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.
Lean is not "Mean"
For a lean, mean machineHere's another journalistically-lazy reference to "lean and mean," this time in an announcement for an Intro to Lean seminar in...
Ford’s Mulally meets with Toyota
NY Times: Ford and Toyota Chiefs Met in Tokyo
MSNBC: Ford's Mulally signals co-operation with Toyota
In the NY Times today... apparently they fired up Mark...
More on Mulally’s First Impressions as the New CEO of Ford...
Here's what jumped out at me from Friday's WSJ articles on Alan Mulally: his "war room" and his "first impressions." (both articles require paid...
Mulally’s Early Lean Leadership at Ford
By Dan Markovitz, Timeback Management(Mark's note... Dan has been a unofficial, yet very welcome, contributor to the blog for a few weeks now. ...
Error-Proofing Enhances Quality
Society of Manufacturing EngineersCatching up on some old links and articles I never did get around to publishing... here's a good overview of...
New book from the LEI
New Hybrid Book Takes a 'Novel' Approach to Strategy Deployment: Financial News - Yahoo! FinanceHas anyone read the new book from the Lean Enterprise...
More on Toyota’s Jump to #1
Not breaking news, but more article about Toyota's expected leap to #1 in global auto sales in 2007.The NY Times and the International Herald...
Great Post on Evolving Excellence
The Idiot Grinch of Fake LeanI know a lot of you probably also read the Evolving Excellence blog, but be sure to check out...
Appointments and Wasting the Customer’s Time
No, I'm not complaining about the old "4 hour window" for service appointments. I ran into a new type of waste this morning.I...
Financiers Discover that Manufacturing Lives
How Financiers Pursue Profit At Skidding Auto-Parts Maker
Here's another article in the WSJ's "Wow, we still build stuff here" series (my unofficial title). This...
Last Day for the Challenges Contest
Today is the last day to enter the contest, see more details here.If you'd like to enter, you have until 5 PM central time.Happy...
