Tag: Mistakes

The other day, I was presenting at a company about "Psychological Safety as a Pre-Condition for Continuous Improvement." It was a hybrid event and...

I'm currently working on a Mistake Proofing class for Karen Martin and TKMG Academy. Coming soon!! In the process of writing the course and its...

Scroll down for how to subscribe, transcript, and more My guest for Episode #498 of the Lean Blog Interviews Podcast is Jeffrey K. Liker. Jeff...

The following material was cut from my latest book, The Mistakes That Make Us: Cultivating a Culture of Learning and Innovation. It just didn't...

I loved a recent New York Times article about Chef Gordon Ramsay, including this part: "Ramsay said that when he makes a mistake, he owns...

Thanks as always to Ryan McCormack for this... there's always so much good reading, listening, and viewing shared here by him! Subscribe to get...

"It is in Toyota's DNA that mistakes made once will not be repeated." -- Akio Toyoda, Chairman, Toyota Motor Corporation I love that quote from Mr....

This Snickers commercial always makes me chuckle, and I saw it again last night during an NFL playoff game: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ztKufG63o00&ab_channel=SNICKERS The punchline is that this stadium...

This post is built around excerpts from the book The Mistakes That Make Us: Cultivating a Culture of Learning and Innovation. Read more about Toyota,...

The book giveaway contest that I'm running ends Friday at about 3 pm ET. ENTER TO WIN a set of all six books that I've...

I was recently interviewed by Megan Wallin-Kirth for an article she wrote for Quality Digest. I thought she was interviewing me for a broader...

At the hospital on Monday, a chaplain shared a Thanksgiving poem on the theme of being grateful. It struck a chord with me. As a Lean practitioner, it's easy to focus on the waste... the problems... the gaps. We think about what could be and the "ideal state." We strive for perfection and it's easy to lose site of what we have.