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Lean Blog Interviews Podcast

Jay Hodge on Teaching the Toyota Production System at GM — and Then Going to Work for Toyota

Jay Hodge taught the Toyota Production System at a General Motors stamping plant in Indiana — then got a call from Toyota asking him to come work for them. In this episode, he shares what he...

A Lively Conversation with Jim Benson About “Humane Management”

My guest for Episode #401 is my friend Jim Benson, who you might know as the co-author of the book Personal Kanban (and we talked about that in Episode 155, back in 2012). He was also a guest on...

The Toyota Way, Revisited: Jeff Liker on Scientific Thinking, Kata, and Enabling Bureaucracy

My guest for Episode #400 is Jeffrey Liker, the retired University of Michigan professor who has recently released the second updated and revised version of his seminal book The Toyota...

Lesa Nichols on Lessons from Hajime Oba, TSSC, and Being a Production Manager at Toyota

Lesa Nichols worked closely with Hajime Oba at Toyota's Supplier Support Center (TSSC) and later became a production manager at Toyota's powertrain plant in Georgetown, Kentucky. In this episode, she...

Videos

Office 5S Gone Wrong: Video and Practical Lessons

You might also have seen the first video animation that I did last week about the waste of getting...

30 Rock Mocks GE’s Manufacturing Reshoring

One of the things I love about the NBC show “30 Rock” is the way it skewers GE culture...

Paul O’Neill Video, Speaking to Healthcare Leaders on Quality

Here's a great video of Paul O'Neill, former CEO of Alcoa and former U.S. Treasury Secretary...

Mark Graban on YouTube