Interviews

Lean Blog Interviews Podcast

Mark Graban's original podcast series, started in 2006, where he interviews authors, thought leaders, and practitioners about all things Lean.

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Profitable at Any Price: Lessons from Toyota, Daily Kaizen, and Safer...

Mark Graban - September 17, 2025 1

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Don’t Repeat Our Mistakes: Dale Lucht’s Leadership Habits for Lean

Mark Graban - September 3, 2025 0

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Building Independent, Empowered Teams Through 6 Transformational Leadership Habits, with Cheryl...

Mark Graban - August 20, 2025 2

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Coaching Relentless Problem Solvers and Building a Culture of Lean Thinking...

Mark Graban - August 6, 2025 0

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Melisa Buie on Lean Culture, Scientific Thinking, and Empowering Engineers

Mark Graban - July 23, 2025 0

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Transforming Healthcare: Ken Segel on Lean, Shingo, and Operating Systems

Mark Graban - July 9, 2025 0

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Designing a Culture of Respect: Scott Gauvin’s Insights from the Respect...

Mark Graban - June 25, 2025 0

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Mark Reich, Former Toyota Leader on Hoshin Kanri and ‘Managing on...

Mark Graban - June 11, 2025 0

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Inside the Lean Healthcare Accelerator: Lessons from Japan with Dave Fitzpatrick

Mark Graban - May 13, 2025 0

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Leading Lean for Profitable Growth: CEO Bill Canady on Driving Business...

Mark Graban - April 9, 2025 3

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From Noise to Knowledge: Embracing Data-Driven Leadership – Christopher R. Chapman

Mark Graban - March 18, 2025 1

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John Willis on the Deming Journey to Profound Knowledge in IT...

Mark Graban - March 12, 2025 0

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Kevin McMullan on Lean Without Layoffs: The Commitment That Makes Continuous Improvement WorkNovember 5, 2025
Good points Mark, Really relevant. There are many areas where any extra folks can be applied when improvements are made…
Kodo on Profitable at Any Price: Lessons from Toyota, Daily Kaizen, and Safer Workplaces with Gregg StockerOctober 31, 2025
Lean was never about efficiency. It’s about awareness. Deming didn’t teach process control — he taught seeing systems as living…
Anonymous on Ghosts, Zombies, and Frankenstein Processes: A Lean Halloween ReflectionOctober 31, 2025
I can’t tell you how timely this is as I reflect on my performance this past year. It’s helped me…
Joe Swartz on How a Pharmacist-Led Kaizen Improved Cardiac Care and Reduced Costs by $90,000 a YearOctober 20, 2025
Hi Mark, You write so well. I think you captured the essence of the improvement concisely. It reminds me of…
Stacey on The Plimsoll Line: Mistake Proofing the Overloading of ShipsOctober 19, 2025
My sentiments (thoughts), such as yours, were exactly my thoughts too; learning about the 'how & why's' of things, at…

How to Cut Through Workplace Chaos: Nelson Repenning on Lean, Flow & Dynamic Work Design

Building Excellence Through Quality and Psychological Safety — ASQ Cincinnati 2025 Preview

Why Care: Building Respectful Lean Cultures with Caroline Greenlee & Chris Butterworth

New Catalysis CEO Carlos Scholz on Lean Healthcare, Leadership, and Psychological Safety

Previewing the LPPDE 2025 Conference with Geoff Neiley & Andrew Wagner

Interviews

Lean Blog Interviews Podcast

Profitable at Any Price: Lessons from Toyota, Daily Kaizen, and Safer...

Don’t Repeat Our Mistakes: Dale Lucht’s Leadership Habits for Lean

Building Independent, Empowered Teams Through 6 Transformational Leadership Habits, with Cheryl...

Coaching Relentless Problem Solvers and Building a Culture of Lean Thinking...

Melisa Buie on Lean Culture, Scientific Thinking, and Empowering Engineers

Transforming Healthcare: Ken Segel on Lean, Shingo, and Operating Systems

Designing a Culture of Respect: Scott Gauvin’s Insights from the Respect...

Mark Reich, Former Toyota Leader on Hoshin Kanri and ‘Managing on...

Inside the Lean Healthcare Accelerator: Lessons from Japan with Dave Fitzpatrick

Leading Lean for Profitable Growth: CEO Bill Canady on Driving Business...

From Noise to Knowledge: Embracing Data-Driven Leadership – Christopher R. Chapman

John Willis on the Deming Journey to Profound Knowledge in IT...

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