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Mark Graban - June 14, 2010 7

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...

Mark Graban on “Do What I Say” Is Not Good Leadership — Trump and the Failure of Command and ControlApril 6, 2026
Trump doesn't like to be told he's wrong... Former Japanese Prime Minister, Shigeru Ishiba: “I met with Trump three times.…
Mark Graban on Anthropic’s Claude Code Leak: Why the Instinct to Fire Someone Is the Lazy ResponseApril 5, 2026
Yes, I like that framing a lot.
Ben Royal on Anthropic’s Claude Code Leak: Why the Instinct to Fire Someone Is the Lazy ResponseApril 5, 2026
I recently read that the manager's job is to make the wrong things hard to do and the right thing…
Jack Benedict on Toyota vs. Tesla: What Manufacturing Mindsets Reveal About Quality and CultureApril 1, 2026
I enjoyed reading this blog post describing the key differences between Toyota and Tesla which compares speed and process management.…
William Brew on Kaizen: The Improvement System Most Organizations Talk About but Struggle to PracticeApril 1, 2026
This article talks about Kaizen and its importance in lean thinking. Kaizen is a way of thinking to change for…

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