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- #292: (11/9/17) The co-authors of Motivational Interviewing for Leadership
- #291: (10/24/17) Jeff Roussel, The Lean and P.I. Landscape
- #290: (10/16/17) Eric Ries, The Startup Way
- #289: (10/11/17) #Lean & A Mobile Paramedic Pilot at Geisinger Health System
- #288: (9/13/17) Dean Gruner, MD, ACOs & Health Reform
- #287: (9/6/17) Harry Kenworthy, Lean Government NOW!
- #286: (8/30/17) Dean Gruner, MD, ThedaCare's Lean Journey
- #285: (8/10/17) Karen Martin, “Is Lean Dead?”
- #284: (7/19/17) Dr. Margaret Balfour on Improving Crisis Psychiatric Care with Lean
- #283: (5/25/17) Jim Lancaster, CEO of Lantech, on The Work of Management
- #282: (5/18/17) Dr. Lisa Yerian and Nate Hurle, Lean at Cleveland Clinic
- #281: (5/10/17) Julie Firman, DNP, RN, FACHE, Lean from a CNO's Perspective
- #280: (5/3/17) John Dyer, Deming's Red Bead Experiment
- #279: (4/27/17) Revisiting Episode #153, Robert Maurer
- #278: (4/12/17) Tom Bouthillet, Lean in Fire Fighting (the Real Kind) and EMS
- #277: (3/23/17) Kay Kendall, Lean and Leading the Malcolm Baldrige Way
- #276: (3/7/17) A J (Andy) Sheppard, Lean, Change Management & More
- #275: (2/8/17) Katie Anderson, Living Lean in Japan
- #274: (2/1/17) Jay Arthur, Lean Six Sigma for Hospitals
- #273: (1/25/17) David Veech, His Book Leadersights
- #272: (1/18/17) Steve Thompson, Lean Supply Chain Lessons from Automotive to Healthcare
- #271: (1/11/17) Isaac Mitchell, Lean Design for Healthcare
- #270: (1/4/17) Paul DeChant, MD and Diane Shannon, MD, Preventing Physician Burnout
- #269: (12/7/16) Brian MacNeice & James Bowen, Powerhouse, Toyota, Mayo
- #268: (11/29/16) Tom Ehrenfeld, Reflections on Various Lean Books
- #267: (11/7/16) Steve Shortell, Lean Healthcare Research
- #266: (10/25/16) Karyn Ross, The Toyota Way to Service Excellence
- #265: (10/12/16) Bernita Beikmann, Lean Project Delivery in Healthcare
- #264: (9/26/16) Tyrone Butler, Lean, Six Sigma, ITIL, and More
- #263: (9/21/16) Pascal Dennis, Andy & Me and the Hospital
- #262: (9/12/16) Steve Spear, Beyond the Jargon of Lean
- #261: (8/29/16) Jamie Flinchbaugh, Chatting about Lean
- #260: (8/22/16) Brad White, on Lean Daily Management For Healthcare
- #259: (8/9/16) Steve Bera, Lessons from NUMMI, Part 2
- #258: (8/1/16) Jim Huntzinger, on Deflation and Lean Accounting
- #257: (7/26/16) Tania Lyon, Lean, St. Clair Hospital, and KaiNexus
- #256: (7/19/16) Steve Bera, Reflections on NUMMI after 30 years, Part 1
- #255: (6/29/15) Mark Deluzio, on his book Turn Waste into Wealth
- #254: (6/22/15) Chip Ponsford & Samantha Parrett, Lean in Veterinary Medicine
- #253: (6/14/16) Ash Maurya, on his book Scaling Lean
- #252: (6/7/26) Jordan Peck, Lean Healthcare from MIT to the VA to Maine
- #251: (5/27/16) Jim Huntzinger and Russ Scaffede, on Lean Leadership
- #250: (5/23/16) Dr. Jack Billi & Mark Graban on Lean in Healthcare
- #249: (5/16/16) Steve Leuschel, on his book Lean Culture Change: Using a Daily Management System
- #248: (4/18/16) Drew Locher, Lean Office to Lean Enterprise
- #247: (3/23/16) James Chisholm, innovation, change management and ExperiencePoint
- #246: (3/17/16) Steven Montague, National Patient Safety Awareness Week
- #245: (3/15/16) Dr. Tom Evans, the Iowa Healthcare Collaborative
- #244: (3/9/16) Dan Markovitz, Building the Fit Organization (Part 2)
- #243: (2/29/16) Michael Bungay Stanier, on The Coaching Habit
- #242: (2/25/16) Kaizen at Franciscan St. Francis
