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.
Lean Isn’t about "Productivity" and "Quality"
Did I get your attention? OK, it was a misleading headline, sort of. Certainly, productivity and quality are important, as are safety and on-time...
U.S. and Mexico Manufacturing Wages
Interesting statistic in the local paper, courtesy of the "Harper's Index."6:1 average manufacturing wage in the U.S. to that in Mexico...
Get Inspired: A Collection of the Best Lean Quotes to Energize...
A popular search term for people coming to the blog is "lean manufacturing quotes." I'm not real big on using quotes and don't have...
Everyday Funny, I mean Lean
Following up our series and contest on "Everyday Lean", I received a very funny email from my old friend, grad school classmate, fellow lean...
Postcards from Raytheon
Thanks to Bill Waddell for sending me this. Apparently, he requested the now-infamous "Unwritten Rules" book that was plagarized (or plagiarized, as I've...
Software Siren Songs in Healthcare
Monongahela Valley Hospital Integrates Automatic Tracking in Emergency Department to Enhance Patient Experience; Busy ED Uses Wireless Technology to Reduce Average Patient Visit LengthWhere...
A Washington DC Lean Tour: Part 4 — Early Manufacturing
Continuing on the tour (click here for previous stops), we step back into the National Museum of American History, where they had some fantastic...
Jim Press "one step below" Toyota’s Board
MercuryNews.com | 06/04/2006 | Toyota N. America marks a milestoneHere is another article about Toyota's Jim Press, who along with Gary Convis, represents Americans...
Harbour Headlines Hurt (or Help)
I don't think it's worth too much time commenting on the Harbour report, but check out these conflicting headlines! These are all from...
A Washington DC Lean Tour: Part 3 — FDR
Here is part #3 of our DC lean tour, having already visited the National Museum of American History.
I already have one Presidential quote...
Karma counts for top dog Toyota
Business - theage.com.auAre you sick of reading about Toyota's success? I'm not.This reporter does a pretty good job of capturing the main points...
Google Trends on Lean
Google Trends: lean manufacturing, toyota production system, lean production, lean enterpriseThere's a new Google tool that lets you see trends in search activity over...
