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Series 3:

• #100: (10/18/10) Dave Crenshaw, The Myth of Multitasking
• #101: (10/25/10) Keith Syberg, on AME, Collaboration, and Consortia
• #102: (11/1/10) Ron Wince, CEO of Guidon Professional Services on Lean Healthcare
• #103: (11/14/10) Matt May, “The Shibumi Strategy“
• #104: (11/23/10) Dr. Peter Patterson, Lean in Histopathology
• #105: (12/3/10) Bill Waddell & Adam Zak, Simple Excellence
• #106: (12/10/10) Jim Baran & Rick Pedersen, “Career Kaizen“
• #107: (12/20/10) Daniel H. Pink, “Drive” and Lean
• #108: (1/6/11) Gwendolyn Galsworth on “respect for people”
• #109: (1/13/11) Jim Morgan, Lean Product Development at Ford
• #110: (1/27/11) Dr. Jack Billi, University of Michigan Health System, on Lean Healthcare
• #111: (2/1/11) Prof. Jeffrey Liker, on his new Toyota books
• #112: (2/10/11) Naida Grunden, Lean and Checklists
• #113: (2/21/11) Aubrey Daniels, PhD, Safe By Accident?
• #114: (3/3/11) John Kim, Lean and Healthcare Senior Leadership
• #115: (3/10/11) Eric Ries, “The Lean Startup“
• #116: (3/22/11) Jim Womack, his new book Gemba Walks
• #117: (4/5/11) Prof. Samuel Culbert, Get Rid of the Annual Performance Review!
• #118: (5/10/11) Jim Womack, on GM, Toyota, Lean Six Sigma
• #119: (5/31/11) Dr. Dean Gruner, on Strategy Deployment at ThedaCare
• #120: (6/21/11) Dr. Jody Crane and Chuck Noon, PhD, The Definitive Guide to Emergency Department Operational Improvement
• #121: (6/27/11) Mrinalini Gadkari, Ohio State MBOE for Healthcare Program
• #122: (7/4/11) Paul Akers, Discussing LeanAmerica.org
• #123: (7/14/11) Alica Eng and Dr. Claire Trescott, Lean and Medical Home at Group Health
• #124: (7/ 21/11) Paul O’Neill, Former Alcoa CEO and Secretary of the Treasury, on Lean and Patient Safety
• #125: (7/28/11) Mike George, Lean Six Sigma and StrongAmericaNow.com
• #126: (8/9/11) Bob Lutz, former vice chair of General Motors
• #127: (8/18/11) Dr. Richard Shannon on Lean and Toyota methods for preventing infections.
• #128: (8/24/11) Mark Graban being interviewed by Quality Digest on Lean healthcare
• #129: (8/31/11) Chris Cooper, Simpler, Inc on “The Little Book of Lean”
• #130: (10/13/11) Greg Howell, Lean Construction Institute
• #131: (11/28/11) Paul Borawki, CEO of American Society for Quality
• #132: (12/7/11) Bob Emiliani, on Virginia Mason Medical Center and Wiremold, 10 Years Later
• #133: (12/16/11) Mark Graban, Q&A Followup from Healthcare Kaizen Webinar
• #134: (12/22/11) Daniel Sullivan & Gregory Jacobson, MD –  The Sergeant Thomas Joseph Sullivan Center (SSC)
• #135: (1/4/12): Daniel Markovitz, on his book A Factory of One.
• #136: (1/24/12) Paul Akers, on his book “2 Second Lean: How to Grow People and Build a Fun Lean Culture“

Also Coming Soon:

• Jerry Bussell, speaker at 2012 Lean Transformation Summit
• Al Norval, “The Lean Manifesto: Back to basics“
• Kathy Balsley, on how Lean has impacted her thinking and work in IT
• Naida Grunden, Lean in Cuba’s Healthcare System (recorded)
• Norman Bodek and Ritsuo Shingo (recorded)

Series 2:

