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.
No Loyalty or Responsibility from Dell – Don’t Call Them "Lean"
Dell to close Austin plant, cutting more than 800 jobs | Statesman Business Blog
I'm angry. I try not to blog when I'm angry, so...
Inventor-itis, Not Inventory-itis
IndustryWeek Article about the Book | Subscribe to IndustryWeekAmazon Link: Overcoming Inventoritis: The Silent Killer of InnovationWhen I first read this headline,...
Review: Shingo’s Kaizen and the Art of Creative Thinking
By Ralf Lippold, Leipzig Germany:Kaizen and the Art of Creative Thinking - The Scientific Thinking MechanismHow does it contribute to the lean knowledge base?Shigeo...
Reader Question: Getting Operators on Board
I got this question on the Lean Board, thought it was worth sharing to the bigger audience here.
Anyone have any success stories on extremely...
A Home Kanban System – Toilet Paper & Paper Towels
In the course of my consulting work, I'm sometimes asked something like, "OK, so do you use this stuff at home? Do you 5S...
LeanBlog Podcast #39 – Jeff Liker on His Book Toyota Culture,...
Here is LeanBlog Podcast #39, once again featuring Dr. Jeffrey Liker, Professor of Industrial and Operations Engineering at the University of Michigan. Dr. Liker...
Safety, Quality (Starts), Delivery (to the Plate), and Coaches
Coaches grousing over mandatory helmets : Rockies : The Rocky Mountain NewsHappy Opening Day to baseball fans out there. I grew up a huge...
Lean or ‘L.A.M.E.’ in a Hospital?
To build a better hospital, Virginia Mason takes lessons from Toyota plantsA number of you emailed me about the above article that was featured...
Linkedin.com Lean Networking
I don't know how many of you are LinkedIn users, but I've found it to be a very helpful and professional networking tool. If...
This UPS Ad Has it Backwards
Time to pick on UPS again (see the "UPS" link at the bottom of the post)... Has anyone else seen the UPS "whiteboard" ad...
A True Story, Best I Can Tell
I know this sounds like the stuff of urban legend, but I had someone tell me this story today, someone with no real interest...
Cleaning Out the LeanBlog Backlog – March 27
Sometimes, I have a collection of news stories or links that I either don't have time to blog about, assume you don't have time...
