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.
Two Types of Cycle Time = Confusing
This blog post started as a parenthetical comment about cycle time in my last blog post from this morning. But the parenthetical grew out...
‘Takt Time’ for Apple’s App Store and for Healthcare
Sunday, I read this New York Times article about Apple's "App Store" for the iPhone and iPod Touch (I've been a pretty happy iPhone...
Jerry Jones is NOT a Lean Thinker, Apparently?
Giant video board in new Cowboys stadium causes problems for Titans punter - The Huddle - USATODAY.com
Are you ready for some football????
OK, so nobody...
LeanBlog Podcast #73 – Doug Burgess, Xerox
Episode #73 is a conversation with Doug Burgess, Senior VP of Corporate Lean Six Sigma for Xerox.
We talk about the Lean Six Sigma approach...
All of the Fox News ThedaCare Videos
Here are all of the videos, embedded from Fox News. Click here for a page with summaries of each.
As of October 2011, you can...
ThedaCare News Coverage & More from Fox News
This is a big day for Lean in healthcare, as here is a link to FoxNews.com with five longer videos about ThedaCare and their...
ThedaCare and Lean to be Featured on Fox News
Tune in TONIGHT, Friday August 21, 10 PM on Fox News Channel. See my blog post about the links to online video at FoxNews.com.The...
Q&A #2 – Michael Balle, "The Lean Manager" – Nursing
I recently invited questions for Michael Balle, the author of the Shingo Prize winning book The Gold Mine: A Novel of Lean Turnaround. He...
Report: Toyota to Shut NUMMI in March
Toyota to end output at GM jv plant in March: report | ReutersThe WSJ reports that Toyota is going to decide by the end...
NPR Mocks Starbucks Improvement Efforts, But I Wouldn’t…
Panel Round II: Wait, Wait : NPR
It's unfortunate that NPR's "Wait, Wait, Don't Tell Me" show would mock Starbucks and their Lean efforts, as...
Guest Post: Big K vs. Little k
By Matt Wrye: Big K vs. Little k has different meanings depending on what you are talking about. In baseball, big K...
Lean Healthcare Success in Albany NY
Area hospitals make strides in quality of care -- Page 1 -- Times Union - Albany NYThe CEO of a health system in New...
