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.
Reducing Paper Waste
GreenPrint's green princeA core component of Lean thinking is the reduction or elimination of waste. Waste is sometimes defined as anything beyond the...
The NBA Not Involving Its Employees Regarding the New Ball?
NBA NOTES: Stern says NBA dropped ball
A key aspect of the Lean Manufacturing mindset is involving and empowering your employees. This is necessary whether...
Shop Amazon.com for the Holidays
If you're shopping on amazon.com for the holidays, you can support the Lean Blog by visiting Amazon through one of the links on the...
Waddell Indicts Prison Labor Managers
Evolving Excellence: If We Weren't All Crazy, We'd Go InsaneBill Waddell hasn't been blogging much lately, but he hits the nail right on the...
TV’s Made in the USA
Olevia opens U.S. LCD and LCos Assembly Plant at Digital Pipeline
I was reading an article in the NY Times today about a downturn in...
Livonia’s not Lean-vonia
As Auto Prosperity Shifts South, Two Towns Offer a Study in Contrasts - New York Times
Here's a free Detroit News version of the article....
Quality of Work and Service, Part 2
Phoenix: Pizzeria Bianco - Traveler Reviews - Pizzeria Bianco...Very Stressful.. - TripAdvisorI wrote the other day about the wonderful high quality food at Pizzeria...
Chrysler’s Overproduction
Chrysler's OT shifts baffle analystsIt's "waste of overproduction" day on the Lean Blog. Here is an article about Chrysler, where analysts are baffled...
GM to back off on Incentives
Via Google News ArchiveAuto incentives... bribing people to buy the car they didn't exactly want, but you built anyway."As part of General Motors'...
Lean Manufacturing in China: Opportunities and Challenges – LeanBlog Podcast Featuring...
Update 12/17: Click here for part 2 of the Womack podcast.
LeanBlog Podcast #12 brings us a special guest, James P. Womack of the Lean...
Quality of Work, Quality of Service
I've been reading the book Managing The Professional Service Firm by David Maister, which is targeted toward the management of professional firms: consulting,...
Driven a Ford Lately? I Won’t Be
Maybe it was karma or fate after I've been giving Ford execs a hard time, but I rented a LOUSY Ford Mustang over the...
