The “Smart Loves Problems” TV Ad — But What Does Fear Do to… Mark Graban Sep 18, 2019 0 Blog This ad caught my attention while watching a little bit of Monday Night Football this week. It's an IBM ad!-->!-->!-->…
Podcast #345 — Edward Niedermeyer (@Tweetermeyer) on “Ludicrous”… Mark Graban Aug 12, 2019 1 Interviews My guest for Episode #345 is Edward Niedermeyer, author of the newly released book Ludicrous: The!-->!-->!-->!-->!-->…
Episode #3 of the “Lean Whiskey” Podcast (With Guest Host Chris… Mark Graban Jun 30, 2019 0 Lean Whiskey Chris Burnham and Mark Graban Jamie Flinchbaugh and I had a great time with the first two episodes of "Lean!-->!-->!-->…
The One Where I was Interviewed on a Detroit Radio Station Mark Graban May 28, 2019 0 Blog I was invited to be a guest on a Detroit radio talk show that's hosted by Dr. Paul Reeves, a show called "Dr.!-->…
A Toyota Leader on Misunderstandings About the Toyota Production System Mark Graban Apr 24, 2019 11 Blog Thanks to Pablo Alvarez Flores, who posted this video on LinkedIn with an invitation for me to share my comments!-->…
“But TPS Doesn’t Apply to Us….” Mark Graban Mar 25, 2019 0 Blog Here is my latest article for "The Lean Post" and the Lean Enterprise Institute: But TPS Doesn't Apply to!-->!-->!-->…
Podcast #334 – Barry McCarthy on Toyota and “Development… Mark Graban Feb 28, 2019 2 Interviews Joining me for Episode #334, all the way from Australia, is Barry McCarthy. Barry spent more than 15 years in!-->!-->!-->…
When “Red Beads” Lead to What Looks Like Workplace Discrimination Mark Graban Feb 27, 2019 12 Blog Quite often, I used the famed "Red Bead Game" (a.k.a. the "Red Bead Experiment") that was made famous by W.!-->…
Podcast #333 – Jean-Marc Legentil and Marc-Olivier Legentil, The Toyota Kata… Mark Graban Feb 18, 2019 0 Interviews Marc-Olivier and Jean-Marc at KataCon 5 this week My guests for Episode #333 are Jean-Marc Legentil and!-->!-->!-->…
Podcast #332 – Jason Burt, on Being Coached by Toyota Mark Graban Feb 14, 2019 0 Interviews Joining me today for Episode #332 is Jason Burt, owner of EHIP Consulting. Jason is a Lean consultant and!-->!-->!-->…
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!-->…
Highlights from our Lean Event Tour at Toyota Part 1 on Our Symposium on Learning… Mark Graban Oct 2, 2018 2 Blog Last week was our first "Symposium on Learning Organizations" where we brought together 40 people with diverse…
#TBT: The Term “Lean Production” is Now 30 Years Old A look back at a… Mark Graban Sep 27, 2018 0 Blog Today is a throwback to a throwback, in a way. Five years ago, I blogged about how the term "Lean Production" was…
A Look Back at Posts About Visiting Toyota Plants in Texas and Japan Mark Graban Sep 26, 2018 0 Blog Today, I'll be touring the Toyota truck plant in San Antonio again, the plant known as TMMTX. I'm there with our…
More on Teaching TQM, TPS, Lean, and Kaizen to Doctors in Japan Part 3 in a series… Mark Graban Sep 25, 2018 6 Blog In the third and final part of this series, I share more about how Toyota teaches about TPS and TQM... and how they…
How Toyota Teaches a Japanese Hospital’s Doctors About TQM Part 2 in a… Mark Graban Sep 13, 2018 0 Blog Last week, I wrote about the influence of Total Quality Management (TQM) on Toyota -- in the past and the present,…
TQM at Toyota and the Influence on Lean – Past and Present, Japan and U.S. … Mark Graban Sep 6, 2018 5 Blog I'm very excited to be leaving for Japan for another study trip in just over a month. This will be my second trip…