Jeff Liker on the Second Edition of “The Toyota Way” Mark Graban Feb 9, 2021 0 Interviews Wow, 400 Episodes!! 400 episodes in roughly 15.5 years... that's about 800 weeks, or one episode every two weeks,!-->…
Brett M. Cooper and Evans Kerrigan on “Solving the People Problem” Mark Graban Jan 26, 2021 0 Interviews My guests for Episode #398 of the Lean Blog Interviews podcast are Brett M. Cooper and Evans Kerrigan, both!-->…
Patrick Adams on “Avoiding the Continuous Appearance Trap” Mark Graban Jan 13, 2021 0 Interviews My guest for Episode #396 is Patrick Adams, the author of the new book (released as a paperback today!), titled!-->…
New eBook — Lasting Impact: Leaders Share Lessons From Paul O’Neill Mark Graban Dec 3, 2020 0 Blog As I blogged about back in August, the team at Value Capture released an eBook that was built around!-->!-->!-->…
Win 1 of 3 Copies of the Book “Steady Work” About Lean at Starbucks Mark Graban Jun 29, 2020 0 Blog Back in May, I released a podcast episode with Karen Gaudet, author of the excellent book Steady Work. You can now!-->…
Podcast #373 — Prof. Peter Hines on “Staying Lean” Mark Graban Jun 9, 2020 0 Interviews Joining me today for Episode #373 of the podcast is Professor Peter Hines, author of many books including!-->!-->!-->…
Katie Anderson’s Webinar on “Learning to Lead” [Preview and… Mark Graban May 22, 2020 1 Blog I'm looking forward to the new book by my friend Katie Anderson, due out in July: Learning to Lead, Leading!-->!-->!-->!-->!-->…
A Great LEI Podcast with Dan Heath on “Upstream” Mark Graban Apr 29, 2020 4 Blog I was really excited to learn about the new book by Dan Heath, so I pre-ordered it at the start of March. The new!-->…
Podcast #365 — Dan Markovitz, “The Conclusion Trap” Mark Graban Apr 16, 2020 0 Interviews Joining me again for Episode #365 is Dan Markovitz, now a five-time guest (but he doesn't get a special jacket!-->!-->!-->…
Podcast #351 — Joel Tosi and Dion Stewart, “Creating Your Dojo” Mark Graban Nov 12, 2019 0 Interviews Joel Tosi and Dion Stewart Joining me for Episode #351 of the podcast are my friends Joel Tosi and Dion!-->!-->!-->…
Podcast #349 — John Dyer, “The Facade of Excellence” Mark Graban Sep 23, 2019 1 Interviews My guest for episode #349 is John Dyer, president of his consulting firm, John Dyer & Associates, Inc.,!-->!-->!-->…
The One Where I go off the Rails a bit Over Copycat Lean Six Sigma Books Mark Graban May 2, 2019 11 Blog Normally, my only beef with "Lean Six Sigma" books is when they state the falsehood of "Lean is for speed, and you!-->…
My Next Book: Datum-Driven Lean… and one More Future Release [April Fool] Mark Graban Apr 1, 2019 0 Blog After the paperback launch of my book Measures of Success: React Less, Lead Better, Improve More, many of you have!-->…
Adventures in Self Publishing: Defects & Escapes Mark Graban Mar 28, 2019 7 Blog When I started my career in the auto industry, I learned that a "not defect" is a product that doesn't meet!-->…
A New In-Progress Book by a Friend: #Lean Veterinary Practice Management Mark Graban Nov 6, 2018 0 Blog So what's the new book and cover pictured here? This is the book being finished by my friend Chip Ponsford, III,…
Podcast #313 – Audiobook Excerpt From “Measures of Success” … Mark Graban Aug 7, 2018 0 Interviews Today's episode (#313) of the podcast is a bit of a departure from the norm. Instead of interviewing a guest about…
“Measures of Success” is Done! Now Available in the Amazon Kindle… Mark Graban Aug 6, 2018 6 Check it Out I'm happy to announce that my latest book, Measures of Success: React Less, Lead Better, Improve More, is…
Jeff Hunter’s New Book: “Patient-Centered Strategy” And a brief… Mark Graban Jun 19, 2018 0 Blog Hi -- I'm still not blogging much these days, as I try to focus on finishing my book Measures of Success. You can…