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.
Review – The Toyota Way Fieldbook
The Lean Library
Here is a long overdue review of the book, The Toyota Way Fieldbook. I wrote the review following the format of The...
OK, So It’s Not the "Lean Travel" Blog
I know not everybody travels, so y'all might not be concerned about attempts to see lean (or NON lean) practices in the travel world....
Some Detailed NASA Standard Work
Spacewalkers complete work on space stationThe exact stat isn't in the article I linked to above, but I saw in a magazine at the...
Leadership and Lean Manufacturing: A Conversation with Jamie Flinchbaugh – LeanBlog...
Here is LeanBlog Podcast #6, the second part of my discussion with Jamie Flinchbaugh, co-author of The Hitchhiker's Guide to Lean. You can find...
A tale of two factories – China and U.S.
A tale of two factories - FORTUNEHere is an interesting piece from the latest FORTUNE magazine. The reporter visited two Tenneco Automotive plants...
When Ford Was A Startup
800-CEO-READ Blog: When Ford Was A Startup:Here's a post by Tom Ehrenfeld, a friend of the Lean Blog. He writes about a book...
Lean Isn’t Just About Cost — Healthcare
Kaizen and Lean Manufacturing thoughts | Gemba Panta ReiThanks to the Gemba blog. The article he linked to talks about the need to...
Dark Outlook for Non-Lean Car Makers
WSJ.com - Ford and Chrysler Show Dark Outlook For U.S. Car Makers
I received an email from a blog reader, Jack, from Tampa FL. I...
Womack’s Take on Ford
Jim Womack sent out one of his emails today, this time focused on Ford, with their termoil. Either he writes quickly or he...
Virginia Mason Production System
Oregon Health Forum - Events
Thanks to Andrea for this. Who is Virginia Mason and why does she have a production system? No, it's a...
Found On Road… Death Spiral
USATODAY.com - Ford to cut one-third of salaried staff, $5 billion in costs, stop dividendAs a guy who grew up in Michigan and around...
Value Stream Mapping Software
Another question to pose to you, the blog readers and lean folks:Does anyone have experience with "Value Stream Mapping Software"? I've been asked...
