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.
Thoughts on Driving a Prius
Car Keys Could Go the Way of Tail Fins - New York Times
So I've finally become a Toyota driver, driving an employer-provided Prius for...
Toyota’s Convis to Retire
Press Named to Toyota Board - The Car ConnectionToyota's Gary Convis, a leader who I have admired greatly, is retiring in June:Toyota also announced...
An Important Application of Personal Kaizen
Comprehensive Drug & Alcohol Treatment Facility is First of its Kind in the StateFormer classmate and blog reader Chris and I always used to...
Jim Press to be named Toyota Director
asahi.com : Toyota to name first foreign directorCongratulations to Jim Press: Toyota Motor Corp., seeking to add an international flavor to its management, will...
A Non-Lean Management Style
I know the WSJ is making a joke and satirizing it, but here's a classic example of non-Lean management to share. How would...
Lean & Six Sigma Traps to Avoid
Article LinkThanks to Ron for sending this article my way. Check out his excellent blog post on the difference between being fast and...
Nice Lean Healthcare Overview
Business Report - Toyota production system has the cure for the industry's illsMuch of the material in this summary, by a professor who teaches...
LeanBlog Podcast #22 – Allan Wilson, CEO of “Factory Logic” (Acquired...
Episode #22 of the Podcast is a discussion with Allan Wilson, CEO of Factory Logic, a software company that was acquired by SAP late...
Yay! Lean is Popular
IndustryWeek : Ranking Continuous Improvement MethodsAccording to a recent survey of 745 companies, 40.5% of them say they are using Lean as a continuous...
Job Opportunity with the "Dell Lean Model"
Lean opportunities coming to Central TexasI've been critical of folks who lump Dell into the "lean" world, since Dell hasn't really done much according...
Free Peeks into Lean Books
lean - Google Book SearchA friend just tipped me off to this Google feature, the ability to view limited pages from books, including a...
Not such a "Lean" Plant Tour
Since I've been working exclusively in healthcare for almost two years, I haven't been in too many factories lately. I was excited to...
