John Chacon on Continuous Improvement and the Dangers of Paying People to Think Mark Graban Oct 26, 2021 0 Interviews Scroll down for how to subscribe, transcript, and more My guest for Episode #429 of the Lean!-->!-->!-->!-->!-->!-->!-->!-->!-->…
Episode #424: Balaji Reddie, Founder of the Deming Forum of India Mark Graban Sep 21, 2021 0 Interviews Scroll down for how to subscribe, transcript, and more My guest for Episode #424 of!-->!-->!-->!-->!-->!-->!-->!-->!-->!-->!-->…
Episode #423: Laura Kriska, the First American Woman to Work at Honda HQ in Japan Mark Graban Sep 14, 2021 0 Interviews Scroll down for how to subscribe, transcript, and more My guest for Episode #423 of the Lean!-->!-->!-->!-->!-->!-->!-->!-->!-->…
Interview With the First American Woman to Work for Honda in Tokyo Mark Graban Apr 22, 2021 0 Blog I don't share every episode of "My Favorite Mistake" here (but I do hope you'll subscribe and listen). As a!-->!-->!-->…
Operational Excellence Mixtape: February 12, 2021 Ryan McCormack Feb 12, 2021 0 Mixtape Thanks as always to Ryan McCormick for this... there's always so much good reading, listening, and viewing!-->!-->!-->…
Katie Anderson & Isao Yoshino’s “Favorite Mistakes” and… Mark Graban Jan 7, 2021 0 Blog I've stopped sharing every single episode of the "My Favorite Mistake" podcast here on the blog, but I will share!-->…
Episode #22 of “Lean Whiskey”: Catching Up with Honsha Friends Over… Mark Graban Oct 30, 2020 0 Lean Whiskey Darril Wilburn, Mark Graban, and Sammy Obara For Episode 22, Mark Graban is joined by Darril Wilburn and Sammy!-->!-->!-->…
Operational Excellence Mixtape: Best of First Half 2020 Ryan McCormack Jun 19, 2020 0 Mixtape Thanks as always to Ryan McCormick for this... Summer is approaching which means it's time to review!-->!-->!-->!-->!-->!-->!-->…
The Path to Patient Safety in Japan (or Elsewhere): Reporting Problems, Solving… Mark Graban Jan 21, 2020 1 Blog As I blogged about this morning, don't forget that you can get a FREE Kindle copy of Practicing Lean today!-->!-->!-->…
From Japan: “We were not always a Kaizen company” — Surprising? Mark Graban Dec 16, 2019 2 Blog Here is something brief that I posted on LinkedIn while I was in Japan recently, but I also wanted to share it!-->…
Making People and Making Things – in Japan or Mr. Rogers’ Neighborhood Mark Graban Dec 2, 2019 1 Blog Monday was the first day of my fifth Lean study trip to Japan. Yesterday, I had the opportunity to once again!-->…
Inside Toyota’s Takaoka #2 Line – Flexibility and Kaizen Mark Graban Jun 11, 2019 2 Audio This is an interesting article: Inside Toyota's Takaoka #2 Line: The Most Flexible Line In The World I!-->!-->!-->!-->!-->!-->!-->…
Podcast #330 – Christoph Roser, His Grand Tour of Japanese Automakers Mark Graban Jan 29, 2019 0 Interviews Joining me today for Episode #330 of the podcast is Christoph Roser, a professor of production management!-->!-->!-->!-->!-->…
Toyota as a “People Development Company” Mark Graban Jan 14, 2019 29 Audio When I had the chance to go back to Japan last October with Honsha, there was a big focus on what the former!-->…
My Embarrassing Sushi Mistake in Japan; Standardized Work, Leadership, and Mental… Mark Graban Dec 12, 2018 5 Blog I had a great time and learned so much as a guest of Honsha and their Executive Development Mission trip to Japan!-->…
Podcast #326 – Katie Anderson on Lean Collaboration Within Healthcare and… Mark Graban Dec 11, 2018 1 Interviews Joining me for the fourth time, here for Episode #326 of the podcast, is my friend and colleague Katie Anderson, a…
Why Would You Go Back To Japan? Haven’t You Been There, Done That? Mark Graban Oct 30, 2018 2 Blog When I got back from Japan a few weeks back, somebody at a hospital client of mine asked me: "Why go back to…
Off to Japan for a Week… Mark Graban Oct 5, 2018 0 Blog Today, I'm off to Japan for a week, so I might be away from the blog. I do have a podcast scheduled for release on…