the "End of the Line" at the NUMMI plant (the GM...
4 Complicated Words vs. 4 Easy Ones
My friend and guest blogger Liz Guthridge ("The Lean Communicator") would get a kick out of this.
I was at a meeting recently and a...
Apple & Microsoft – Please Move “Control-W”!!!!
I'm a very frequent computer user and I'm pretty good with the ole' shortcut keys, on both Mac and Windows (I'm bi-lingual).
I remember when...