• Episode #51: (10/17/08) Lt. Randy Russell, Lean in Law Enforcement, Pt 1
• Episode #52: (11/3/08) Dan Markovitz, Office Lean
• Episode #53: (11/18/08) Patrick Anderson, Lean Healthcare in Alaska, Pt 1
• Episode #54: (12/2/08) John Toussaint, MD, ThedaCare’s Lean Journey
• Episode #55: (12/16/08) Norman Bodek, Lean in Ireland, Part 1
• Episode #56: (1/6/2009) John Shook, Managing to Learn
• Episode #57: (1/12/2009) Alfie Kohn, “Punished by Rewards”
• Episode #58: (1/19/2009) Steven J. Spear, “Chasing the Rabbit”
• Episode #59: (1/26/09) Robert Miller, Evolution of the Shingo Prize
• Episode #60: (2/3/09) Lt. Randy Russell, Lean in Law Enforcement, Pt 2
• Episode #61: (2/12/09) Norman Bodek, Lean in Ireland, Part 2
• Episode #62: (2/23/09) John Toussaint, MD, ThedaCare Center for Healthcare Value
• Episode #63: (2/25/09) David “Zuma Dogg” Saltsburg, Mayoral Candidate and Deming Fanatic
• Episode #64: (3/5/09) Jamie Flinchbaugh, on Coaching
• Episode #65: (4/21/09) Kevin Frieswick, Error Proofing in a Hospital
• Episode #66: (5/15/09) Joe Rizzo, AME Annual Conference
• Episode #67: (5/22/09) Matthew E. May, “In Pursuit of Elegance”
• Episode #68: (6/19/09) Ben Harrison, Lean from CEO Perspective
• Episode #69: (6/25/09) Dr. Sami Bahri, D.D.S., “Follow the Learner”
• Episode #70: (7/9/09) Tamra Kaplan, COO of Long Beach Memorial Medical Center
• Episode #71: (8/9/09) Patrick Anderson, Lean Healthcare in Alaska, Part 2
• Episode #72: (8/12/09) John Toussaint, MD, Lean and Health Reform
• Episode #73: (8/23/09) Doug Burgess, Sr. VP of Lean Six Sigma, Xerox
• Episode #74: (9/15/09) Roy Vasher, Toyota’s Supply Chain Management
• Episode #75: (10/4/09) Prof. Peter Ward, Lean education at Ohio State University and beyond
• Episode #76: (10/14/09) Dr. David Jaques, Lean in Surgical Services
• Episode #77: (10/21/09) Bob Emiliani, Principles of Mass and Flow Production
• Episode #78: (11/2/09) Sorrel King, “Josie’s Story” – Systems and Patient Safety
• Episode #79: (11/16/09) Eve Yen, CEO of Diamond Wipes
• Episode #80: (12/4/09) Joan Wellman, Early Days of Lean Healthcare
• Episode #81: (1/6/10) Rob Bryant, Lean at Computer Sciences Corporation
• Episode #82: (1/13/10) Dr. Sami Bahri, Lean Learning and One-Piece Flow
• Episode #83: (1/29/10) Jim D’Addario – Lean and American competitiveness
• Episode #84: (2/24/10) Karl Wadensten, VIBCO and “The Lean Nation”
• Episode #85: (3/15/10) David Meier on Toyota’s Recent Challenges
• Episode #86: (3/22/10) David Sundahl, Rule 4 Consulting, “Adaptive Design” in Healthcare
• Episode #87: (3/29/10) Steven J. Spear, PhD – Lean in Healthcare
• Episode #88: (4/7/10) Jim Baran on Lean Talent Management
• Episode #89: (4/18/10) Keith Russell, Lean at Astra Zeneca (Pharma R&D)
• Episode #90: (5/20/10) Tim Turner, One Team On All Levels: The Story Of The Toyota Team Members
• Episode #91: (5/24/10) Dr. Stephen Covey on Respect for People and Lean
• Episode #92: (6/3/10) Mike Micklewright, Out of Another @#&*% Crisis!
• Episode #93: (7/2/10) Jim Hearn, Lean in the UK NHS, Heart of England Hospital
• Episode #94: (7/19/10) Bob Miller, on the Shingo Prize and Stephen Covey
• Episode #95: (7/26/10) Norman Bodek, How to do Kaizen, Pt 1
• Episode #96: (8/3/10) Pascal Dennis, his new book The Remedy
• Episode #97: (8/13/10) Bob Sutton, PhD – Good Boss, Bad Boss
• Episode #98: (9/3/10) Pat Bergin, President of Aerofil Technology
• Episode #99: (10/18/10) Patrick Vlaskovits and Brant Cooper, Customer Development

Series 1:

• Episode #1 (7/16/06) – Norman Bodek discusses kaizen and employee suggestion systems.
• Episode #2 (8/4/06) – Second interview with Norman Bodek, discussing how to stop blaming employees and how to manage in a Toyota Production System manner.
• Episode #3 (8/27/06): Interview with Dr. Jeffrey Liker, about how companies struggle with the transition from “lean manufacturing” to “lean enterprise”.
• Episode #4: (9/5/06) Part Two with Dr. Liker, covering Lean Healthcare and more.
• Episode #5: (9/12/06) Conversation with Jamie Flinchbaugh, co-author of The Hitchhiker’s Guide to Lean: Lessons from the Road, about the language of “waste”
• Episode #6: (9/18/06) Part Two with Jamie Flinchbaugh, focused on leadership’s role in waste reduction
• Episode #7: (10/23/06) Another discussion with Norman Bodek, focused on Toyota’s response to recent quality problems
• Episode #8: (10/31/06) Interview with Jim Huntzinger, Founder of the Lean Accounting Summit
  
