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 Handwashing in Healthcare from David Mann
Some good discussion was raised in my original post, where I was thinking out loud about what Lean management methods you should use to...
L.A.M.E.: Thinking Lean = "Zero Inventories"
When inventory is not waste - The Manufacturer.com
It's unfortunate that one of the early (1983) popular books about lean (or "just in time," as...
100% is the Only Goal for Hospital Hand Hygiene
Ledger-Enquirer | 03/27/2007 | Campaign's goal is to reduce infections
To those who might have thought I overstated the situation with hand washing in hospitals,...
Training Within Industry Article
IndustryWeek : TWI Promotes Quick Training, Standard WorkHere's an article about the Training Within Industry program, a key foundation of the Toyota Production System.The...
Industry and Health Insurance
Heath Care - New York TimesLong, but interesting, piece in the Sunday Times about the history of how we got to the point of...
Greatest Asset, My…
Circuit City's harsh layoffs give glimpse of a new world
First off, Circuit City is not a "Lean" company. So when people ask "is Lean...
Challenges to "Respect for People"?
UAW, Toyota workers to talkWe often talk about Toyota and "respect for people" as one of their main pillars. I'm sure most of...
Mark on the “Better Process” Podcast
PodcasterNews - Industry Report Mark and Dwight for a Lean RoundtableI am appearing again on Ken Rayment's "Better Process" Podcast, the link is above.In...
Workers, Supervisors, and Respect
The End of the Line as They Know It - New York TimesThe link above is an article about "Detroit Three" employees taking voluntary...
Say "No" to Bad Drug Stores
The Blotter: ABC Report on Pharmacy ErrorsI first stumbled across this 20/20 report when I saw a preview on the ABC investigative reports video...
My Bitchin’, Toyota
With apologies to the band the Dead Milkmen and their song "Bitchin' Camaro." Note the comma in my title, though.It's ironic that my...
Quote from "Getting the Right Things Done"
So after getting such strong recommendations about the book from Norman Bodek and, then today, from Dwight Bowen, I finally started reading "Getting the...
