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, Moving Northward
New York TimesWithout getting into politics (is Toyota growing in Canada because of their education and health care systems, as proposed by Krugman), when...
Amazon’s Jeff Bezos Learning About Lean
TIME.com: 10 Questions for Jeff Bezos -- Aug. 01, 2005:
"HERE'S A QUESTION YOU PROBABLY HEAR ALL THE TIME: READ ANY GOOD BOOKS LATELY?...
China currency move may help/hurt U.S. companies
Detroit News - 07/22/05This really is a complex issue, the China currency pegging. It's not just a China vs. U.S. issue, but within the...
Could Toyota Fix GM? (revisited)
Curious Cat Management ImprovementThe Deming-focused blog, Curious Cat, has comments on an earlier article I posted about Toyota and GM.Please check out my main...
Six Sigma Blog: Book Review: Lean Six Sigma for Service
Six Sigma BlogThe Six Sigma Blog has a link to a review of the Michael George book, Lean Six Sigma for Service.Please check out...
I Don’t Care That Your Regular Driver Was Out
Twice in the past week now, our department has had this similar problem happen. First, a global logistics company (rhymes with sledex) did not...
MI Governor works to lure Toyota plant
Detroit News - 07/20/05
Here is a column that discusses a trip taken by the MIchigan governor to Japan to meet with companies including Toyota....
An Interview with a Lean Hospital COO
RedNova News - Health - Q & A With Matthew FurlanThe subject of this article apparently received some top-notch lean training from Shingijitsu and...
Seven Criteria for an Earnest Lean Enterprise Transformation
This post comes from Mark Edmondson, President of LEAN Affiliates.Our team periodically visits a new client site that has a lean initiative in place....
Does Lean Equal Honesty?
Here is a story from my plant, where we are in the early stages of a company wide lean implementation. I think this story...
Preventing Lean Failures: Reason #2: Lack of Communication
Preventing Lean Failures: Reason #2: Lack of CommunicationCome discuss the importance of management communication in your lean implementation efforts. Do you have any horror...
Another Misguided Lean Article
Uncommon Sense: Is It Lean...or Just Anemic?Every once in a while I run across a very misguided article/column on lean, this one falls into...
