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.
An Overview of Deming’s Work
Investor's Business Daily: He Pointed Firms To Quality
For those of you not familiar with W. Edwards Deming, here is a nice overview article from...
Interview with Jim Womack, “The Machine That Changed The World” Revisited
Episode #19 of the Lean Blog Podcast brings the return of Jim Womack. Jim was sitting in Melbourne Australia, where he had been speaking...
In Inspectors We Trust?
U.S. Mint goof creates 'Godless dollars' - Boston.comThis isn't a political blog, so the intent isn't to debate if our U.S. currency *should* say...
How Toyota Can Save Your Life… At the Hospital
ChangeThis :: How Toyota Can Save Your Life...At the Hospital
The page linked to above (link now dead) has an essay I was invited to...
Lean Accounting Webcast Today, March 7
Real Numbers through Lean Accounting... The evolution of accounting in support of "lean" operationsThis webcast is not free ($79) but might be worth checking...
Old Gilbreth Studies in Health Care
The following comes from Jeff, a Lean Blog reader from Vermont:------------------------------------Love the blog...I look/read every day. Keep up the good work!You may have...
Why You Can Never Be Satisfied
Desperate to Cut Costs, Ford Gets Union's Help - WSJ.comHere's an example of why you can never be satisfied. A key to Toyota's...
Toyota’s Training Center
Toyota University Opens Admissions to Outsiders - WSJ.com
The headline is a bit misleading, it should say "Toyota Opens, Then Closes Admissions to Outsiders." The...
Creativity before Capital
Want to stop disease from spreading? Open a window - Yahoo! NewsWhat works best for stopping the spread of disease in a hospital?Negative pressure...
USPS: Not the Right Root Cause
Star-Telegram | 03/01/2007 | Long time, no see: Post offices hide their clocks
I can only imagine the discussion behind this move by the US...
China or Mexico? Is Lean an Alternative?
Winding Road » Archive » Japan Report: Toyota To Build 8th Plant In MS, But We Hear No. 9 Is Already In...
What you Learn by Just Observing
Recently, I spent a few days doing some current state assessment work with a healthcare billing environment. I spent my time shadowing employees,...
