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.
A Return to Canadian Manufacturing… Sort Of
globeandmail.com : KODIAK COMES HOMEAt first glance, this looks like a heartwarming story of a Canadian manufacturer that "came home" after bouncing around different...
Honda "Wants" to be High Paying?
Honda plans new Midwest auto plantMore on Honda. Interesting strategy here. Where most companies try to be cheap and hire the lowest-cost employees possible,...
Performance Appraisal Problems
Curious Cat Management Improvement: Problems Caused by Performance Appraisal
Here's a good post on the Curious Cat blog on the problems with performance appraisal systems....
Reducing NVA Office Work
WSJ.com - Work & FamilyFree version of ArticleAnother good article in the WSJ that brings up lean concepts, without mentioning lean. This time,...
Asian Automakers "Perceived" to be Winning
Honda gets closer to picking site for plant (Detroit Free Press)There's also an article in today's WSJ about Honda's growth plans. It also...
Dell and HP Margins
Independent Online Edition > Business NewsDell has been on the bad side of Wall Street for a while now, the stock is some 30%...
Lean Airports vs. Fat Airports
WSJ.com - Airports Start to Feel the Sting Of Airline Cost-Cutting EffortsFat airports? No, I'm not talking about the fast food concessions you...
Good Summary of Lean Healthcare DVD
Kaizen and Lean Manufacturing thoughts | Gemba Panta ReiJon Miller, over at the Panta Rei blog, did a much better job of summarizing the...
Lake Wobegon CEO’s
WSJ.com - Great Divide: CEO and Worker PayI've never been a fan of Garrison Keiler, but I'm reminded of his famous quote:"Welcome to Lake...
The Toyota Racing Way
Racing Junky - How Toyota will shape the NASCAR of tomorrowI'm not a racing fan, but here is an interesting column about the impact...
United Airlines Lean Opportunity
US-IL-Chicago-Senior Continuous Improvement Consultant (423380 - Grade H / WHQPP)
I spoke with a gentleman from United, they are ramping up a lean/continuous improvement group...
Standardized Work Templates Question
I received an email from a blog reader, which asked:
I just found your blog on Lean and I am hoping you can offer...
