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.
Upcoming Lean/Agile Software Interview
shmula ยป Interview with Mary PoppendieckI know many of you are interested in lean/agile software development and that's not always a topic that...
Upcoming Podcast: Jeffrey Liker
Exciting news, I'm going to record a LeanBlog Podcast interview with Dr. Jeffrey Liker, of the University of Michigan and "The Toyota Way" fame....
Toyota exec stands up to Texas heat
Dallas Morning News | News for Dallas, Texas | Business ColumnistsHere is an article about the upcoming Toyota San Antonio plant and its leader,...
The Lean Library
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Here is a growing resource of book reviews of Lean Manufacturing Books, check it out.
The reviews have a standardized approach:
Book...
Some Misguided Error Proofing?
Hilton hotels introduced a new standardized alarm clock that seems to be in all Hilton properties now (including where I am in Midland TX...
Conference To Hear How Hospital Saves Time
Conference To Hear How Hospital Saves Time (from This Is Lancashire)I'm sure they are doing good lean healthcare work at this hospital in the...
Bringing Systems Engineering to Healthcare
Breaking the moldA good overview article is linked above, about applying lean, TPS, and systems thinking to healthcare.Two reports cited in the article:"Building a...
AutoWeek article on Toyota
The Roots of Toyota's Strength - AutoWeekWhy is Toyota so successful? AutoWeek answers:"Toyota's strength does not lie in a single core competency. It...
Wall St. Doesn’t Respect GE’s Processes
With Its Stock Still Lackluster, G.E. Confronts the Curse of the Conglomerate - New York TimesThanks to blog reader Steve for sending this my...
Boeing’s Beer Game
Boeing to shut down C-17 production
Boeing is planning to shut down production of a cargo aircraft. It's a slightly different lesson than the Ford...
Ford to Reduce Overproduction
Ford making deep cuts in 2006 production - Yahoo! News:It's sad to see factories shut down, temporarily or permanently, but it's sad that Ford...
But it was to "Six Sigma" standards…
Six Sigma Blog: Fire alarms: The Dell notebook scare and Six Sigma defect controlCIO MagazineI'm sure you've heard of the cases of Dell laptops...