- #241: (2/10/16) Dan Markovitz, Building the Fit Organization (Part 1)
- #240: (1/26/16) Leah Binder, Patient Safety and Leapfrog Group
- #239: (1/18/16) Pascal Dennis, on the 3rd edition of Lean Production Simplified
- #238: (1/11/16) Kevin Cahill, grandson of Dr. W. Edwards Deming
- #237: (1/5/16) Paul Akers on his book Lean Health
- #236: (12/17/15) John Toussaint & Ted Stiles on Lean Transformation
- #235: (12/7/15) Sam MacPherson, The Green Beret Way to the Toyota Way & Lean Leadership
- #234: (11/16/15) Mitch Cahn, president of Unionwear on Lean Manufacturing
- #233: (10/14/15) Katie Anderson, An American Lean Thinker Living in Japan
- #232: (10/7/15) Dr. Michel Tétrault, Lean from a CEO Perspective (audio from 2010)
- #231: (9/30/15) Eric Dickson, MD, Starting Lean at UMass Memorial
- #230: (9/23/15) Paul DeChant, MD, Curing and preventing burnout with Lean
- #229: (9/8/15) John Dyer, IndustryWeek columnist on Deming and Six Sigma
- #228: (9/3/15) Zeynep Ton, The Good Jobs Strategy
- #227: (8/14/15): Steve Cook & Ruthie Davis, Do the Right Thing
- #226: (7/29/15): Steve Hoeft and Dr. Robert Pryor, their book The Power of Ideas to Transform Healthcare: Engaging Staff by Building Daily Lean Management Systems
- #225: (7/22/15) John Toussaint, MD, his new book Management on the Mend
- #224: (6/15/15) Mike Grogan, on Lean and Mentoring
- #223: (6/2/15) Christian Wolcott, Lean Trips to Japan with Kaizen Institute
- #222: (5/20/15) Dr. Erin DuPree, from the Joint Commission Center for Transforming Healthcare
- #221: (4/9/15) Jacob Stoller, The Lean CEO: Building World-Class Organizations, One Step at a Time
- #220: (3/30/15) Robert Wachter, MD, on The Digital Doctor and patient safety
- #219: (3/24/15) Tristan Kromer, Lean Startup approaches, coaching, and more
- #218: (3/16/15) Karen Kiel-Rosser, Lean & Baldrige in Healthcare
- #217: (3/2/15) Alan Robinson, co-author of The Idea-Driven Organization and more
- #216: (2/20/15) Daniel T. Jones, co-author of The Machine That Changed the World, Lean Thinking and Lean Solutions
- #215: (2/12/15) John Ervin, Lean and Patient Safety Culture in Operating Rooms
- #214: (2/1/15) Michael Ballé, on his latest book Lead with Respect
- #213: (1/17/15) Mark Graban, New “Lean Audio” Podcast Series
- #212: (1/2/15) David Mann, Creating a Lean Culture: Tools to Sustain Lean Conversions, Third Edition
- #211: (10/8/14) Mark Graban interviewed on “Healthcare Tech Talk”
- #210: (10/1/14) Darrell Damron & Hollie Jensen, Lean in Washington state government
- #209: (9/17/14) George Friesen, Kaizen and Continuous Improvement
- #208: (9/9/14) Michael Bremer, author of How to Do a Gemba Walk
- #207: (8/28/14) Chris Jerry, The Emily Jerry Foundation & patient safety (Part 2)
- #206: (8/14/14) Ed Pound, co-author of Factory Physics for Managers
- #205: (7/23/14) Joe Schnur, Technology for improving hand hygiene
- #204: (7/17/14) Paul Plsek, Lean & Innovation at Virginia Mason Medical Center
- #203: (6/23/14) Chris Jerry, The Emily Jerry Foundation & patient safety (Part 1)
- #202: (6/13/14) Patrick Graupp, TWI in Healthcare
- #201: (6/6/14) Ron Smith & Suz Kaprich, the KaiNexus WorkOut at Mary Greeley Medical Center
- #200: (5/30/14) Paul Spiegelman, Patients Come Second
- #199: (5/23/14) Jeff Gothelf, on Lean UX (Lean User Experience)
- #198: (5/15/14) Harry Kenworthy, Lean in Government
- #197: (4/29/14) Kim Barnas, Beyond Heroes
- #196: (3/18/14) Jim Huntzinger, What is TWI?
