All posts from Mark Graban’s LeanBlog.org, including podcasts, announcements, articles, and more.
Failure is one of the most misunderstood concepts in Lean and continuous improvement. Leaders talk about learning, experimentation, and growth mindset–but in practice, early mistakes are often treated as evidence that people or ideas aren’t ready. That gap between intention…
Thanks as always to Ryan McCormack for this… there’s always so much good reading, listening, and viewing shared here by him! Get these directly from Ryan via email. Insights about improvement, innovation, and leadership… Operational Excellence, Improvement, and Innovation Deliberate…
TL;DR: Looking for powerful Toyota quotes? Here are verified quotes from The Toyota Way and Toyota leaders on mistakes, learning, psychological safety, and continuous improvement — plus context on what they really mean. Toyota Quotes on Learning, Mistakes, and Psychological…
This post shares a simple, real example of Lean thinking in action–using small tests of change to learn safely and avoid bigger, more costly mistakes. A Real-World Example of Lean Thinking in Action In the history of our KaiNexus continuous…
Scroll down for how to subscribe, transcript, and more My guest for Episode #463 of the Lean Blog Interviews Podcast is Jim Benson, the CEO of Modus Cooperandi, and co-founder of Modus Institute. He was previously a guest on Episodes…
Elon Musk tweeted this yesterday: “Please note that Twitter will do lots of dumb things in coming months. We will keep what works & change what doesn’t.” I host a podcast (and am writing a book) about learning from mistakes…
My guest for Episode #462 of the Lean Blog Interviews Podcast is Professor John Grout, the former dean of the Campbell School of Business at Berry College in Rome, Georgia. He was recently a guest on “My Favorite Mistake” — Episode 186, so I…
Thanks as always to Ryan McCormack for this… there’s always so much good reading, listening, and viewing shared here by him! Get these directly from Ryan via email. Insights about improvement, innovation, and leadership… Operational Excellence, Improvement, and Innovation Fit…
TL;DR: The Negroni shows how clear standards make variation visible–and how unnamed variation shuts down learning. The Negroni Sbagliato proves that when mistakes aren’t blamed or hidden, they can become sources of insight, improvement, and even new standards. The Negroni…
Today, I’d like to share an interview that I did for the podcast series called “Habitual Excellence,” which is presented by Value Capture. I had the great opportunity to interview Louis A. Shaprio – Lou is the president and CEO…
“Simply put, we cannot get to zero harm without psychological safety.” I wrote that as part of this page on the Value Capture website: Psychological Safety and Its Essential Link to Continuous Improvement I’ve come to understand that psychological safety is a…
I’m sure I could be more mindful. To be honest, I’m not really sure what that means, though. That’s why I’m happy to have hosted a webinar that was presented by Dave Kippen as part of the KaiNexus Continuous Improvement…
