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Mark Graban Interviewed About Jobs Numbers and Mistakes by Laura Coates

Mark Graban Oct 26, 2021 0

The other day, I wrote a post that referenced my appearance on The Laura Coates Show. I had a transcript made, so I am putting that into a new post here, which can be found after the streaming audio player, which you can use to listen to…
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Two Data Points Are Not a Trend: People Quitting Jobs

Mark Graban Oct 25, 2021 5

I've been doing some radio interviews recently (as I blogged about here and here). The firm that helps line these up is very good at connecting topics I'd like to talk about, the "My Favorite Mistake" podcast and data-related topics from…
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Lean Whiskey #30: Celebrating 30 Episodes, Writing Books, and Great Whiskey

Mark Graban Oct 22, 2021 0

Jamie Flinchbaugh and Mark Graban In Episode 30 of "Lean Whiskey", Mark Graban and Jamie Flinchbaugh find things to celebrate, starting with the fact that we have hit 30 episodes. In that time, we've had 14 guests or co-hosts, and…
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Ryan McCormack’s Operational Excellence Mixtape: October 22, 2021

Ryan McCormack Oct 22, 2021 0

Thanks as always to Ryan McCormick for this... there's always so much good reading, listening, and viewing shared here by him! News, blogs, articles, resources, and links about creating value, continuous improvement, innovation, and…
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Lean Coach Brian Buck’s Favorite Mistake

Mark Graban Oct 21, 2021 0

My friend Brian Buck is the most recent guest on the "My Favorite Mistake" podcast series, Episode 112: Coach Brian Buck's Darkest Moment in a Workplace Turned Toxic In today's episode, Brian shares his "favorite mistake" story about…
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Nick Katko and Mike De Luca Talk About Practicing Lean Accounting

Mark Graban Oct 19, 2021 1

Scroll down for how to subscribe, transcript, and more My guests for Episode #428 of the Lean Blog Interviews Podcast are Nick Katko and Mike De Luca. Nick is president and owner of the firm BMA and Mike is a Lean…
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Free Webinar Recording: 4 Key Steps to Get Buy-In

Mark Graban Oct 19, 2021 0

I'm happy to haved hosted and moderated another webinar, as part of the KaiNexus Continuous Improvement webinar series. It's titled: 4 Key Steps to Get Buy-In It's being presented by Sarah Baker a Consultant & Facilitator…
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Sharing A Few More Recent Radio and Podcast Interviews

Mark Graban Oct 19, 2021 0

I've been on a few more radio shows, talking about mistakes ("My Favorite Mistake" themes) and entrepreneurship. I've also been the guest on two podcasts recently, so I'll share those here in this post. The Uncommon Leader Lean…
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On the Radio, Talking About Mistakes and Entrepreneurship

Mark Graban Oct 13, 2021 0

I've recently been interviewed on a number of radio stations on the theme of "learning from mistakes," as a way to promote my podcast series My Favorite Mistake. I'm sharing two of them here, each of which had a slightly different…
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Interview with Karyn Ross on Lean and Kind Leadership

Mark Graban Oct 13, 2021 1

Scroll down for how to subscribe, transcript, and more My guest for Episode #427 of the Lean Blog Interviews Podcast is a returning guest, Karyn Ross. She was previously a guest in Episodes 266 and 411. She was…
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Ryan McCormack’s Operational Excellence Mixtape: October 8, 2021

Ryan McCormack Oct 8, 2021 0

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Free Webinar: Applications of Lean Leadership Methods in Home-Based Care

Mark Graban Oct 7, 2021 0

I'm really excited to be hosting and moderating this webinar next week, the second in our new Value Capture Webinar series. The title is "Applications of Lean Leadership Methods in Home-Based Care." It's being presented by Cooper…
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Episode #426: John Gallagher, Lean and The Uncommon Leader

Mark Graban Oct 5, 2021 0

Scroll down for how to subscribe, transcript, and more My guest for Episode #426 of the Lean Blog Interviews Podcast is John Gallagher, Founder and CEO of Growing Champions, LLC, an Executive Coach, Mentor, and…
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Dolphins Are Also Smart Enough to Game the System to Get More

Mark Graban Oct 4, 2021 0

Oh, how I enjoyed this article a month ago when it was sent to me. It's from 2003, but it was new to me: Why dolphins are deep thinkers From the article: "All the dolphins at the are trained to hold onto any litter that falls…
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Episode #425: Katie Anderson on Breaking the Telling Habit

Mark Graban Sep 28, 2021 0

Scroll down for how to subscribe, transcript, and more Katie Anderson and Mark Graban holding each other's books and gifts they had sent each other My guest for Episode #425 of the Lean Blog Interviews Podcast is…
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What Does Kaizen Suggest About How to Incentivize People to Submit Ideas?

Mark Graban Sep 28, 2021 6

I received a question from a healthcare leader who had read about the "idea card" format and method that Joe Swartz and I shared in our Healthcare Kaizen books. I read your post about the Idea Card. Amazing! Have a follow up question.…
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The Simple, Cheap Improvement I Made to My iPhone MagSafe Charger

Mark Graban Sep 27, 2021 1

When I first learned about "wireless" charging for devices like my iPhone, I was a skeptic. "How hard is it to connect a charging cable?," I wondered. Then, I got a wireless charger as a conference freebie and I tried it. "Meh, I…
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Ryan McCormack’s Operational Excellence Mixtape: September 24, 2021

Ryan McCormack Sep 24, 2021 0

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