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Crystal Davis on Courageous Leadership and Pandemic Supply Chains

Mark Graban Mar 1, 2022 0

Scroll down for how to subscribe, transcript, and more My guest for Episode #442 of the Lean Blog Interviews Podcast is Crystal Davis, the Founder, CEO & Principal Lean Practitioner at her firm, The Lean Coach, Inc. She…
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Hand Sanitizer Dispensers: Fancy & Electronic vs. Simple & Manual

Mark Graban Feb 27, 2022 0

First off, I want to briefly acknowledge the Ukranians' fight for freedom and sovereignty in the face of the Putin invasion. It seems that many, many Russians don't support the aggression, so I hesitate to call it a "Russian invasion." I…
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John Dues on Continual Improvement, Deming, and Process Behavior Charts in Education

Mark Graban Feb 22, 2022 0

Scroll down for how to subscribe, transcript, and more My guest for Episode #441 of the Lean Blog Interviews Podcast is John Dues, an accomplished education systems leader and improvement science scholar-practitioner with…
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Ryan McCormack’s Operational Excellence Mixtape: February 18, 2022

Ryan McCormack Feb 18, 2022 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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Bella Englebach on The Edges of Lean and More

Mark Graban Feb 16, 2022 0

Scroll down for how to subscribe, transcript, and more My guest for Episode #440 of the Lean Blog Interviews Podcast is Bella Englebach, the Lead Consultant at her firm "Lean for Humans." She is also the host of the…
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Prof. Elliott Weiss on Steph Curry Tweaking His 3-Point Shot and Not Reacting to Noise in Other…

Mark Graban Feb 8, 2022 1

Scroll down for how to subscribe, transcript, and more Elliott Weiss My guest for Episode #439 of the Lean Blog Interviews Podcast is Elliott Weiss, the Oliver Wight Professor Emeritus of Business Administration, having…
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Mark Graban Interviewed by Mark Gandy of “CFO Bookshelf” on “Measures of…

Mark Graban Feb 7, 2022 0

Thanks to Mark Gandy for inviting me to be on his podcast, "CFO Bookshelf." You can listen using the streaming player, above, or you can read notes and more here: Measures of Success with Mark Graban Thanks so much to…
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The NBA’s Steph Curry, the Taguchi Loss Function, and Deming’s Funnel Experiment

Mark Graban Feb 6, 2022 0

The Wall Street Journal published a fascinating article back in November 2020: Stephen Curry's Scientific Quest for the Perfect Shot The links I've used should allow you to read the article even if you're not a subscriber. On…
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Ryan McCormack’s Operational Excellence Mixtape: February 4, 2022

Ryan McCormack Feb 4, 2022 0

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Lean Whiskey #32: Employee Engagement Beyond Buying Them Pizza (or Bourbon)

Mark Graban Feb 3, 2022 0

Listen: Here is the episode if you want to stream the audio... scroll down for video: In Episode 32 of "Lean Whiskey," Mark Graban and Jamie Flinchbaugh have a first... comparing two similar whiskeys from the same…
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Author Dan Pink on “My Favorite Mistake” and His New Book “The Power of…

Mark Graban Feb 2, 2022 0

Long-time listeners of my Lean Blog Interviews podcast will remember my interview with the NY Times best-selling author Daniel H. Pink back in 2010: https://www.leanblog.org/2010/12/podcast-107-daniel-h-pink-lean-and-drive/ Back…
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Steel Toes and Stilettos, an Interview with Kathy Miller and Shannon Karels

Mark Graban Feb 1, 2022 0

Scroll down for how to subscribe, transcript, and more Kathy Miller and Shannon Karels My guests for Episode #438 of the Lean Blog Interviews Podcast are Shannon Karels and Kathy Miller, the authors of the…
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Retired RAF Pilot Peter Docker, on Leadership From the Jumpseat

Mark Graban Jan 25, 2022 0

Scroll down for how to subscribe, transcript, and more Peter Docker My guest for Episode #437 of the Lean Blog Interviews Podcast is Peter Docker. He is the author of the book Leading From the Jumpseat: How to Create…
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A Quote About a Mistake That Makes You Humble…

Mark Graban Jan 23, 2022 0

Thanks to my father for sending me a quote that he thought was very much in line with the spirit of the "My Favorite Mistake" podcast. The quote wasn't attributed and I haven't been able to find the source online. The quote was placed…
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Ryan McCormack’s Operational Excellence Mixtape: January 21, 2022

Ryan McCormack Jan 21, 2022 0

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Telling People to Be Courageous vs. Making it Safe to Speak Up

Mark Graban Jan 20, 2022

I saw an interesting post on Linkedin recently, with a list of rules for a Kaizen Event team. It's a solid list but one point made me think -- and that's what this post is about. Hopefully you can see the image. The key "rules"…
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Cindy Young, PhD on Knowledge Management and Lean

Mark Graban Jan 18, 2022 0

Scroll down for how to subscribe, transcript, and more My guest for Episode #436 of the Lean Blog Interviews Podcast is Dr. Cynthia J. Young, PMP, LSS MBB, CMQ-OE, the Founder/CEO of CJ Young Consulting, LLC. Dr. Cynthia…
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Commemorating Martin Luther King Jr. Day — Keep Moving Forward

Mark Graban Jan 17, 2022 5

Let's commemorate Monday's national holiday for Dr. King with a look back at my post from 2012... A Lean Lesson from Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. And, here a quote that should remind folks of Kaizen and continuous improvement: …
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