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.
Toyota’s Buyouts and New Leadership
Taking the Wheel as Toyota Skids - NYTimes.comToyota's Cost Cutting Plan to Include Buyouts for Factory WorkersToyota famously has avoided layoffs of permanent employees...
Your Own Process and People, not the Internet
I get sort of tired of seeing questions like this on the internet (on the Yahoo Group for Healthcare Management Engineers):Just wondering if anyone...
Waste in the Stimulus Bill Process?
I try to keep apolitical here, so I'm not necessarily looking for discussion of what might be viewed as "waste" (meaning wasteful spending) in...
Articles about Lean in Healthcare
Part of the MoveToHealthcare.com series:
Collections:
Resources area of the Healthcare Value Network site
Whitepapers from Avera McKennan hospital (SD)
Articles:
Balle, Michael. Lean as a Learning System in...
Today’s Random Cheap Shot Against Lean
In-flight food: Heaven or hell on a tray? - CNN.comThanks to Pierre-Yves for pointing this out... I don't understand how Lean even came up...
Lean Healthcare Job Boards
Part of the MoveToHealthcare.com series:
Lean Healthcare Job Boards and Postings
Institute of Industrial Engineers / Society for Health Systems
Note: To suggest or add more links,...
LeanBlog Podcast #61 – Norman Bodek, on the Super Meister System...
Norman Bodek is once again back for episode #61 of the LeanBlog Podcast, talking about his discovery of a unique system in Japan, at...
Lean Thoughts: Feb 12
Not Jack Handey's "Deep Thoughts" ... more like Larry King's old USA Today column... it's Lean Thoughts for Feb 12, 2009... the byproduct of...
WWII Propaganda Posters for Employee Ideas
Browse Posters - George Marshall Foundation
I love old WWII Posters, particularly the production posters aimed at helping the war effort. As much as Dr....
Of Course Inventories are Swelling in Long, Slow Supply Chains
Firms Race To Regain Control Over Inventories - WSJ.comWith the dramatically slowing global economy, it's no surprise that companies and supply chains are getting...
Sorry for the Glitch…
Thanks to those who reported it... my blog main page was not displaying properly for those of you using Internet Explorer this morning. The...
100 Best Business Books of All Time?
Business list mixes Covey with Seuss - JSOnline
There's a new book I saw at the airport the other day, a compilation of short summaries...
