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.
Web Conference with Jim Womack
IndustryWeek : Breakthrough Performance Improvement: Lessons from the Top-Performing Manufacturers in AmericaIndustry Week is doing a web conference October 19, featuring Jim Womack. They...
The Blame Game
WSJ.com - Moving On: (requires paid subscription)
The topic of "blaming" comes up in today's Wall St. Journal and this week's Dilbert strips. Blame...
New Balance Shoes, Lean and American Made
Lean Manufacturing Blog: New Balance Shoes Uses LeanI've highlighted New Balance before (see the link above for any article from April). I just...
Lean Healthcare Article in Harvard Business Review
Fixing Healthcare From The Inside, Today
Available through HBS... this is written by Steven J. Spear, a former Harvard professor who has written about Toyota...
Workers Trigger Outage By Connecting Wrong Wires
NBC 4 - News - DWP: Workers Trigger Outage By Connecting Wrong Wires
A few thoughts come to mind reading about this. First off,...
Manufacturer Finds More Than Vacuums At Stake in Recovery
WSJ.com (requires subscription)
(link to a similar free article)
It's tough to avoid the ads for Oreck vacuum cleaners on cable news. After their corporate...
Keeping high-tech Valley jobs with Lean and Six Sigma
East Valley Tribune | Daily Arizona news for Chandler, Gilbert, Tempe, Mesa, Scottsdale
It's not often we read about manufacturing work coming back from Asia...
Toyota Computer Makes You Watch the Road
Article
Interesting concept, although I'm sure it would be a bit annoying as a driver. I can't imagine people accepting these, even if "not paying...
Curious Cat Deming Management Thoughts
Curious Cat Deming Management Thoughts by John Hunter - Dr. W. Edwards Deming
Here is a nice summary of W. Edwards Deming resources. Although...
If You Can Make It Here …
If You Can Make It Here ... - New York Times:Here is a surprisingly positive article on American manufacturing, including Harley. The article points...
Lean From The Get-Go (Case Study)
Feature - Lean From The Get-Go - 07/05
Note how, in this case study, the company owners decided lean was going to be their primary...
Click to Support Hurricane Relief
Sorry, not much in the mood for blogging this week, watching the tragedy unfold on TV.Catholic Relief ServicesRed CrossUnited WayDon't get ripped off (CNN...