- #195: (3/3/14) Steve Montague, Lean and Crew Resource Management
- #194: (2/21/14) Paul Piechota, director of the University of Dayton School of Engineering's Center for Competitive Change
- #193: (2/5/14): Dr. Mark Jaben, on Lean, change, and our brains
- #192: (1/27/14) John Torinus, Solving Healthcare
- #191: (1/14/14) Mike Orzen on Lean IT in healthcare
- #190: (1/6/14) Karen Martin, on her new Value Stream Mapping book
- #189: (1/2/14) Rich Sheridan, on his new book Joy, Inc.
- #188: (12/18/13) Daniel T. Jones, 25 Years of Lean
- #187: (9/26/13) Joe Swartz, Healthcare Kaizen
- #186: (9/19/13) Jon Miller, Creating a Kaizen Culture
- #185: (9/12/13) David Skinner & Karen Dunn Skinner, Lean in Law Firms
- #184: (8/13/13) Dr. John Toussaint on the “Enduring Excellence” Program
- #183: (8/6/13) Scott Sambucci, Lean Startup Ideas for Sales
- #182: (7/30/13) Michael Grogan & Dr. Brenda Dmello, Lean Healthcare in Tanzania
- #181: (7/23/13) Ron Pereira, from Gemba Academy
- #180: (7/16/13) Dan Florizone, Deputy Minister of Health, Saskatchewan
- #179: (7/9/13) Tom Shuker and Judy Worth on Perfecting Patient Journeys
- #178: (6/24/13) Drew Greenblatt, President of Marlin Wire
- #177: (6/10/13) Bob Emiliani, on his latest eBooks
- #176: (5/30/13) Norman Bodek, on his book The Harada Method
- #175: (5/16/13) Mike Taubitz, on Lean and safety
- #174: (5/9/13) John Hunter, his book Management Matters
- #173: (5/2/13) Alan Gleghorn, CEO of Christie Clinic on their Lean Journey & the Lean Healthcare Transformation Summit
- #172: (4/17/13) Jerry Bussell, on his new book Anatomy of a Lean Leader
- #171: (4/9/13) Chad Walters, on Lean in sports
- #170: (4/2/13) Stephen Parry on Sense and Respond and the LKNA 2013 Conference
- #169: (3/27/13) Len Berry, PhD on “The Promise of Lean in Healthcare“
- #168: (3/18/13) Carolyn McCulley, on the upcoming film and KickStarter project “Breaking the Wall of Silence”
- #167: (3/11/13) Clare Crawford-Mason, on working with W. Edwards Deming
- #166: (2/26/13) Julie Bartels, on healthcare business intelligence
- #165: (2/8/13) Chris Vogel, Lean in Banking and Financial Services
- #164: (2/1/13) Rachelle Schultz, CEO of Winona Health on the role of senior leaders in Lean healthcare
- #163: (1/25/13) Dr. Greg Johnson, Parkview Health CMO on Lean Healthcare
- #162: (1/17/13) Patrick Vlaskovits and Brant Cooper, on their book The Lean Entrepreneur
- #161: (1/8/13) Steve Bell, Lean in IT and Run Grow Transform
- #160: (1/4/13) Dr. Joe Guarisco, Lean and Process Improvement in Emergency Medicine
- #159: (10/16/12) John Toussaint, MD on the new IOM report
- #158: (9/28/12) Art Byrne, The Lean Turnaround
- #157: (8/23/12) Nick Sarillo, A Slice of the Pie: How to Build a Big Little Business
- #156: (8/15/12) Mike Stoecklein, Reflections on Working with Dr. Deming
- #155: (8/9/12) Jim Benson, Personal Kanban
- #154: (7/31/12) Richard Morrow, The 3Ms of Process Improvement in Healthcare
- #153: (7/24/12) Robert Maurer, PhD – kaizen in clinical care and daily life
- #152: (7/17/12) Matt Stewart, life lessons from his days playing football at Northwestern and his book The Walk-On
- #151: (7/9/12) Karen Martin on her book The Outstanding Organization
- #150: (6/5/12) Jeffrey M. Lobosky, MD – It's Enough to Make You Sick
- #149: (5/31/12) Gregory Jacobson, MD – Kaizen in Healthcare
- #148: (5/21/12) Naida Grunden and Charles Hagood, Lean-Led Hospital Design
- #147: (5/15/12) LeanPub.com, Part 2, on their “Lean Startup” approach
- #146: (5/2/12) John Toussaint MD, on his new book Potent Medicine
- #145: (4/24/12) Natalie J. Sayer, Lean for Dummies, 2nd Edition
- #144: (4/16/12) Dean Gruner, MD on ThedaCare, Lean, and ACOs
