Goodbye Dr. House, Hello “Respect for People” Mark Graban May 22, 2012 7 Blog Dr. Robert Wachter has a great column in today's USA Today: "Column: Gregory House M.D.: RIP" and it's republished…
Yes, We Need Staff Ideas – But, How to Manage Those Ideas? Mark Graban Oct 20, 2011 5 Blog It's always great to see stories in the major media outlets about engaging front-line staff in improvement ideas.…
Lean, Value & Waste: Better to be Creative than to Cheat Your Customers Mark Graban Apr 6, 2011 12 Blog I saw this article last week in the USA Today while traveling, with the online headline "Products nipped, tucked to…
A Lean Guy Reads USA Today – NBA Unis and Teacher Merit Pay Mark Graban Sep 24, 2010 2 Blog It's time for a Lean Blog feature I haven't done in a while.... "A Lean Guy Reads _______". I've done this before…
A Lean Urban Legend/Myth Busted? Mark Graban Mar 31, 2010 3 Blog Last month, in the midst of Toyota CEO Akio Toyoda's appearance in front of Congress, there was a little sidebar in…
USA Today Features Lean in Hospitals Mark Graban Sep 11, 2009 3 Blog Hospital CEOs manage staff time, inventory to cut costs - USATODAY.com It's nice to see a major publication…
Japanese CEOs and Leadership Mark Graban May 19, 2009 6 Toyota Posts Big Loss, Signals More to Come - WSJ.comI saw this article on Saturday and it reminded me to go ahead…
Japan’s CEO Aren’t Greedy Villains Mark Graban Apr 10, 2009 4 Blog In Japan, more CEOs share the pain of tough times - USATODAY.comThe USA Today, whether they're trying or not, is…
Nice Toyota "Root Cause" Problem Solving Example in USA Today Mark Graban Apr 8, 2009 3 Blog The other 'Big 3': Japanese car giants caught in sales skid, too - USATODAY.comIt was Kaizen Week in the paper,…
Ford Not "Blindly Copying" Toyota – They Ignore "Respect for… Mark Graban Apr 2, 2009 1 Blog Ford CEO Mulally shares Toyota's vision -- Article from USATODAY.com Why does the USA TODAY tend to do a better…
Following up on the Peanut Corporation… Snap, Crackle, Salmonella? Mark Graban Mar 23, 2009 2 Blog Following up on these two earlier posts (here and here)... I'll quit calling them the "Idiot Corporation of…
Report: Toyota’s First Layoffs Since 1950?? Mark Graban Jan 23, 2009 20 Blog Report: Toyota considers cutting 1,000 jobs - USATODAY.com With the down economy, there had been much discussion…
Moving Backward on Airline Safety? Mark Graban Dec 5, 2008 1 Blog Three airlines drop self-reporting safety program - USATODAY.comDropping this program has got to be one of those…
The Death of the Jobs Bank Mark Graban Dec 5, 2008 2 Blog UAW suspends jobs bank, delays retiree fund payments - USATODAY.comSo this might be the end of the infamous Jobs…
Toyota’s Commitment to People Mark Graban Sep 1, 2008 10 Blog Toyota's plunge into big pickups veers into a Texas-size ravine - USATODAY.com I've already written about this…