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.
GE Can Really Help Spread Lean
IndustryWeek : Driving Incremental Value Through Lean Six SigmaGE did so much to help popularize Six Sigma, will they do the same for Lean?...
Improving Jet Boarding Times – Capital or Creativity?
DenverPost.com - United debuts new jet bridgeI've always wondered why more airlines didn't board/de-plane from the front AND back of the plane. I...
Microsoft Pushing Lean
Microsoft: Lead and sustain lean manufacturing transformations enterprise-wideI was surprised to see last week that the blog is getting a lot of traffic from...
Lack of Clear Visual Controls and Training in the NFL
After Saban's late flag, Steelers roll
Did you see the Steelers/Dolphins game last night? It probably didn't impact the final score, but there was...
Discipline and Blame in Healthcare Oversight
State's long disciplinary process doesn't protect patients, critics sayHere is a story about complaints with Florida's disciplinary system for physicians. The system seems...
Liker: Auto Suppliers Still Not Lean
Lean Blog: LeanBlog Podcast #3 -- Dr. Jeffrey Liker
I hope you have listened to the LeanBlog Podcasts. I'm surprised that they haven't generated more...
A Real Sign GM is Improving Quality
USATODAY.com - GM lengthens warranties to five years or 100,000 milesFor all of their whining about how the biased media unfairly portrays GM's quality,...
Stinky "Cheese"
I might have been the last one in the working world to try reading the book "Who Moved My Cheese?: An Amazing Way to...
Lean Guys, Not Marketing Guys?
Concrete Heads offer real world lean practice - Manufacturing Computer Solutions news articleI know the British sense of humor is different.... and I get...
Welcome to the Blog Bandwagon
Productivity Press Lean InsiderAnother new addition to the online lean world -- a blog at Productivity Press. It's written by Ralph Bernstein,...
What’s Driving Toyota?
What's Driving Toyota? Baseline Magazine:Here is a fairly broad overview of Toyota, written for a tech magazine audience. There are good details about...
A nice example of Statistical Literacy
NPR : What the U.S. Jobless Numbers Really MeanI heard this NPR story via one of their podcasts, the "Daily Shuffle." The economist...