- #143: (4/5/12) Mark Graban Q&A from his recent SPC webinar
- #142: (3/14/12) Eric Ries on the impact of Ohno on his Lean Startup work
- #141: (3/8/12) Norman Bodek with reflections on working with Taiichi Ohno
- #140: (2/28/12) The co-founders of LeanPub.com about “Lean Publishing”
- #139: (2/23/12) Dr. David Munch from Healthcare Performance Partners and Lean Healthcare PowerDay
- #138: (2/9/12) Al Norval, “The Lean Manifesto: Back to Basics”
- #137: (2/2/12) Jerry Bussell, Jacksonville Lean Consortium and speaker at 2012 Lean Transformation Summit
- #136: (1/24/12) Paul Akers, on his book 2 Second Lean
- #135: (1/4/12): Daniel Markovitz, on his book A Factory of One
- #134: (12/22/11) Daniel Sullivan & Gregory Jacobson, MD – The Sergeant Thomas Joseph Sullivan Center (SSC)
- #133: (12/16/11) Mark Graban, Q&A Followup from Healthcare Kaizen Webinar
- #132: (12/7/11) Bob Emiliani, on Virginia Mason Medical Center and Wiremold, 10 Years Later
- #131: (11/28/11) Paul Borawski, CEO of American Society for Quality
- #130: (10/13/11) Greg Howell, Lean Construction Institute
- #129: (8/31/11) Chris Cooper, Simpler, Inc on The Little Book of Lean
- #128: (8/24/11) Mark Graban being interviewed by Quality Digest on Lean healthcare
- #127: (8/18/11) Dr. Richard Shannon on Lean and Toyota methods for preventing infections.
- #126: (8/9/11) Bob Lutz, former vice chair of General Motors and his book Car Guys vs. Bean Counters
- #125: (7/28/11) Mike George, Lean Six Sigma and StrongAmericaNow.com
- #124: (7/21/11) Paul O'Neill, Former Alcoa CEO and Secretary of the Treasury, on Lean and Patient Safety
- #123: (7/14/11) Alica Eng and Dr. Claire Trescott, Lean and Medical Home at Group Health
- #122: (7/4/11) Paul Akers, Discussing LeanAmerica.org
- #121: (6/27/11) Mrinalini Gadkari, Ohio State MBOE for Healthcare Program
- #120: (6/21/11) Dr. Jody Crane and Chuck Noon, PhD, The Definitive Guide to Emergency Department Operational Improvement
- #119: (5/31/11) Dr. Dean Gruner, on Strategy Deployment at ThedaCare
- #118: (5/10/11) Jim Womack, on GM, Toyota, Lean Six Sigma
- #117: (4/5/11) Prof. Samuel Culbert, Get Rid of the Annual Performance Review!
- #116: (3/22/11) Jim Womack, his new book Gemba Walks
- #115: (3/10/11) Eric Ries, The Lean Startup
- #114: (3/3/11) John Kim, Lean and Healthcare Senior Leadership
- #113: (2/21/11) Aubrey Daniels, PhD, Safe By Accident?
- #112: (2/10/11) Naida Grunden, Lean and Checklists
- #111: (2/1/11) Prof. Jeffrey Liker, on his new Toyota books
- #110: (1/27/11) Dr. Jack Billi, University of Michigan Health System, on Lean Healthcare
- #109: (1/13/11) Jim Morgan, Lean Product Development at Ford
- #108: (1/6/11) Gwendolyn Galsworth on “respect for people”
- #107: (12/20/10) Daniel H. Pink, his book Drive and Lean
- #106: (12/10/10) Jim Baran & Rick Pedersen, “Career Kaizen“
- #105: (12/3/10) Bill Waddell & Adam Zak, Simple Excellence
- #104: (11/23/10) Dr. Peter Patterson, Lean in Histopathology
- #103: (11/14/10) Matt May, The Shibumi Strategy
- #102: (11/1/10) Ron Wince, CEO of Guidon Professional Services on Lean Healthcare
- #101: (10/25/10) Keith Syberg, on AME, Collaboration, and Consortia
- #100: (10/18/10) Dave Crenshaw, The Myth of Multitasking
- #99: (10/18/10) Patrick Vlaskovits and Brant Cooper, Customer Development
- #98: (9/3/10) Pat Bergin, President of Aerofil Technology
- #97: (8/13/10) Bob Sutton, PhD – Good Boss, Bad Boss
- #96: (8/3/10) Pascal Dennis, his new book The Remedy
- #95: (7/26/10) Norman Bodek, How to do Kaizen, Pt 1
- #94: (7/19/10) Bob Miller, on the Shingo Prize and Stephen Covey
- #93: (7/2/10) Jim Hearn, Lean in the UK NHS, Heart of England Hospital
- #92: (6/3/10) Mike Micklewright, Out of Another @#&*% Crisis!
