Mark Graban

Let's commemorate today's national holiday for Dr. King with a look back at my post from 2012: A Lean Lesson from Dr. Martin Luther King,...

Does jargon--or Japanese terms like 'Hoshin Kanri'--get in the way of clear communication in your organization? It reminds me of the classic Saturday Night Live...

A sad but true leadership tale: "Unlike most CEOs who rely on their executive team to keep them informed, relies on his team to...

When I first began working with KaiNexus a long time ago, I was excited to find opportunities to share methods that had been transformative...

A key takeaway from Katie Anderson's Japan Study Trip resonated deeply with me: thinking and action are far more important than templates. This insight,...

Thanks, as always, to Ryan McCormack for this. He always shares so much good reading, listening, and viewing here! Subscribe to get these directly...

At its core, Lean is about people--respecting them, empowering them, and ensuring their well-being while driving continuous improvement. Recently, GE Aerospace's Lynn, MA, facility...

In my 2023 KaiNexus webinar, I explored the critical intersection of Psychological Safety and Continuous Improvement. Here are the top five takeaways that summarize...

Sometimes, wisdom comes wrapped in unexpected packaging--like a fortune cookie. Recently, my friend Alan Wikler, Psy.D., came across one with a simple yet profound...

During Katie Anderson's #JapanStudyTrip this past November, a participant shared an observation with me that resonated deeply: "The biggest challenge is our blame culture. It's...

Charts like this always make me wonder why we throw away the additional context of data from 2016 when we start the 2017 chart. It's unlikely that January 1st in any given year is the magical creation of a new system or a new process. In other words, January 2017 was likely the same process as December 2016. The annual cutoffs are arbitrary. Sure, people are accustomed to thinking in annual cycles, but is this helpful for improvement?

Here's a musical holiday treat for my regular Lean Blog readers and podcast listeners, a song parody, initially released in 2009, and then remastered...