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’s efficiencies can benefit American health care
David K. Wessner, President and chief executive officer of Park Nicollet Health Services.Here is a column from the leader of a Minnesota non-profit hospital,...
Lean Thinking Poster at a Chinese Airplane Factory
KRT Wire | 06/14/2005 :
Above is an article that talks about Boeing and Airbus moving airplane production into China.
This item struck me as very...
Stop the (end-of-quarter) Madness!!!
www.focusedperformance.comAh, end of quarter time. Predictable craziness that happens four times a year. How are your lean efforts impacted by end of quarter? Does...
Standard Work from the World of Nascar
WSJ.com - Requires Subscription:I love using Nascar examples for lean training -- quick changeover (external setup and pit stops), visual controls (the gauges on...
Another Advantage for China Manufacturers
USATODAY.com - How to stop a thief China
This editorial raises the issue that China not only has cheaper labor costs, but, thanks to rampant...
Are We " Good Enough" in Manufacturing?
Seth Godin : Seth's Blog: The seduction of "good enough"Seth Godin is a fantastic writer on marketing, product development, and innovative ideas. This...
A Very Misguided Article on Toyota
Tri-County Times - Columnists - 05/31/2005 - If I were king 5/26/05It's fitting that this columnist (from north of Detroit) doesn't show his face...
In Friedman’s flat new world, the sky’s the limit
ContraCostaTimes.com | 06/12/2005Thomas Friedman's book "The World Is Flat" is great reading for anyone looking at issues of globalization. This article is nice...
Boeing Doesn’t Know That "Profit = Price – Cost" ?
Arizona Republic:For the thousandth time, the Toyota principle is that prices are set by the market, therefore Profit = Price - Cost. The old...
Mere Mortal Managers
TPS - Lean Manufacturing and Process Improvements: Lean ArticlesAn intriguing set of articles about being effective lean leaders, especially when you've been managing for...
A long wait for the “Chinese century”
FT.com / Columnists / China Economic Quarterly: This column makes the argument that Chinese companies that buy Western firms maybe aren't getting such a...
Do You Need a "Director of Discipline?"
I had a conversation with another experienced lean person (she is in the auto industry) who commented about how she once saw a business...
