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.
News Flash: NYT Points out that GM is Slow
Jump-Start or New Battery for G.M.? - New York TimesInteresting point made by the New York Times about GM and Nissan-Renault. Most everyone...
New Lean Healthcare Blog
DailyKaizenI don't know if it's fair to call the DailyKaizen site a "lean healthcare" blog, I think we can all learn from it as...
Business Week and Lean Myths
No One Does Lean Like The Japanese - Business WeekThis article has some nice case study examples of how Matsushita is using lean principles...
Toyota: Way, Way Off-Road
Business Week OnlineI knew that Toyota didn't start as a car maker and I knew that they had the business ventures for manufactured homes...
Womack comments on GM-NR
ABC News: Can a Charismatic CEO Save GM?GM partnering with Nissan Renault? Jim Womack doesn't think it will help:"It's hard to see how...
Spelling Equals Standard Work
Push for simpler spelling persists
This idea iz stoopid. You can't haf peepole saying "this speling works beter for mee".
Spelling properly is a form of...
What Lean Looks Like In Arabic
lean.persianblog.comHere is a blog that links to mine. Can anyone read or translate this for me?Are there Arabic equivalents of words like "muda",...
Not "Lucky" to get Hired at Toyota
WOAI: San Antonio News - Toyota Countdown: Landing a Job at ToyotaHere's a story about hiring at the Toyota San Antonio plant. There...
"Lean and Mean" Army? Not Really
TIME.com: Lean and Mean -- Jul 10, 2006 -- Page 1
So the article isn't as bad as I thought given the headline. A better...
"Lean and Mean?" Sir, No, Sir!
TIME.com: Lean and Mean -- Jul 10, 2006 -- Page 1I haven't had time to read this yet, but I'll invite your comments. ...
Being Careful Isn’t Enough, Particularly in Pathology
One of the core ideas of the Toyota Production System is the recognition that people are indeed human and are therefore fallible (part of...
Lean at Krispy Kreme?
Source: shmula ยป Shmula Eats a Donut: Lean at Krispy Kreme
My friend Peter Abilla runs an interesting blog (www.shmula.com) that discusses business, operations, and...