• Episode #9: (11/6/06) Discussion with David Mann, author of Creating A Lean Culture: Tools To Sustain Lean Conversions
  
• Episode #10: (11/21/06) Another discussion with Jamie Flinchbaugh, regarding educating top leadership about lean
• Episode #11: (11/26/06) A conversation with Norman Bodek, with his take on educating executives and top leadership about lean.
• Episode #12: (12/4/06) Discussion with Jim Womack, of the Lean Enterprise Institute, about the state of Lean in China.
• Episode #13: (12/17/06) Part 2 of the discussion with Jim Womack.
• Episode #14: (12/28/06) An interview with Dave Gleditsch, the Chief Technology Officer at Pelion Systems, about the role of technology in lean implementations
• Episode #15: (1/7/07) Jim Huntzinger about the “Training Within Industry” program
• Episode #16: (1/14/07) Jim Baran, of Value Stream Leadership (a leading lean recruiter)
• Episode #17: (1/22/07) David Meier, co-author of The Toyota Way Fieldbook, on lean in China
• Episode #18: (2/19/07) Eric Christiansen, about using “wiki” technology for standard work
• Episode #19: (3/11/07) Jim Womack about the republication of the book “The Machine That Changed the World.”
• Episode #20: (3/19/07) Kevin Meyer, from the Evolving Excellence Blog, on “onshoring” as a competitive manufacturing strategy.
• Episode #21: (3/26/07) Norman Bodek, talking about how Toyota develops people and how Lean should be good for all employees.
• Episode #22: (4/12/07) Allan Wilson, CEO of Factory Logic, now acquired by SAP, on the role of software in a lean environment
• Episode #23: (4/29/07) Group Health Cooperative and their Lean journey.
• Episode #24: (5/6/07) Jim Womack, continuation of our 3/11 discussion
• Episode #25: (5/22/07) Dr. Mark Spearman, Factory Physics
• Episode #26: (6/3/07) Dr. Gwendolyn Galsworth, on Visual Management
• Episode #27: (6/18/07) Jim Baran, of Value Stream Leadership, part 2 of our discussion on Lean careers
• Episode #28: (7/29/07) Norman Bodek, on Training Within Industry and more
• Episode #29: (8/5/07) Dr. Sami Bahri, “The World’s First Lean Dentist”
• Episode #30: (8/12/07) Bob Emiliani, The Updated Wiremold Story
• Episode #31: (9/9/07) David Meier , on Toyota Talent
• Episode #32: (11/9/07) Norman Bodek, on his trip to Japan
• Episode #33: (11/17/07) Jim Huntzinger, on the latest Lean Accounting Summit
• Episode #34: (1/22/08) Chris Harris, on Developing a Lean Workforce
• Episode #35: (1/28/08) David Meier on Lean culture and implementation
• Episode #36: (2/8/08) Norm Bodek on the new Shingo book
• Episode #37: (3/3/08) Jeffrey Liker on Toyota Culture: The Heart and Soul of the Toyota Way
• Episode #38: (3/10/08) Bob Emiliani on Lean Leadership: A Strategic Leadership Guide For Executives
• Episode #39: (3/29/08) Jeffrey Liker, Part 2 on Toyota Culture
• Episode #40: (4/14/08) A UAW retiree on Lean
• Episode #41: (4/27/08) Jeffrey Liker, Part 3 on Toyota Culture
• Episode #42: (5/7/08) Dr. C. Martin Hinckley, on Mistake Proofing
• Episode #43: (5/19/08) Mike Micklewright “What Would Deming Say?”
• Episode #44: (5/21/08) Ralph Keller, AME San Diego Conference (5/21)
• Episode #45: (6/3/08) Gwendolyn Galsworth on visual displays
• Episode #46: (6/12/08) Dean Bliss, Iowa Health System
• Episode #47 : (6/23/08) Norman Bodek on his most recent trip to Japan
• Episode #48: (7/21/08) Bob Emiliani, “Real Lean”
• Episode #49: (7/28/08) Gwen Galsworth, Part 2 of the Episode #45 discussion
• Episode #50: (8/7/08) 50th episode discussion, Mark Graban and Jamie Flinchbaugh

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