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.
Lean Blog Challenge Contest Winner
Here's the winner of the Lean Blog Challenge Contest. Congratulations to Rich, the winner of an MP3 player pre-loaded with the first 13...
Lean is not "Mean"
For a lean, mean machineHere's another journalistically-lazy reference to "lean and mean," this time in an announcement for an Intro to Lean seminar in...
Ford’s Mulally meets with Toyota
NY Times: Ford and Toyota Chiefs Met in Tokyo
MSNBC: Ford's Mulally signals co-operation with Toyota
In the NY Times today... apparently they fired up Mark...
More on Mulally’s "First Impressions"
Here's what jumped out at me from Friday's WSJ articles on Alan Mulally: his "war room" and his "first impressions." (both articles require...
Mulally’s Early Lean Leadership at Ford
By Dan Markovitz, Timeback Management(Mark's note... Dan has been a unofficial, yet very welcome, contributor to the blog for a few weeks now. ...
Error-Proofing Enhances Quality
Society of Manufacturing EngineersCatching up on some old links and articles I never did get around to publishing... here's a good overview of...
Remembering the "Value Add"
Since I often focus on the "waste" and problems in life and the working world, today's a great day to stop, step back, and...
New book from the LEI
New Hybrid Book Takes a 'Novel' Approach to Strategy Deployment: Financial News - Yahoo! FinanceHas anyone read the new book from the Lean Enterprise...
More on Toyota’s Jump to #1
Not breaking news, but more article about Toyota's expected leap to #1 in global auto sales in 2007.The NY Times and the International Herald...
Great Post on Evolving Excellence
The Idiot Grinch of Fake LeanI know a lot of you probably also read the Evolving Excellence blog, but be sure to check out...
Appointments and Wasting the Customer’s Time
No, I'm not complaining about the old "4 hour window" for service appointments. I ran into a new type of waste this morning.I...