- #91: (5/24/10) Dr. Stephen Covey on Respect for People and Lean
- #90: (5/20/10) Tim Turner, One Team On All Levels: The Story Of The Toyota Team Members
- #89: (4/18/10) Keith Russell, Lean at Astra Zeneca (Pharma R&D)
- #88: (4/7/10) Jim Baran on Lean Talent Management
- #87: (3/29/10) Steven J. Spear, PhD – Lean in Healthcare
- #86: (3/22/10) David Sundahl, Rule 4 Consulting, “Adaptive Design” in Healthcare
- #85: (3/15/10) David Meier on Toyota's Recent Challenges
- #84: (2/24/10) Karl Wadensten, VIBCO and “The Lean Nation”
- #83: (1/29/10) Jim D'Addario – Lean and American competitiveness
- #82: (1/13/10) Dr. Sami Bahri, Lean Learning and One-Piece Flow
- #81: (1/6/10) Rob Bryant, Lean at Computer Sciences Corporation
- #80: (12/4/09) Joan Wellman, Early Days of Lean Healthcare
- #79: (11/16/09) Eve Yen, CEO of Diamond Wipes
- #78: (11/2/09) Sorrel King, “Josie's Story” – Systems and Patient Safety
- #77: (10/21/09) Bob Emiliani, Principles of Mass and Flow Production
- #76: (10/14/09) Dr. David Jaques, Lean in Surgical Services
- #75: (10/4/09) Prof. Peter Ward, Lean education at Ohio State University and beyond
- #74: (9/15/09) Roy Vasher, Toyota's Supply Chain Management
- #73: (8/23/09) Doug Burgess, Sr. VP of Lean Six Sigma, Xerox
- #72: (8/12/09) John Toussaint, MD, Lean and Health Reform
- #71: (8/9/09) Patrick Anderson, Lean Healthcare in Alaska, Part 2
- #70: (7/9/09) Tamra Kaplan, COO of Long Beach Memorial Medical Center
- #69: (6/25/09) Dr. Sami Bahri, D.D.S., Follow the Learner
- #68: (6/19/09) Ben Harrison, Lean from CEO Perspective
- #67: (5/22/09) Matthew E. May, In Pursuit of Elegance
- #66: (5/15/09) Joe Rizzo, AME Annual Conference
- #65: (4/21/09) Kevin Frieswick, Error Proofing in a Hospital
- #64: (3/5/09) Jamie Flinchbaugh, on Coaching
- #63: (2/25/09) David “Zuma Dogg” Saltsburg, Mayoral Candidate and Deming Fanatic
- #62: (2/23/09) John Toussaint, MD, ThedaCare Center for Healthcare Value
- #61: (2/12/09) Norman Bodek, Lean in Ireland, Part 2
- #60: (2/3/09) Lt. Randy Russell, Lean in Law Enforcement, Pt 2
- #59: (1/26/09) Robert Miller, Evolution of the Shingo Prize
- #58: (1/19/2009) Steven J. Spear, Chasing the Rabbit (The High Velocity Edge)
- #57: (1/12/2009) Alfie Kohn, Punished by Rewards
- #56: (1/6/2009) John Shook, Managing to Learn
- #55: (12/16/08) Norman Bodek, Lean in Ireland, Part 1
- #54: (12/2/08) John Toussaint, MD, ThedaCare's Lean Journey
- #53: (11/18/08) Patrick Anderson, Lean Healthcare in Alaska, Pt 1
- #52: (11/3/08) Dan Markovitz, Office Lean
- #51: (10/17/08) Lt. Randy Russell, Lean in Law Enforcement, Pt 1
- #50: (8/7/08) 50th Podcast Celebration, Mark Graban and Jamie Flinchbaugh
- #49: (7/28/08) Gwen Galsworth, Part 2 of the #45 discussion
- #48: (7/21/08) Bob Emiliani, “Real Lean”
- #47 : (6/23/08) Norman Bodek on his most recent trip to Japan
- #46: (6/12/08) Dean Bliss, Iowa Health System
- #45: (6/3/08) Gwendolyn Galsworth on visual displays
- #44: (5/21/08) Ralph Keller, AME San Diego Conference (5/21)
- #43: (5/19/08) Mike Micklewright “What Would Deming Say?”
