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.
Hey GM! Prices Are Set by the Market
Headline:General Motors Cuts Prices on 80 Percent of Its U.S. ModelsRemember the "new" Toyota Production System thinking:Profit = Market-Set Price (minus) Your CostsThe "old"...
Right Tool, Right Problem, Right Thinking
Leading Lean (Jamie Flinchbaugh)
Here is the first installment of a new column that appears in Assembly Magazine, written by Jamie Flinchbaugh. Jamie writes about...
Union ignorance of Toyota
Toyota considers West Michigan plant; UAW not pleased -- WWMT - Digital Channel 3You'd think a new auto plant in Michigan, any plant, would...
More on the TV show "How It’s Made"
I watched some Tivo-ed episodes of the Science Channel (part of the Discovery Channel family of networks) show "How It's Made." The show is...
Lean Champions Are Critically Important
The Manufacturer.com - We are the championsBy "champions," of course, we don't mean some "Top 10" list of lean companies or lean people. ...
Instead of raising stamp rates, the USPS should cut costs
csmonitor.comI agree with this writer, in principle, that the United States Postal Service should look to cut costs before increasing postal rates (it's...
GM Thinks They Will Remain #1?
GM: NOT SO FAST, TOYOTA: A global sales surge keeps us ahead, Wagoner reports (Detroit Free Press)Rick Wagoner points out that GM's sales growth...
The Man Who Said No to Wal-Mart
Fast Company Magazine ArticleHere's an interesting article about the company that makes Snapper lawnmowers. They decided that selling their American-made lawnmowers at Wal-Mart...
"Favorite Posts" Q4 2005
On the right hand column, I've had a "favorite posts" link for some the articles and blog postings that I like the best. ...
New Year’s Lean Resolutions??
Do you have any "lean resolutions" for the new year, either personally or for your company?Click "comments" to add yours or read what others...
Young don’t see promise of auto industry
Detroit Free Press articleI think the headline here should really read "Young don't see promise of auto industry in Michigan." I read very...
Manufacturing TV Show: How it’s made
How it's madeI just discovered another TV show that shows the basics of how different products are manufactured, the Discovery Channel's "How It's Made."...
