Mark Graban
Mark Graban is an internationally-recognized consultant, author, and professional speaker, and podcaster with experience in healthcare, manufacturing, and startups.
Mark's new book is The Mistakes That Make Us: Cultivating a Culture of Learning and Innovation.
He is also the author of Measures of Success: React Less, Lead Better, Improve More, the Shingo Award-winning books Lean Hospitals and Healthcare Kaizen, and the anthology Practicing Lean.
Mark is also a Senior Advisor to the technology company KaiNexus.
Wal-Mart Scheduling and Respect for People
Wal-Mart Seeks New Flexibility In Worker Shifts (WSJ $$)
Today's WSJ has an article about how Wal-Mart is moving towards computerized scheduling that micromanages schedules...
Bad Visual Control Example
Click here for the bad example, via ThisIsBroken.comThe sometimes outstanding, sometimes whiny "ThisIsBroken" blog has a funny photo of a cruise ship door that...
Lean Challenge Response: David Meier
Here is a response to the Lean Challenge contest entry (click here to read the situation submitted by Rich, a blog reader). Click...
Bad Boss Roundup
A few articles in the news today about bad bosses. Hopefully, more than a few have 2007 resolutions to get better. Chances are though,...
Online WSJ is Free Today
In conjunction with their new paper design, the Wall St. Journal has opened up its website for free, just for today.If there were articles...
Thanks for Taking the Survey!
Thanks again for trying our "5 Whys" Survey. I hope you'll come back to the Lean Blog and our community here. If...
Your Lean Year in Review
Happy New Year!As 2006 ends, I hope many of you had a GREAT lean year. Please add your comments about your lean accomplishments...
Waste in Collecting Tolls
TxDOT to motorists: Pay up even if tolls are tinyI've heard economists say that tolls roads are a very inefficient way of collecting taxes...
Quality is Free in Healthcare?
Hospital cost, quality are at oddsIn the manufacturing world, the old "mass production" thinking said there was a tradeoff in cost and quality, that...
IW Webcast: Lean Tools
Here's an Industry Week webcast that promotes:Six Sigma, Lean, or Kaizen? Using the Right Tool for the Right ProblemI hope they will also cover...
Lean Blog Carnival
Kevin Meyer used to do a lean "blog carnival", so maybe it's now my turn. There are many great blogs out there and...
Revolutionizing Manufacturing with Software: A Discussion on Lean Principles with Dave...
LeanBlog Podcast #14 is a discussion with Dave Gleditsch, the Chief Technology Officer for Pelion Systems, a leading provider of software for lean manufacturing...
