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Mark Graban: Lean Leadership & More Jul 8, 2026

This Office 5S Program Is INSANE (Lean Gone Wrong)

A consultant tells an office to tape outlines around hammers, monitors, and coffee cups because "the best factories do…

Mark Graban: Lean Leadership & More Jul 7, 2026

ChatGPT's Writing Style Problem: Why Editors Can Spot It Instantly

Publishing strategist Wiebke Tasch reviews manuscripts for a living, and she says AI-written chapters give themselves…

Mark Graban: Lean Leadership & More Jul 6, 2026

The Biggest Book Marketing Mistake: Publishing, Then Going Silent

The biggest mistake authors make isn't in the writing. It's finishing the book, publishing it, and telling no one.…

Mark Graban: Lean Leadership & More Jul 6, 2026

Amazon Deleted Her Bestseller Overnight | Wiebke Tasch

Publishing strategist Wiebke Tasch had built a bestselling book and a comfortable full-time income on Amazon -- enough…

Mark Graban: Lean Leadership & More Jun 29, 2026

Showing Up to a Toyota Meeting Without a Problem | Andre DeMerchant

Andre DeMerchant showed up to one of his first Toyota manufacturing meetings without a problem to report -- and…

Mark Graban: Lean Leadership & More Jun 26, 2026

At Toyota, Having No Problems Was the Problem

At Toyota, every manager was expected to bring a problem to the meeting. Andre DeMerchant learned that the hard way when…

Mark Graban: Lean Leadership & More Jun 24, 2026

The Missing Precondition for Lean: Psychological Safety at the Top | Lean Blog Interviews

Here's the YouTube description. The first two sentences carry the keyword and hook before the "Show more" cutoff. Why do…

Mark Graban: Lean Leadership & More Jun 14, 2026

When speaking up gets your head handed to you

Gary Peterson on why people at O.C. Tanner stayed quiet. Every time they offered an opinion, they got their head…