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.
Honda Can Be Picky As Well
AP Wire 06/29/2006 Honda jobs expected to draw from vast applicant poolIt's a frequently blogged about topic here -- how Toyota is very picky...
Surgical Error Proofing
WSJ.com - 'Tagged' Sponge Beeps If Doctors Leave It BehindLeaving foreign objects inside the body after surgery is a problem that plagues hospitals.One earlier...
Wrong Visual Controls and a Lack of Problem Solving
My travel adventures continued... lack of lean concepts abound. The only highlight in my travel was that former Cowboy great and Heisman Trophy...
We’re Not Done with Waste
WSJ.com - In the Lead "For Now, the FocusIs More on Innovation Than on Budget Cuts"Free version hereThis column goes into the category, almost,...
Norm Bodek on the Power of Kaizen: Unlocking Employee Creativity and...
Here is my first LeanBlog Podcast, featuring author and consultant Norman Bodek, President of PCS Press.
I have to give credit for the idea to...
An Example of SME and Pull?
Society of Manufacturing Engineers -JoinI joined SME and received my new member package with the typical membership card etc. (typical of other organizations I...
An MBO Case Study in China
WSJ.com - In China, 3,500 Test the Waters Of the Pearl RiverI've written before about how polluted China's rivers are, the cost of unbridled...
Lean Blog Podcast and other Coming Attractions
If you're reading from the top of the page currently, I guess this is like movie previews before the featured presentation.A few upcoming "events"...
Forced Rankings and Respect for Humanity
Fortune: The new rules - Jul. 11, 2006Part of Fortune's cover story about how Jack Welch's "old rules" don't apply any more, this includes...
GM Gaming the Cash Metric
WSJ.com - Can Mr. Fix-It Find Time for GM?:I knew companies played games with inventory numbers. Although there's no rational business reason to...
It’s a Value Problem, not a Cost Problem
WSJ.com - Can Mr. Fix-It Find Time for GM?Part of the discussion about a GM-Nisssan/Renault alliance has been the old "purchasing efficiencies" driven by...
Toast Kaizen DVD
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