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.
Maker’s Mark “Burning Platform”
Maker's Mark - History:
I saw this on the Travel Channel's "Made in America" show, about Maker's Mark Bourbon:
"1943
Bill Samuels, Sr. decided to create a...
GM’s Actual Ad Actually Lame
Here is the actual ad that ran during the game, after seeing the preview here. If you're reading this via RSS or a news...
GM’s Lame Superbowl Ad with a Depressed Robot
Kevin Meyer, over at Evolving Excellence, gets credit for finding this first -- GM's Super Bowl commercial:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oo0bXK7w7gA&ab_channel=Surfsidespringer
My comments, posted on Kevin's site:
Imagine if the...
Dell: Make or Buy?
Dell rings Bell to run US - Sunday Times - Times Online:It's a common phrase in the manufacturing world, the "make or buy" decision....
Does HR work for Employees or the Company?
Lean Blog: Lean Should be Better Supported by HRI got this email from a blog reader, name withheld:"I read your items about annual reviews...
More Education or a Better Process??
Fatal Dose: Ohio Girl is Killed By Medical MistakeHere is a sad story of a girl's death due to a hospital pharmacy mistake. ...
Lean and Growth
The Connecticut Post Online - Bridgeport plant powers up for militaryHere's an article that talks about a company using lean to support growth. ...
Toyota’s Evolution and Quality
Business Report - Toyota's gold standard status at top of quality pile takes a knock on 500 000 recalls:Here's an article that examines if...
Are Annual Reviews Killing Your Morale?
Deming listed the annual review process as one of the "deadly diseases" of management.
From this website:
"Evaluation of performance, annual review, merit rating.
nourishes short-term...
Learning from Super Bowl Coaches
In the Lead - WSJ.com
The WSJ wrote Monday about the leadership styles of Tony Dungy and Lovie Smith, the Super Bowl coaches for the...
Does Lean Increase Supply Chain Risk?
Coping With Disaster - 1/30/2007 - Manufacturing.NetHere's another article with the theme of how "just in time" (JIT) is too risky for supply chain...
Toyota’s First U.S. Plant
Press-Telegram - Toyota's Long Beach roots:Here's an article about Toyota's first U.S. plant, where they finished trucks in California:"Back in the early 1970s, the...
