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.
WSJ Online is Free Today
The online WSJ is free today, sponsored by Dell. I don't know how much of the old archive is open, but if you...
Saving Lives and Losing Them
After watching Michael Moore virtually melt down on CNN a few minutes ago, I had some thoughts...As I wrote about before, there are two...
Thanks to our Sponsors
I want to take a second to highlight our Lean Blog sponsors, particularly for those of you reading the free RSS feed. I...
Another Lean Textile Example
Maintaining a fat-free factory floorHere's a nice factory case study, once again in the textiles industry (just like this recent post). It's...
The Lean Toolbox: Where is the thinking cap?
By Bryan Lund:For the full article, click here for a PDF fileThe Lean toolbox is brimming with attractive tools and if you are like...
Prevention and Odds, Protecting Children with Lean Thinking
Thursday: Newer pools minimize risk of drain accidents, officials sayYou might have seen this heartbreaking story on the news, the 6 year-old girl who...
Womack & Defining Lean
Recently, I saw Jim Womack give two talks at the Global Lean Healthcare Summit. One was a talk that could have applied, about...
A Positive (Lean) Approach to Improving Healthcare
Better questions, wiser answers - The Washington TimesA "hat tip" to the curious cat for finding this excellent column by Clare Crawford-Mason, the producer...
Is China’s Chery Lean?
Article Link - Chrysler Picks a Chery
So Chrysler is going the route of importing inexpensive cars from China. The deal was signed, in China,...
Toyota Thinking is Hard to Copy
Dollars and Sense: Company leaders must drive innovationHere's a short and sweet commentary about the Toyota problem solving process, "Ohno Circles," and mention...
New Web Forum on Visual Management
Visual-Lean Institute Forums ~ View ForumDr. Gwendolyn Galsworth, a very popular guest on my Podcast, has a new web forum focused on visual management...
Art Smalley Webcast July 18th
IndustryWeek -- Prerequisites for Lean Success: Learning From Toyota Event RegistrationThis should be an excellent webcast, featuring Art Smalley. I'll be registering for...
