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.
Some Honesty in Pricing for Once
U.S. airlines raise fares by up to $10 each wayHere is some rare honesty in the discussion about how prices are set. Normally,...
Lean Sigma = “Catoodle?”
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Society of Manufacturing Engineers: "Quality Scan: Six Sigma Isn't Lean"
The SME author, Geoffrey Mika, makes an attempt to debunk the idea that...
Harley helps Suppliers, and even Competitors
JS Online:Toyota's relationship with vendors is an important link in its successHere is a really nice column written by the CEO of a Harley...
Made in America? Your Choice.
WSJ.com - Made in USA? Now, Customers Get to ChooseBack when the Chinese iPod factory was in the news (prison or not?), I asked...
AOL Wasting Their (Former) Customer’s Time
One of the key tenets of the Womack and Jones book "Lean Solutions" is "don't waste my time" (as a customer). Below is an...
Learning Lean from Col. Sanders??
Fried Chicken Dinner, on the Fly - New York Times
This isn't a "lean" article per se, but still, it reminded me of the operational...
Applying Lean to a Factory for the Blind
CITIZEN-TIMES.com: Techniques improve factory efficiency at Industries for the BlindHere is a very interesting story about a North Carolina lean consultant who worked with...
New Blog: Team Leaders’ Resource Library
Team Leaders' Resource LibraryHere is a blog I just discovered, done by Karl McCracken, who is a regular commenter here on the LeanBlog. ...
Deepening our Understanding of Lean Manufacturing and Respect for Humanity with...
Here is the second LeanBlog Podcast, featuring author and consultant Norman Bodek, President of PCS Press.
The first one can be found here and you...
More Shameless Cross Promotion
StartupGarden: Ten Blogs I LoveI was very happy to be included on this list of favorite blogs written by Tom Ehrenfeld, another good friend...
Mark Being Interviewed, Upcoming Podcasts
PodcasterNews - Industry Report 8-4 Lean Blog Podcast - LeanBlog.orgThe link above is a short interview I did with Ken Rayment for his podcast,...
Don’t be Satisfied…
Kaizen and Lean Manufacturing thoughts | Gemba Panta ReiGood post from Jon Miller here on his blog. He's right, most companies and leaders...
