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.
Executives Must Stop Jumping From Fad to Fad
WSJ.com - In the Lead ($$)
The entire headline is "Executives Must Stop Jumping From Fad to Fad and Learn to Manage." Amen.
Excellent column in...
Continuous "Improvment"
Find Jobs - Senior Specialist Continuous Improvment
As a far-too-frequent flyer on American, I can tell you first hand that they need continuous improvement. It...
I’ll Defend Ford vs. Wall Street
Hamilton Spectator - NewsI can't believe I'm about to defend Ford. I'm not a huge believer in the Way Forward, it sounds like...
Hospital Lean: Error Proofing
See this link: Stay safe in the hospital
For some people, this is "Everyday Lean" unfortunately. Some great tips here if you, or someone you love,...
Lean in the Air Force (Video)
From the Air Force news service and Google Video, a story about what basically sounds like a week-long "kaizen event" with the goal of...
Toyota North America to Get More Control?
Toyota NAmerica forms independent panel to evaluate workplace harassment - Forbes.comToyota Motor North America Names New Leadership Team, Appointing Yuki Funo Chairman and CEO,...
Everyday Lean: Website Data Entry
I saw an example of error proofing when I was registering on Art Smalley's Lean Website. Like many websites, it makes you enter...
Toyota profits jump to $12B
05/11/06 - The Detroit NewsRecord annual profits for Toyota. That seems to happen every year now. Profits = Cash = Investment =...
When Your Only Tool is a Hammer…
IndustryWeek : Beyond Lean: The Perfect Lean MarketSubscribe to IndustryWeek... everything looks like a nail. Right?I'm an Industry Week subscriber and the magazine...
The Nun and the Bureaucrat
ManagementWisdom.comI blogged earlier about an excellent "Lean Healthcare" DVD called "Good News: How Hospitals Heal Themselves". Please call or email your...
Everyday Waste: Stamps
I realize that I'm not doing well on personal inventory management when I'm sending out Mothers Day cards with Christmas stamps! At least...
Ford: Red White and… Blowhard?
WSJ.com - Mom, Apple Pie and...Toyota?Ford and it's "Way Forward" leader, Mark Fields, have been trying to wrap the company in the U.S. flag...
