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.
NUMMI and Worker Health
Inside Bay Area - IBA - Alameda Times-Star - HomeHere's a pretty glowing article about how NUMMI, the Toyota/GM joint venture plant in Fremont...
Ford is Worse Off Than GM?
Chicago Tribune | Stuck at side of road:Interesting article here. "Ford, they say, suffers from years of short-term thinking and billions in questionable investments....
PhD Student Question on "Lean Org Design"
I received a question from a PhD student in Indiana, he asked if I could post it here. If you have any ideas...
Nice NUMMI Article
Inside Bay Area - IBA - Tri-Valley Herald - Local NewsHere's an article about the Toyota-GM joint venture plant known as NUMMI. I...
College offers sessions on lean manufacturing
Northwest Indiana News: nwitimes.comHere's a nice article about some community lean training in Indiana.South Suburban College and the Chicago Manufacturing Center created a Lean...
Re-Discovering W. Edwards Deming
The Power of PurposeIt seems that someone is always rediscovering Deming. I gave a lean overview talk to a healthcare audience recently. ...
Siren Song: Another Ad That Bugs Me
Rough Type: Nicholas Carr's Blog: SAP's truth-stretching adsSo another ad has made me cranky. SAP is running an ad that claims:The right software...
General Motors, Ford hit the brakes
Business - Business - smh.com.auGM and Ford are both cutting production as sales are falling more. At least they will be cutting the...
This UPS Ad Bugs Me
There is a TV ad that runs very often on Fox News, CNN, et. al. for UPS.This ad tries to make the argument that...
Front Page Jobs Bank Embarrassment
The GM "Jobs Bank" has come up many times here before, but now the Wall St. Journal has a front page article (subscription required)....
Want to Live in a Model T Factory?
TipTop Apartments - Former Ford Plant
I was in Omaha, Nebraska yesterday and saw what looked like an old Ford factory near the airport. It...
Happy Birthday to the Blog and A New Design
Hello blog readers and lean folks....
Between being busy with work and just not paying attention, the Lean Manufacturing Blog celebrated it's 1st birthday/anniversary in...
