You searched for "livonia engine plant" – Lean Blog

comparison of short term and long term thinking NUMMI GM Toyota

Blog

Long-Term Thinking: What NUMMI Understood and GM Struggled to Practice

Mark Graban - February 12, 2026 0

lean blame toyota learning mistakes japan graban

Blog

You Can’t Punish Your Way to Pride: Deming, Toyota, and Learning...

Mark Graban - January 27, 2026 1

Smiling men with glasses, one in casual clothing and the other in a suit, against a bokeh background.

Audio

5 Big Lean Questions with Mark Graban: Purpose, Misconceptions, and the...

Mark Graban - December 1, 2025 0

Blog

Reflecting on Career Choices: The Wisdom of Hindsight in Quitting Jobs...

Mark Graban - February 13, 2024 0

Blog

Accountability in Leadership: A GM Flashback on Blame, Fear, and Culture

Mark Graban - February 28, 2023 2

GM Quality Death Spiral 1996 Part 2

Blog

The GM Quality Death Spiral, Part 2: How Blaming Workers and...

Mark Graban - April 19, 2018 7

GM Quality Death Spiral 1996 Part 1

Blog

20+ Years Ago at GM: The Quality Death Spiral of Bad...

Mark Graban - April 10, 2018 7

Happy and sad emoji faces on a fluctuating line graph.

Audio

Overreact Less, Improve More: Leadership Lessons from Statistics and Psychology

Mark Graban - April 3, 2018 3

Audio

The WSJ Gets Japan Wrong: Why Lean Isn’t “The Japanese Model”

Mark Graban - February 8, 2018 5

Audio

2nd Post for the Deming Institute Blog: The Failed “Livonia Philosophy”

Mark Graban - January 17, 2017 0

Audio

My Post for the Deming Institute Blog: Why Dr. Deming’s Work...

Mark Graban - January 6, 2017 0

Blog

Steve Bera, Reflections On Working at NUMMI And Lean, Part 2

Mark Graban - August 9, 2016 0

12 Page 1 of 2

Zachary Capen on The Longer Starbucks Coffee Stopper Is Obviously Waste… Unless It Is NotMarch 2, 2026
I agree! At first glance, the longer stopper did look a lot like a waste. It is so easy to…
Jack Benedict on Before “Just Culture,” There Was NUMMI: Learning Instead of BlamingFebruary 25, 2026
While reading this blog post I found it very interesting how NUMMI is explained. The author discusses that NUMMI results…
William Brew on When “AI Improvement” Adds Waste Instead of Value: A Hotel Valet ExampleFebruary 24, 2026
One takeaway I have from this article is that, as stated, adding technology does not always add value. Adding the…
Zachary Capen on Daily Healthcare Kaizen: Real Examples of Small Improvements That Make a DifferenceFebruary 23, 2026
This post highlights how important daily kaizen practices are in making small improvement so that you don't have to make…
William Brew on Ray Zinn on Learning from Mistakes — and Why “Fail Fast, Fail Often” Misses the PointFebruary 10, 2026
I love how this post talks about why "fail fast, fail often" can be misleading. The blog states that the…

EVEN MORE NEWS

Cross-sectional CT scan image of spine showing disc degeneration, shared via patient portal because physical CD had not yet arrived

Healthcare in 2026: Still Faxing, Already Talking About AI

March 3, 2026

Two speech bubbles side by side: one contains a bulleted list, the other contains a question mark.

Why a Lean Coach Asks Questions Instead of Giving Answers

March 1, 2026

A split illustration of two open books on a wooden desk with a stethoscope. The left book shows a cloud of random floating letters forming a cloud, with diffuse light. The right book shows structured bulleted text flowing through a mechanical spine into an organized outline with a light beam. A bookshelf is in the blurred background. Modern digital style with teal and warm tones.

Why I Built My Own AI Instead of Telling You to...

February 28, 2026

New! Check Out Mark's Lean Hospitals AI CoachFree Demo

+ +