- #42: (5/7/08) Dr. C. Martin Hinckley, on Mistake Proofing
- #41: (4/27/08) Jeffrey Liker, Part 3 on Toyota Culture
- #40: (4/14/08) A UAW retiree on Lean
- #39: (3/29/08) Jeffrey Liker, Part 2 on Toyota Culture
- #38: (3/10/08) Bob Emiliani on Lean Leadership: A Strategic Leadership Guide For Executives
- #37: (3/3/08) Jeffrey Liker on Toyota Culture: The Heart and Soul of the Toyota Way
- #36: (2/8/08) Norm Bodek on the new Shingo book
- #35: (1/28/08) David Meier on Lean culture and implementation
- #34: (1/22/08) Chris Harris, on Developing a Lean Workforce
- #33: (11/17/07) Jim Huntzinger, on the latest Lean Accounting Summit
- #32: (11/9/07) Norman Bodek, on his trip to Japan
- #31: (9/9/07) David Meier , on Toyota Talent
- #30: (8/12/07) Bob Emiliani, The Updated Wiremold Story
- #29: (8/5/07) Dr. Sami Bahri, “The World's First Lean Dentist”
- #28: (7/29/07) Norman Bodek, on Training Within Industry and more
- #27: (6/18/07) Jim Baran, of Value Stream Leadership, part 2 of our discussion on Lean careers
- #26: (6/3/07) Dr. Gwendolyn Galsworth, on Visual Management
- #25: (5/22/07) Dr. Mark Spearman, Factory Physics
- #24: (5/6/07) Jim Womack, continuation of our 3/11 discussion
- #23: (4/29/07) Group Health Cooperative and their Lean journey.
- #22: (4/12/07) Allan Wilson, CEO of Factory Logic, now acquired by SAP, on the role of software in a lean environment
- #21: (3/26/07) Norman Bodek, talking about how Toyota develops people and how Lean should be good for all employees.
- #20: (3/19/07) Kevin Meyer, from the Evolving Excellence Blog, on “onshoring” as a competitive manufacturing strategy.
- #19: (3/11/07) Jim Womack about the republication of the book The Machine That Changed the World
- #18: (2/19/07) Eric Christiansen, about using “wiki” technology for standard work
- #17: (1/22/07) David Meier, co-author of The Toyota Way Fieldbook, on lean in China
- #16: (1/14/07) Jim Baran, of Value Stream Leadership (a leading lean recruiter)
- #15: (1/7/07) Jim Huntzinger about the “Training Within Industry” program
- #14: (12/28/06) An interview with Dave Gleditsch, the Chief Technology Officer at Pelion Systems, about the role of technology in lean implementations
- #13: (12/17/06) Part 2 of the discussion with Jim Womack.
- #12: (12/4/06) Jim Womack, of the Lean Enterprise Institute, about the state of Lean in China.
- #11: (11/26/06) Norman Bodek, with his take on educating executives and top leadership about lean.
- #10: (11/21/06) Jamie Flinchbaugh, regarding educating top leadership about lean
- #9: (11/6/06) David Mann, author of Creating A Lean Culture: Tools To Sustain Lean Conversions
- #8: (10/31/06) Jim Huntzinger, Founder of the Lean Accounting Summit
- #7: (10/23/06) Norman Bodek, focused on Toyota's response to recent quality problems
- #6: (9/18/06) Jamie Flinchbaugh, focused on leadership's role in waste reduction
- #5: (9/12/06) Jamie Flinchbaugh, co-author of The Hitchhiker's Guide to Lean: Lessons from the Road, about the language of “waste”
- #4: (9/5/06) Part Two with Dr. Liker, covering Lean Healthcare and more.
- #3: (8/27/06): Dr. Jeffrey Liker, about how companies struggle with the transition from “lean manufacturing” to “lean enterprise”.
- #2: (8/4/06) – Second interview with Norman Bodek, discussing how to stop blaming employees and how to manage in a Toyota Production System manner.
- #1: (7/16/06) – Norman Bodek discusses kaizen and employee suggestion systems.
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