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.
Northwest Not Respecting Former Workers
Northwest advised workers to see treasure in trash | Reuters.comHere is an incredibly sad example of a company (or someone in the company) not...
A Speech by Toyota’s Gary Convis
"Toyota's Globalization Takes Shape through the Camry"The link above the full text of a speech by Gary Convis, who I really admire as a...
Lean Health Care? It Works! (Still)
IndustryWeek : Lean Health Care? It Works!Here is a piece from 2003, still incredibly relevant. There is a great story of how lean...
Welcome Bill Hanover
I'd like to welcome our latest Lean Blog contributor, Bill Hanover (his first post is here). Bill has been a frequent participant with...
Great Little Lean Company
Workers contribute to bottom line | Chicago TribuneThis is a great example of how a $2.5M revenue company (Flexible Steel Lacing Co, outside of...
Bad Habits for the Next Generation
Like Father, Like Daughter - 08/12/06 - The Detroit News Online (scroll down for this item)Here is a story that made me cringe about...
GM: Not Braindead, Just Slow
Camaro Homecoming - 08/11/06 - The Detroit News Online
Yahoo News Photo
So GM and Rick Wagoner aren't "braindead" after all, as we might have suspected...
Management Causes Poor Morale
Low morale linked to management, not moneyIs this from the "well duh" category? The article is short and basically a press release, so...
Some Honesty in Pricing for Once
U.S. airlines raise fares by up to $10 each wayHere is some rare honesty in the discussion about how prices are set. Normally,...
Lean Sigma is Like a “Catoodle?”
See this article:
Society of Manufacturing Engineers: "Quality Scan: Six Sigma Isn't Lean"
The SME author, Geoffrey Mika, makes an attempt to debunk the idea that...
Harley helps Suppliers, and even Competitors
JS Online:Toyota's relationship with vendors is an important link in its successHere is a really nice column written by the CEO of a Harley...
Made in America? Your Choice.
WSJ.com - Made in USA? Now, Customers Get to ChooseBack when the Chinese iPod factory was in the news (prison or not?), I asked...
