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#TBT: Looking Back at Taiichi Ohno’s Book: Lean, Layoffs, Henry Ford, and…

Mark Graban Apr 14, 2016 3
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Thanks to my Amazon Kindle app on my iPad, I get to carry much of my book collection with me. Sometimes, while…

Partial Transcript of Podcast #142 – @EricRies on Taiichi Ohno &…

Mark Graban Mar 18, 2012 1
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Here is a transcript of last week's podcast with Eric Ries talking about the impact that Toyota legend Taiichi…

Podcast #142 – @EricRies on Taiichi Ohno’s Influence on #LeanStartup

Mark Graban Mar 14, 2012 4
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MP3 File (run time 11:42) Episode #142 brings us a returning guest (#115), Eric Ries, author of the…

Podcast #141 – Norman Bodek Remembers Taiichi Ohno

Mark Graban Mar 8, 2012 0
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MP3 File (run time 30:18) Episode #141 is a chat with Norman Bodek, as he shares his recollections of…

Today Would Have Been Taiichi Ohno’s 100th Birthday

Mark Graban Feb 29, 2012 8
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Hat tip to John Shook and the Lean Enterprise Institute for pointing this out via his email newsletter  -- today…

A Kaizen Quote from Taiichi Ohno

Mark Graban Sep 14, 2011 7
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As I'm working hard this week to finish, with my co-author Joe Swartz, the manuscript for our upcoming book…

Free Peeks into Taiichi Ohno’s Book

Mark Graban Sep 30, 2007 0
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I think I've mentioned this resource before, the free content that is online in Google Books. Even though I own…

Episode #13 of “Lean Whiskey”: Don’t Drink Pacific Northwest…

Mark Graban Feb 14, 2020 0
Lean Whiskey
Mark Graban & Jamie Flinchbaugh In Episode 13 of Lean Whiskey, Mark Graban and Jamie Flinchbaugh reconnect…

Interview with Masaaki Imai – Ohno and Respect for People

Mark Graban Nov 15, 2010 10
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The Kaizen Institute website has posted an excellent text Q&A with Masaaki Imai, who you might recognize as the…

Ohno Circle at the Bank

Mark Graban Jun 2, 2006 0
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Working from home today, I ran out during lunch time (actually after lunch time in my effort to help level load…

Major League Baseball Works on Standardizing the Ball… For What Purpose?

Mark Graban May 29, 2018 2
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Back in 2014, I wrote an article for The Lean Post: "Standardization is a Countermeasure, Never the Goal" I'm a…

Podcast #290 – @EricRies: From #Lean to #LeanStartup to #TheStartupWay

Mark Graban Oct 16, 2017 2
Interviews
Joining me again for episode 290 is a three-time guest, Eric Ries. When we first talked, in episode 115 six years…

A Look Back at a 2011 #LeanStartup Podcast with @EricRies and His Next Book,…

Mark Graban Jun 21, 2017 0
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In today's post, I look back at my 2011 interview with Eric Ries about his book "The Lean Startup." I share a new…

Toyota and the “Thinking Production System”

Mark Graban Apr 29, 2005 2
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Many interesting comments here from someone who worked directly for/with Taiichi Ohno. He comments on developing…

This WSJ Article About Lean Isn’t Terrible (via GE and Larry Culp)

Mark Graban Nov 17, 2021 2
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The Wall Street Journal has an epic track record when it comes to always getting it wrong when they write about…

Brad Jeavons on How to Remotely Deploy Lean and Agile (Outside of Manufacturing)

Mark Graban Jun 1, 2021 0
Interviews
Scroll down for video, how to subscribe, video, transcript, and more My guest for Episode #416 of…

Operational Excellence Mixtape: Jan 29, 2021

Ryan McCormack Jan 29, 2021 0
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Thanks as always to Ryan McCormick for this... there's always so much good reading, listening, and viewing…

Hide Oba Discusses His Legendary Father, Toyota’s Hajime Oba

Mark Graban Jan 20, 2021 3
Interviews
Joining me for Episode #397 is Hide Oba. His father was the late Hajime Oba, famous for his work at Toyota and the…
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