All posts from Mark Graban’s LeanBlog.org, including podcasts, announcements, articles, and more.
Being “right” is often the wrong strategy for change. Sustainable Lean change happens when leaders shift from telling people what to do to engaging them through questions, empathy, and motivation–using approaches like motivational interviewing to help people choose change rather…
Wolfgang Puck practices Lean and Kaizen without calling it that–by developing people, learning from mistakes, focusing on customers, and improving every day. This post shows why continuous improvement is a leadership mindset, not a manufacturing technique. The GE Lean Mindset…
I’m happy to have hosted a webinar that was presented by Stephanie Hill from KaiNexus, on December 5th at 1 pm. It’s titled: Engaging Senior Leaders to Accelerate Your Continuous Improvement Program You can now register to view the recording.…
My guests for Episode #493 of the Lean Blog Interviews Podcast are Gene Kim and Steve Spear, co-authors of “Wiring the Winning Organization.” We talk about why so many organizations copy the visible practices of Toyota or Amazon — two…
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 article about quality, but it ended up being a profile of me and my latest book,…
I have a limited number of copies of my book Measures of Success: React Less, Lead Better, Improve More that are available for about half of the Amazon retail price — and this includes free shipping. CLICK TO BUY There’s…
Scroll down for how to subscribe, transcript, and more My guest for Episode #492 of the Lean Blog Interviews Podcast is Nick Katko, previously here in Episode 428 in 2021 with his co-author Mike DeLuca talking about their book Practicing…
I don’t share every episode of the “My Favorite Mistake” podcast here, but today’s new episode has great connections to Lean, I think. Or, it’s Lean-adjacent. It’s a discussion I had with Prof. Amy C. Edmondson, from Harvard Business School,…
It’s surprising to see how often this awful UI / UX design is used on the web. A website (Forbes) wanted me to enter my date of birth by clicking a left arrow 601 times (I turned 50 last month),…
Hooray! Thanks to the team at Goody PR for honoring my latest book, The Mistakes That Make Us: Cultivating a Culture of Learning and Innovation, in their 2023 Goody Business Book Awards as: As Liz Kelly Goody, founder of Goody…
Scroll down for how to subscribe, transcript, and more My guest for Episode #491 of the Lean Blog Interviews Podcast is Sarah Tilkens, an experienced Lean Leader with a demonstrated history of working in construction and manufacturing. She is a…
I’ve done book giveaway contests before, but this is my first contest where the prize is a signed copy of each and every one of my books — six books with a combined value of $240! I’m happy to be…