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GM CEO Mary Barra Celebrates Employee Kaizen

Mark Graban Oct 13, 2014 1
Blog
Time magazine recently featured GM's relatively new CEO, Mary Barra, on the cover and in this story: "Mary…

The Oscars, An Embarrassing Preventable Error, #Lean, and Process Improvement

Mark Graban Feb 27, 2017 22
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Alternative headline: “Poorly Designed Card Trips Up Beatty and Dunaway at The Oscars.” Or “A Bad Process Beats…

GM Shrinking, Laying Off People, Shutting Down Factories, and Cutting Costs…

Mark Graban Nov 28, 2018 5
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I take no joy in the troubles of any automaker, be it Tesla, Nissan, GM or any others over time. Of course,…

GE Gets a Lean CEO — From the Outside

Mark Graban Oct 7, 2018 0
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Jet lag, even well managed and planned for, meant I was awake early on a Sunday morning. Over breakfast, I read…

The United Flight 3411 Mess, Holding Individuals Accountable vs. Fixing the System…

Mark Graban Apr 10, 2017 37
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I posted this on LinkedIn earlier today and am re-posting as a blog post to get your thoughts... and then, as I…

“The reign of the king-leader is gone” at GM? What about healthcare?

Mark Graban Dec 12, 2016 0
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I was happy to see an engineer (Chemical Engineering) and a General Motors leader, Alicia Boler Davis, on the cover…

What’s Interesting About This Toyota Executive Rising from the Factory Floor

Mark Graban Apr 7, 2015 3
Audio
I hope you might have access to this interesting article from the Wall St. Journal: "Toyota Veteran Rises to…

Lean Factories and Lean Hospitals Are Safer and They’re Better Listeners

Mark Graban Mar 25, 2015 2
Audio
When we introduce the idea of Lean to healthcare organizations, it's very common for somebody (often a senior…

Fear of speaking up is a broader problem, not just in military medicine

Mark Graban Jan 13, 2015 5
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Announcement: Dr. Greg Jacobson and I are doing a new webinar for KaiNexus on "More Leadership Behaviors That…

My Skepticism about GM’s “Speak Up for Safety” Program

Mark Graban Apr 11, 2014 18
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I have a new article posted on LinkedIn: "My New Program: Speak Up About "Speak Up for Safety" at GM." GM seems…

The Day I Thought I’d Get Fired from “The Old GM” –…

Mark Graban Apr 4, 2014 11
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Following up on yesterday's post that talked about "the old GM" putting cost ahead of quality, I sometimes I get…

Are Today’s Hospitals Too Much Like “The Old GM?”

Mark Graban Apr 3, 2014 17
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As a former GM employee and a GM customer, I'm really fascinated by the reaction of the public, the media, and…

Did GM Forget that the Customer Should Come First? And Who Forgot Exactly?

Mark Graban Mar 19, 2014 9
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I wrote an article for LinkedIn yesterday about the recent GM ignition problem controversy and recall. I commented…

What I’m Reading 12/30/13: GM’s CEO, Human Error, Costing, and Really…

Mark Graban Dec 30, 2013 0
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To close out the year 2013, I once again need to close some browser tabs that are full of things that I was…

Episode #423: Laura Kriska, the First American Woman to Work at Honda HQ in Japan

Mark Graban Sep 14, 2021 0
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Scroll down for how to subscribe, transcript, and more My guest for Episode #423 of the Lean…

Do Operating Rooms Need More Warning Signs to Prevent So-Called “Never…

Mark Graban Aug 19, 2019 2
Blog
Medical errors are not a laughing matter. Harm (or death) resulting from preventable process problems are far more…

Video and Transcript: When Being Right is the Wrong Strategy for Change

Mark Graban May 17, 2019 0
Audio
I always enjoy the KaiNexus User Conference (now called KaiNexicon starting this year) and they ask me to give a…

Highlights from our Lean Event Tour at Toyota

Mark Graban Oct 2, 2018 2
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Last week was our first "Symposium on Learning Organizations" where we brought together 40 people with diverse…
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