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.
Jim Baran on Value Stream Leadership and Lean Careers [Podcast]
LeanBlog Podcast #27 is the second part of two with Jim Baran, the Owner of Value Stream Leadership, a leading recruiting firm that specializes...
GM Does Teach Kaizen in the Standard Work Class
Detroit Free Press ForumsIn my previous post, I questioned if GM was teaching true "Standard Work" to reporters who came to their training center...
Toyota’s Convis Retires
Georgetown News-Graphic: NewsThis was already announced, so maybe his retirement has just now taken effect, Gary Convis, the former leader of the Toyota Georgetown...
Updated: GM Shows "Standard Work" to Journalists?
GM teaches writers to build it right each timeUpdated: GM *does* do some kaizen in the classWhat we call Lean or TPS, they...
Two L.A.M.E. Tales
Irony is Beautiful - TrumpetMasterWhy these stories are on a trumpet player message board is beyond me (thank you Google Alerts for finding the...
Jeff Liker on "Happy Cows"
FT.com / Business Life - In pursuit of happiness:Interesting quote from Jeff Liker in the Financial Times about TPS and an example of a...
A Collection of Lean Success Stories
Sometimes these stories come across the wire in batches, there's a flurry of positive Lean news this week: Pierce ablaze with ordersHere'...
What Deming Taught Toyota
managementwisdom.com
Many folks don't realize the relationship between Dr. W. Edwards Deming and Toyota. The link above shows some of the credit that Toyota gives/gave...
Error Proofing Cell Phone Calls
Cubicle Culture - WSJ.com:As the WSJ article mentions, my wife's purse sometimes calls me... her Blackberry sometimes calls me if she didn't put the...
“You’re Not Developing Your People,” says Norman Bodek
By Norman Bodek, PCS Press
Note: This originally appeared recently on the NWLean email list. This is re-printed with Norman's permission. Consider it a preview...
U.S. Army saving $2 Billion from LSS
Army ArticleWe've had a few posts about the LSS efforts of the military, including the Army and Air Force.Here's an article from the Army...
I’m Writing A Book!
Last week, in calling for "guest bloggers," I hinted at a "special project" that will be keeping me busy over the next few months.The...
