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.
Harbour Headlines Hurt (or Help)
I don't think it's worth too much time commenting on the Harbour report, but check out these conflicting headlines! These are all from...
A Washington DC Lean Tour: Part 3 — FDR
Here is part #3 of our DC lean tour, having already visited the National Museum of American History.
I already have one Presidential quote...
Karma counts for top dog Toyota
Business - theage.com.auAre you sick of reading about Toyota's success? I'm not.This reporter does a pretty good job of capturing the main points...
Google Trends on Lean
Google Trends: lean manufacturing, toyota production system, lean production, lean enterpriseThere's a new Google tool that lets you see trends in search activity over...
Examples of Waste in Healthcare
So I'm trying to find a dermatologist to schedule an appoint (no it's nothing serious). What amazes me is that all of the...
Common Sense on Offshoring and Lean
Democrat & Chronicle: BusinessLet's hope this becomes the trend, rather than indiscriminate offshoring of manufacturing work to China. This is the second article...
Everyday Lean Main Page
Welcome to the main summary page for Everyday Lean entries on the Lean Blog. If you want to share Everyday Lean ideas, here is...
Think You’re the Only One?
83 ProblemsThanks to Seth Godin for passing this along. I'll admit that, in the past, I had allow myself to get discouraged because of...
Do You Share Your Failures Like VC Firm Bessemer Ventures?
Bessemer Venture Partners - The Anti Portfolio
This post was originally written in 2006, but was updated in 2023 with an updated link and some...
Ohno Circle at the Bank
Working from home today, I ran out during lunch time (actually after lunch time in my effort to help level load area businesses) to...
Toyota’s Website on TPS
TOYOTA: Company > Vision/PhillosophyI believe some of this material is new, or at least worth re-visiting.The Toyota Production System, an overview presented on the...
Article about Toyota, Cho, and Localization
Born in Japan made in USA - 05/30/06 - The Detroit News Online:Here is an article about Toyota's Fujio Cho. I don't take...
