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.
An Overview of Lean Assessments
TPS - Lean Manufacturing Assessment ArticleOur friend and sometimes blogger Bill Hanover was writing this for the blog, but decided it was too long....
One Doctor’s View on Lean
Healthcare Efficiency: Lean and MeanHere is a short blog piece on the American Society for Quality website, written by a doctor. It's positive...
Oh Really? Another Siren Song
Burt's Bees Selects i2 Solutions to Streamline the Supply Chain for Lean ManufacturingAnother "Siren Song" in the world of manufacturing software. Once again,...
"Art of Lean" Website
Art of Lean FilesArt Smalley, author and lean consultant, has an excellent website with a lot of files and resources to download. I downloaded...
China’s Lean Journey
IndustryWeek : China's Lean JourneyHere's an eye-opening piece from " " online. I've heard similar reports from a number of people now,...
New! LeanBlog Message Board
Message Board Direct Link
Update July 2010 - I've shut this board down, see my blog post about this.
This is something I've wanted to try...
Womack and Shook Leadership Webinar
Here is an archived webinar with Jim Womack and John Shook, brought to us by the Lean Enterprise Institute, titled "Lean Management and the...
Overcoming Accounting Challenges in Lean Transformation: A Discussion on Lean Accounting...
Here is LeanBlog Podcast #8, an interview with Jim Huntzinger, the President of the Lean Accounting Summit.
In this Podcast, we will talk about the...
Survey for an IE Grad Student
(survey now closed, thanks if you particpated... will post results later)I received an email from a grad student in the Industrial Engineering department at...
WSJ Finds a Protected Industry
Sticks and Stones May Break Bones, But Warsaw, Ind., Makes Replacements - WSJ.comThis was the fourth and final part in the WSJ series "Still...
WSJ Finds Another U.S. Manufacturer
Few Hands, Many Hours - WSJ.comSorry for the delay in getting to Part 3 in the WSJ series that I like to call, "Hey,...
It Depends on What "Lean" Means
I received an email newsletter from APICS the other day, an email I question the central premise of. The email headline says:"A Lean...
