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.
Suboptimizing the New NHL Uniforms?
Penguins training Camp: Players say uniform changes all wet
I'm getting excited about the upcoming NHL season. I grew up a Red Wings fan, but...
Lean Thoughts on the UAW Striking GM?
Detroit News ArticleI'm too far removed anymore and I'm not sure if there's really a Lean story in any of this mess. Does...
Sounds Like Lean in Michigan
TOM WALSH: Custom vehicle builder Spartan Motors has a can-do cultureThe article doesn't mention "Lean," but it's nice to see a positive story coming...
TWI Webcast this Week
IndustryWeek : Foundations of the Toyota Production System: Establish Standardized Work & Sustain Your Lean Initiative with TWI TrainingI'm hoping to attend this online,...
Lean Baby Names?
Our friend and sometimes blogger Bill Hanover posted a comment a few days ago about the arrival of a baby boy - congrats. ...
"It’s Okay To Be The Boss"
I wrote about the "Ask Me Why" button last week and here's another one I've meant to write about for a while. ...
Looking for Muda in Hospitals
Institute for Healthcare Improvement ArticleThis article from the IHI talks about the need to find "muda" (waste) in hospitals. They say:"In the health...
5 Whys Survey Full Free-Form Responses
Following up again on the "5 Whys" survey, I'm still planning on going through and categorizing the analyzing the full responses, but I wanted...
Delegation is Not "Buck Passing"
The article isn't online, you'll have to join the club lucky enough (ahem) to fly American Airlines to read the gem of an article...
"An Organizational Accident"
'Chicago Way' is no way to run mass-transit system It's something I've written about before, about how the media and the public tend to...
Working 40 Minutes a Day?
Star-Telegram.com 09/03/2007 A closer look at four survey participants:There was a feature in the local paper a few weeks back about what...
Reader Question on VSM
Here's a question from Gerry, a blog reader:Once you do a 2 or 3 day Value Stream Mapping event, would you do another event...
