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.
Why the Interest in GM’s Job Bank?
Lean Manufacturing Blog: GM Jobs bank programs -- 12,000 paid not to workI know it's kind of weird to link to my own post,...
Jim Womack’s Latest Letter and a Q&A
This week, Jim Womack sent out his latest email newsletter, entitled "A Tale of Two Business Systems." The Lean Enterprise Institute has offered...
Analysis of Ford Buyouts
Here is a current blog post (11/30/06) for those of you looking to read about the accepted Ford buyouts.
Detroit News Article Link (from Feb)
From...
Will You Wait until Dec. 06 to Make Your Numbers?
I wonder how many big companies are having their annual sales meeting or sales planning sessions for the year? How many companies that...
Lean Healthcare: Park Nicollet Hospital
kare11.com :: KARE 11 TV - Auto concept drives Park Nicollet strategyHere's a nice article about a hospital that is getting recognition within the...
Sunday’s Demand Spike for Pizza
WSJ.com - Pizza-Delivery Teams Are Training Hard For Sunday's Game ($$$)I started reading this with great interest, expecting to read about the operations side...
Womack Wants To Clear The Record On JIT
IndustryWeek ColumnHere is the original article in question, from the Wall St Journal. The article did a little fear mongering, as the WSJ...
Lean Healthcare: Another ThedaCare Article
Appleton Post-Crescent - Finding a better wayAnother article on a hospital organization that has been working on lean transformation. An earlier article is...
Lean Government: Grand Rapids
State of the City address by Grand Rapids Mayor George Heartwell:It's nice to see a city using lean methods and even more noteworthy that...
The Daily Show Skewers Ford
Click on the link above for the Daily Show website and video from the show. You have to get past the intro about...
W. = "Won’t bail out" GM and Ford
WSJ.com - Bush Plays Down Bailout Prospects For GM and Ford:
Also: GM posted more than an $8 Billion Loss for FY 2005, announced today.
Excerpts:
"President...
Toyota Drives Into NASCAR
Japanese Automaker Drives Into NASCAR - Yahoo! NewsWill they apply kaizen to NASCAR? :-)It was announced earlier this week that a NASCAR edition of...
