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.
Oops, I ruined a Masterpiece
reviewjournal.com -- News - NORM: Wynn accidentally damages PicassoNote to self: If I ever purchase a $139 million Picasso painting (unlikely) and I...
Leveling Rush Hour
As Morning Traffic Grows, Commuters Opt For Earlier Rush Hour - WSJ.comThis WSJ article (free version here) talks about how commuters are, in many...
Overprocessing in Healthcare
Ark. Hospital, Surgeon Sued For Performing Unnecessary Heart Surgeries
When I teach lean overview training in healthcare settings, it's often tough to find examples of...
Another Small Private Company Succeeds with Lean
Century Furniture is beating the odds (and so can you!):Why are all of the great lean success stories coming from small, private companies you've...
Should Uncle Sam Help Domestic Manufacturers?
USNews.com: Opinion: Capital Commerce: : Should Uncle Sam Help Domestic Manufacturers?Here's a US News & World Report online piece that mentions our lean friend...
Dare to Share Something Positive
Let's start the week on a positive note.... to borrow a phrase from the Yahoo Group "Healthcare Management Engineers, let's "dare to share."What's something...
Is Jack Welch a Turkey?
"Welch spreads business gospel from MIT pulpit"
Jack Welch himself sure seems like the turkey with comments like this:
"Don't fall in love with your workers,"...
A Lean Challenge in Canada
"Lean and mean might not be enough"Here's yet another article about lean with the "Lean and mean" headline. As you know if you're...
The Need for PM at Home
I flew home from Chicago last night and my flight, as most others, was about 4 hours late (I presume due to wind, as...
Lean, Batch Sizes, and Equipment Selection
This has always been a problem in the manufacturing world -- companies selecting equipment that is "biggest, fastest, and cheapest" (or at least "cheapest"...
Error Proofing Instrument Sterilization
I saw this last week when doing some lean assessment work with a hospital Operating Room and support services. One of the main...
Unknowable Numbers and the Absurd
Infor Launches ERP XA MES Suite for Lean ManufacturingThis article talks about software for lean manufacturing environments, an idea that could be debated on...
