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Scroll down for how to subscribe, transcript, and more My guest for Episode #502 of the Lean Blog Interviews Podcast is DeWayne Allen, an executive, speaker, and workshop facilitator. DeWayne is a results-driven executive with over 20 years of experience,…
TL;DR: A simple lunch at Kura Revolving Sushi reveals how good design quietly prevents mistakes without blaming customers or staff. It’s a reminder that the best mistake-proofing doesn’t aim for perfection–it makes the right action easy and the wrong one…
Listen: In Episode 45 of the Lean Whiskey podcast, Jamie Flinchbaugh and Mark Graban join the Just-in-Time Cafe team of Elisabeth Swan and Tracy O’Rourke as a special nod to their 100th Episode, while also having a chance to toast…
Thanks, as always, to Ryan McCormack for this. He always shares so much good reading, listening, and viewing here! Subscribe to get these directly from Ryan via email. News, articles, books, podcasts, and videos about how to make the workplace…
It was more than “mildly infuriating” to see this photo and post shared on Reddit’s “mildly infuriating” subreddit. “Mildly infuriating” is when Group 7 passengers clog the boarding gate area when Group 1 is being called. Mildly infuriating is getting…
The other day, Katie Anderson and I did a livestream about her November Lean study trip to Japan. I’m going with her in November. Come join us! Summary: In our discussion, we delved into the rich learning opportunities presented by…
Embracing Imperfections and Learning from Mistakes: A Leadership Insight from the 2022 AME Annual Conference… In a riveting conversation between Larry Culp (at the time, CEO of GE and now CEO of GE Aerospace) and my good friend Katie Anderson…
I recently spoke and facilitated at a health system’s quarterly leadership forum event on the topic of “Psychological Safety as a Pre-Condition for Continuous Improvement.” Learn more about the topic. It was very well received, and I’m very passionate about…
The cover for my book mistakesbook.com is in the running for this book cover design contest… please check it out and consider voting for this creative design by Don Coon. Vote for your favorites among the finalists here People voting…
TL;DR: Boeing’s 737 MAX failures weren’t caused by frontline workers–they were the predictable result of leadership choices that prioritized schedule over safety and ignored core Lean principles. Lean failed at Boeing because executives waved it off, not because the ideas…
2024 Update: A new April Fool’s Post for KaiNexus… or is it? The Rediscovered Origins of KaiNexus: A 1980s Video Game The Full Collection of Previous Posts: Here’s a collection of my April Fool’s Day posts and pranks from previous…
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 noticed, during the Q&A period, that somebody on Teams chatted about me making a mistake.…