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.
Examples of Waste in Healthcare
So I'm trying to find a dermatologist to schedule an appoint (no it's nothing serious). What amazes me is that all of the...
Common Sense on Offshoring and Lean
Democrat & Chronicle: BusinessLet's hope this becomes the trend, rather than indiscriminate offshoring of manufacturing work to China. This is the second article...
Everyday Lean Main Page
Welcome to the main summary page for Everyday Lean entries on the Lean Blog. If you want to share Everyday Lean ideas, here is...
Think You’re the Only One?
83 ProblemsThanks to Seth Godin for passing this along. I'll admit that, in the past, I had allow myself to get discouraged because of...
Do You Share Your Failures Like VC Firm Bessemer Ventures?
Bessemer Venture Partners - The Anti Portfolio
This post was originally written in 2006, but was updated in 2023 with an updated link and some...
Ohno Circle at the Bank
Working from home today, I ran out during lunch time (actually after lunch time in my effort to help level load area businesses) to...
Toyota’s Website on TPS
TOYOTA: Company > Vision/PhillosophyI believe some of this material is new, or at least worth re-visiting.The Toyota Production System, an overview presented on the...
Article about Toyota, Cho, and Localization
Born in Japan made in USA - 05/30/06 - The Detroit News Online:Here is an article about Toyota's Fujio Cho. I don't take...
Rental Car Return Waste
I observed this at a mid-size city airport yesterday. I think it goes to show that lean concepts aren't common sense and it...
A Washington DC Lean Tour: Part 2 – Useful Manufactures
Here's stop #2 on the tour, just having come from the Julia Child "Lean" Kitchen...
Still at the National Museum of American History, there is...
Everyday Lean: 3:30 AM
I know we have a winner in our May contest (or, see below). I was up at 3:30 AM yesterday to go do...
A Washington DC Lean Tour, Part 1: Julia Child’s Lean Kitchen
Over Memorial Day weekend, my wife and I visited Baltimore and Washington DC. As much as I try to "turn off" that lean part...
