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.
Toyota to Increase "Build Where You Sell"
Chicago Tribune | Lafayette plant gets Toyota treatment"While General Motors and Ford are closing plants to reduce excess production capacity, Toyota will detail plans...
Shingo Investing: A Losing Bet
I've always wondered how you would do investing in Shingo Prize-winning companies. There is quite a bit of debate in the lean blog world...
Ford Stuck at side of road
Chicago Tribune | Stuck at side of road:Here is a mind-numbingly long article about Ford's problems."Ford, they say, suffers from years of short-term thinking...
NUMMI and Worker Health
Inside Bay Area - IBA - Alameda Times-Star - HomeHere's a pretty glowing article about how NUMMI, the Toyota/GM joint venture plant in Fremont...
Ford is Worse Off Than GM?
Chicago Tribune | Stuck at side of road:Interesting article here. "Ford, they say, suffers from years of short-term thinking and billions in questionable investments....
PhD Student Question on "Lean Org Design"
I received a question from a PhD student in Indiana, he asked if I could post it here. If you have any ideas...
Nice NUMMI Article
Inside Bay Area - IBA - Tri-Valley Herald - Local NewsHere's an article about the Toyota-GM joint venture plant known as NUMMI. I...
College offers sessions on lean manufacturing
Northwest Indiana News: nwitimes.comHere's a nice article about some community lean training in Indiana.South Suburban College and the Chicago Manufacturing Center created a Lean...
Re-Discovering W. Edwards Deming
The Power of PurposeIt seems that someone is always rediscovering Deming. I gave a lean overview talk to a healthcare audience recently. ...
Siren Song: Another Ad That Bugs Me
Rough Type: Nicholas Carr's Blog: SAP's truth-stretching adsSo another ad has made me cranky. SAP is running an ad that claims:The right software...
General Motors, Ford hit the brakes
Business - Business - smh.com.auGM and Ford are both cutting production as sales are falling more. At least they will be cutting the...
This UPS Ad Bugs Me
There is a TV ad that runs very often on Fox News, CNN, et. al. for UPS.This ad tries to make the argument that...
