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.
Rental Car Return Waste
I observed this at a mid-size city airport yesterday. I think it goes to show that lean concepts aren't common sense and it...
A Washington DC Lean Tour: Part 2 – Useful Manufactures
Here's stop #2 on the tour, just having come from the Julia Child "Lean" Kitchen...
Still at the National Museum of American History, there is...
Everyday Lean: 3:30 AM
I know we have a winner in our May contest (or, see below). I was up at 3:30 AM yesterday to go do...
A Washington DC Lean Tour, Part 1: Julia Child’s Lean Kitchen
Over Memorial Day weekend, my wife and I visited Baltimore and Washington DC. As much as I try to "turn off" that lean part...
China’s Industrial Pollution
China's longest river "cancerous" with pollution
I know not all manufacturing in China is offshored formerly-American production. But still, consider this when you are looking...
That Pill Again
what is the peach drug that says 7253 - Google SearchBack in April, I wrote about a generic allergy pill I got from Walgreens....
"So why did we get batch?"
I'm about to sign off for the Memorial Day weekend, visiting Washington DC, which seems like a moving time to visit. Best wishes...
Boeing does more with less
Boeing does more with less | TheNewsTribune.com | Tacoma, WALean in aerospace sounds different than the lean I know. I don't know the...
Happy Toyota Anniversaries
Lexington Herald-Leader | 05/21/2006 | Toyota plant celebrates 20 years20 Years in Georgetown (above)10 Years in West VirginaThere were celebrations in Kentucky: Toyota...
Everyday Lean: Hotels.com
I saw this while researching a vacation. This website has given the user the time saving option of "most popular cities" to avoid...
Toyota: Better or Different?
Seth's Blog: In search of better
Seth Godin asks if we should try to make processes better or "different."
It makes me think back to this...
It’s not news to us here, but…
Author urges companies to learn Toyota WayJeffrey Liker likes lean. The Ann Arbor newspaper wrote about it. More good general promotion of...
