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.
Visual Control for Beer
Coors New Cold Activated Bottle Campaign uses Chromazoneâ„¢ Chill 'n' Reveal InkMmmmmm.....beer. I'm not sure if this was really necessary, but here's a...
The "Leaders Production System"??
Random thought for the week: You always hear "we're not Toyota, we don't build cars, etc. etc." in context of making excuses for...
China Sourcing "Potential Strategic Trap"
Boston Consulting Group StudyIt took a major strategy firm and some "simulations" to convince some folks that transporting manufactured goods from China can be...
Kevin Meyer Podcast Follow Up
Kevin Meyer, in our Podcast interview, mentioned his upcoming moderation of a panel at the Manufacturing Business Conference at Northwestern's Kellogg School.Now, Kevin has...
TWI Approach to Scooping Ice Cream
Following up my earlier post about instructions for scooping ice cream, and key points, a blog reader , Bryan Lund submitted this commentary. ...
The Need for Lean Healthcare: ER
Portrait of an ER at the Breaking Point - Newsweek HealthHere is an incredibly sad case study of an Emergency Room that's a mess......
Toyota’s Huge Profits and a "Dark Side?"
Detroit News: Toyota posts $14B profitCatching up on the news from last week."We believe our continuous efforts have steadily contributed to our record...
LeanBlog Podcast Survey
As the LeanBlog Podcast reaches its 25th episode, I wanted to get some feedback from the listeners. About 1000 people download each Podcast, which...
Not Neatness for Neatness Sake
MSN Careers - Is a Messier Desk Better?
I was going to blog about this book before and Dan Markovitz had beaten me to it....
Cleaning out the Lean Blog Backlog
I'll probably start this as a weekly or monthly feature, publishing the links and articles that I tuck aside as "drafts" but never end...
Will the Chrysler Deal be Good for Lean?
You have probably read the basic news story on the Chrysler buy out deal (check out the latest on the Detroit News Auto Insider...
Are YOU Looking to Get Started?
Shop Management Lean Manufacturing - The Lean Question: How Soon Can I Get Started? - 04/07From the not-so-widely read "Moldmaking Technology" magazine (no offense...
