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.
Diversity in Lean Thought is a Good Thing
Just a quick blog post for today... I recently did an online presentation for a student Lean club at Utah State University. It wasn't...
Start from Need: Why Lean Efforts Might Fail Without a Clear...
"One of the best predictors of Lean success might be whether your organization can clearly answer:
'Why are we doing Lean?'"
Taiichi Ohno, one of...
Porsche’s Lean Culture and Leadership?
Europe businessman of the year: Wendelin Wiedeking - Jan. 27, 2009:
It's nice to see Lean get such glowing praise in a mainstream publication like...
Perfecting Patient Care University – a review
By Dean Bliss I recently attended Perfecting Patient Care University, a 4-day...
Holy Overproduction, Batman!!
Lean Service Blog: Unsold cars
Hat tip to Rob and the Lean Service Blog for pointing out these online pictures of auto industry "overproduction." Storage...
LeanBlog Podcast #59 – Bob Miller Discusses the Shingo Prize for...
Episode #59 of the LeanBlog Podcast is here and our guest is Robert Miller, Executive Director of the Shingo Prize for Operational Excellence. We...
Lean Concepts at the Airport
I had my Lean goggles on at the airport last week and took two pictures of some Lean concepts in action.
First off is a...
A Review of "Lean Hospitals"
Training Within Industry - TWI Blog: Lean Book Review: Lean Hospitals by Mark GrabanBryan Lund, over at the TWI Blog has written a very...
Report: Toyota’s First Layoffs Since 1950??
Report: Toyota considers cutting 1,000 jobs - USATODAY.com
With the down economy, there had been much discussion about whether Toyota could continue it's "no layoffs...
No, Not Our Type of "Lean"
This ad in the Minneapolis/St. Paul airport caught my eye today (sorry for the blur, I was on a moving walkway...)This is probably not...
Relying on Memory Leads to Rework
Biden Takes Shot at Roberts for Flubbing Presidential Oath - First 100 Days of Presidency - Politics FOXNews.comOn Tuesday, Chief Justice John Roberts appeared...
Yes, We Can… but by What Method?
TRANSCRIPT: Obama's Inaugural Address:I guess this is a "mashup" of sorts... between Dr. W. Edwards Deming and President Obama...The President said yesterday, in his...
