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.
The 20 Things a Supervisor Should Not Say
Thanks to Charlie P. for sharing this gem from the now out of print book:
40 Years, 20 Million Ideas: The Toyota Suggestion System ...
Weekend Fun: Saving "Some" Jobs
Obama Promises To Stop America's S***ty Jobs From Going Overseas | The Onion - America's Finest News SourceReplace "some" in my post headline with...
Lean.org’s Connection Finder
Connection Finder - betaI wanted to point out this Lean networking resource, if you haven't seen it. The Lean Enterprise Institute has a "Connection...
"JIT" As A Cause of Delayed Shipments?
"Just in Time" so often gets a bad rap. People blame "JIT" for all sorts of problems, when it's often a problem with how...
Internal Competition Hurts Teamwork? Duh!
Retailers Reprogram Workers In Efficiency Push - WSJ.comThis is more of a Deming philosophy article than a "Lean article" since the retailer in question...
Taking Responsibility for Mistakes – On the Field, and Off
Wildcats know they have room to improve -- chicagotribune.comThose of you who know me recognize me as a diehard Northwestern Wildcats fan. Yes, it's...
Exactly Right, the Detroit Three Aren’t Hampered by Idiots
Business World - WSJ.com -- How to Save Detroit And $50 Billion:
The Holman W. Jenkins, Jr. column "Business World" in the WSJ is normally...
5S Will Help You Fight Monsters?
I'm traveling and will probably be away from the blog through Sunday unless something really big happens in the Lean world. I have a...
Can Lean Hurt a Hospital Financially?
Health care fix a joint effort | Postcrescent.com | Appleton Post-Crescent:I'm happy to announce a future podcast with John Toussaint, release date TBD. If...
A “Lean Gamble” for This Company???
Lean gamble has paid off for United Southern Industries
I hate to criticize anyone who's been really successful with Lean.
The worst thing I can...
IndustryWeek Webcast on A3 Reports by Prof. Durward Sobek
IndustryWeek : A Primer on A3 Reports: Better Thinking for Stronger Organizations
I can understand the appeal of A3 reports... putting all of the relevant...
Lean at Ariens – Cost *and* Value
Ariens Co. clears a path for 75 years | Appleton Post-Crescent
Considering Ariens was an inspiration for one of the leading Lean hospitals (ThedaCare), that's...
