All posts from Mark Graban’s LeanBlog.org, including podcasts, announcements, articles, and more.
Mark’s note: Liz Guthridge has been a previous guest blogger and you can view a short introductory video with her here. Today’s post, like most of her work, focuses on the concept of “Lean Communications,” hope you enjoy:
Mark’s note: I consider myself very fortunate to have met Patrick Anderson during my journeys in the Lean world. Patrick is the executive director of Chugachmiut, a non-profit corporation to advance the overall economic, social and cultural development of the…
Mark’s note: Today, I’m happy to welcome back an old Lean Blog contributor, Andy Wagner. He takes a more personal turn here than most of my guest bloggers for the next two weeks, writing about the application of Lean thinking…
Mark’s note: The vacation guest posts continue with a piece by a long-time friend of my blog, Matt Wrye. He’s a frequent commenter and wrote a post last year called “Clear and Relevant Metrics.” He recently started his own blog…
Mark’s note: Today’s guest post is from a Michigander (I prefer that term over Michiganian, but I digress). Jon Wetzel, among other things, is very involved with the Michigan Lean Consortium and he lives very near where I grew up.…
Mark’s note: Today’s guest blog post comes from a good friend of this blog and long-time reader and commenter Brian Buck. Brian blogs at his site named Improve With Me, where he recently blogged about seeing healthcare and waste from…
Mark’s Note: Today’s guest post comes from Mark Hamel, a recent recipient of the Shingo Research and Professional Publication Award for his book Kaizen Event Fieldbook: Foundation, Framework, and Standard Work for Effective Events. Mark has been blogging at his…
Mark’s note: Today’s guest blogger is Jim Huntzinger, the organizer of many topical Lean Summits including Lean Accounting, Training Within Industry, and Lean and Green. We talked about Lean Accounting in Podcast #33. In this post, Jim talks about a…
Mark’s note: Today’s guest post is by Alica Simmer, a Senior Healthcare Consultant with KHC. I’m happy to have her as a guest blogger as we’ve had the chance to compare notes on Lean healthcare and process-space design, she’s an…
Mark’s note: Today’s vacation guest post is from D. Mark Jackson, a lawyer who has been studying and embracing Lean principles in a California law firm. He normally writes in his very interesting Lean Law blog and I’ve been following…
Mark’s note: Today is the first of a series of guest posts that will appear over the next two weeks from a variety of bloggers while I’m on vacation. Tracey Richardson is a consultant and LEI faculty member who previously…
An editorial written by an American Airlines pilot in the Fort Worth Star-Telegram caught my attention (“Unintended consequences of the Passenger Bill of Rights“). The pilot makes the case that the actions of Congress taken to prevent multi-hour passenger delays…
