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.
American Airlines and Employee Input
NPR : American Airlines 'Insources' Maintenance Work
Thanks to my friend Amber for passing this along. It's too bad that management can't empower the customer-facing...
Lean as a Learning System
lean as a learning system hospital ward - Google SearchI hope those of you reading won't consider this to be a "healthcare only" paper....
Intro to Deming Video
I've been doing a lot of re-reading (and some fresh reading) of the concepts of W. Edwards Deming recently. I've decided April will be...
Russia: Not the Right Root Cause
SignOnSanDiego.com > News > World -- Russia probes claims medics tied toddlers to bedsI hope nobody finds this to be too insensitive of an...
Summary: Remaking American Medicine
Andrew Castle, a lean healthcare consultant in the UK, generously offered up this summary of the 4-part PBS documentary series. It's a long...
Lean and Green
Global shipping must curb 'unchecked' pollution: study - Yahoo! NewsHere's yet another reason to consider keeping production close to your customers and using Lean...
LAME: Lean is Not Automation
Here's another example of what you might call "L.A.M.E" ("Lean" As Misguidedly Executed) instead of "Lean."I received a disturbing report in my email inbox...
The Autonomation-Mobile?
Here is the YouTube video of a curious Toyota ad. You might know that the phrase "autonomation" comes from Toyota and means "automation with...
A Lean Guy Reads the WSJ
Gourmet Coffee Becomes The Latest Office Perk - WSJ.comHere's another installment of "A lean guy reads the Wall Street Journal." It's fun sometimes...
New Job Posting
Process Improvement Manager / Lean LeaderWe're still experimenting with people posting jobs on the LeanBlog Message Board. There's a new job posted, click...
Getting the Right Things Done
IndustryWeek : How To Practice Hoshin KanriHere is a summary of a book published recently by the LEI. I recorded a podcast interview...
"Sum" or "Some"??
I saw this great phrase the other day, it's eventually going to end up in a white paper I authored (with some ghostwriter/editor help)...
