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.
NY Times, USA Today, and NPR Report on Toyota
1 -- 'Slow and steady' drives Toyota's growth - (USA Today)
2 -- Toyota Closes In on G.M. (NY Times, requires free registration)
3 -- Toyota...
Not All Japanese Have The Right Idea Like Toyota
Evolving Excellence Blog: : I Don't Speak JapaneseAnother provocative post from Bill Waddell and the Evolving Excellence blog. I'd like to amplify his...
Lean Healthcare: Keys to Safer Hospitals
Keys to Safer Hospitals - Health For Life - MSNBC.comBlog reader Mike R. Lopez, from Albuquerque, NM found this and sent it my way...
Lean Healthcare: Protecting Yourself in the Hospital
USATODAY.com - Your healthYou have to scroll down to see this on USA Today's site, so here's the whole article with my commentary. ...
A Manufacturing Apprentice
:: LFM-SDM NEWS :::Congratulations to Randal Pinkett, the recent winner of "reality show," The Apprentice. Randal was a year ahead of me as...
Adopting the Customer-Driven Mentality
Enterprise - NewsFactor Network
Here is a nice little article on the adaptation of lean principles and the Toyota Production System to service sectors, such...
Project Kaizen » Compilation
Project Kaizen » Day 1: The Case for Project Kaizen
Hal Macomber, the organizer of the "Project Kaizen" group blogging activity has a website...
GM Jobs bank programs — 12,000 paid not to work
Detroit News - 10/17/05UPDATE 2/9/06: Why the sudden interest in this article?? Email me.This isn't new news, nor is it a new...
20,000 Visitors!
It's been a busy month on the blog. After reaching 10,000 visitors at the end of October, we hit 20,000 this past week....
Bad Visual Controls Example: Software
I know this picture is a bit hard to see, but here's one for you software folks out there.See the icons on...
Review of New Norman Bodek Book
Kaikaku (Norm's blog)Check out Norman's blog for a review of his upcoming book, "Rebirth of American Industry." I should be getting a copy...
Chrysler Expanding Plant, Team Concept
STLtoday - Business - Story:Good for Tom LaSorda and Chrysler (with an assist from the UAW going along with this core tenet of TPS):"Chrysler...
