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.
Bad Visual Controls at Baggage Claim
This is at the Terminal B baggage claim at DFW airport. There are three lights. And two signs. You tell me,...
Touring NUMMI on Friday
I'm getting a chance to tour the NUMMI plant in Fremont CA, the joint venture between Toyota and General Motors. I'm very excited...
A Different Take on Lean and Delphi
Kaizen and Lean Manufacturing thoughts | Gemba Panta Rei
Wow, on Womack and Delphi, this blogger didn't pull any punches. Jon Miller says, basically,...
Reassembling Delphi: CEO aims to repair auto business
Reassembling Delphi: CEO aims to repair auto business
This was in Monday's WSJ, but this is a free version. As a follow up to...
Updated: Toyota Recalls Record 1.27M Vehicles
AP Article
Here's one for anyone who would accuse me of only reporting good things about Toyota. They aren't perfect, but I assume they...
Leading from Within
Weigh In - weighin - CIO
I was pleasantly surprised that this was in CIO Magazine, which is mainly about IT topics. Not a...
Motivating Employees With Catchy Slogans
WSJ.com - Cubicle Culture
Free version of article
I always wonder if I should post links to WSJ articles, since I know not everybody has...
Lean Consumption Concepts in WSJ?
WSJ.com - In a Dizzying World, One Way to Keep Up: Renting Possessions
Monday's WSJ had an article about the trend of people "renting" possessions,...
"Perptual Improvement" for Solectron
MercuryNews.com | 10/16/2005 | Electronics maker Solectron adopts Toyota's laser-like focus on perpetual improvementHere is another story about Solectron's lean journey. The phrase "perpetual...
Standard Work for Baseball Umpires??
Ump Reflects on Controversial ALCS Call:
If you don't know now what happened at the end of the Angels/White Sox game two, the game story...
Blue Collar Urban Legends
Urban Legends Reference Pages: Business (Blue Collar Innovation)
The snopes.com website is the authoritative source for urban legends and debunking those internet rumors that go...
5 Second Takt Time for New Dell Plant
BetterProcess Podcast and Blog: PC every 5 seconds...
Thanks to the BetterProcess blog for this article. The new Dell factory in NC is talking about...
