Thanks, everybody, for reading my blog here in 2023. And for listening to podcasts… oh so many podcasts. This blog post is the “year end” report with the most read posts of the second half of the year. On one…
Scroll down for how to subscribe, transcript, and more My guest for Episode #494 of the Lean Blog Interviews Podcast is Chad Bareither, the founder and principal consultant of Bareither Group Consulting. He brings a wealth of experience as a…
tl;dr: Bowling charts encourage red-green reactions that hide real trends. Process Behavior Charts help leaders distinguish signal from noise and manage systems more effectively. Here is a LinkedIn Live event I did on Thursday at 11 am ET, with my…
Scroll down for how to subscribe, transcript, and more Joining us for Episode #474 of the Lean Blog Interviews Podcast is Norbert Majerus. He has his own firm now but previously worked for Goodyear, joining the company in 1978 in…
Dr. Randal Pinkett returns to the podcast to talk about his book Data-Driven DEI, making the case that diversity, equity, and inclusion can be measured and managed like any other business priority. We get into why most companies never measure…
Thanks, everybody, for reading my blog here in 2022. And for listening to podcasts… so many podcasts again this year! Here are a few numbers, before we get to the most-read posts of the year. Podcast Numbers This year, I…
Scroll down for how to subscribe, transcript, and more My guest for Episode #460 of the Lean Blog Interviews Podcast is Philip Holt. He is currently Senior Vice President, Operational Excellence at GKN Aerospace, the world’s leading multi-technology Tier 1…
Scroll down for how to subscribe, transcript, and more My guest for Episode #451 of the Lean Blog Interviews Podcast is Dr. Alan G. Robinson. He specializes in managing ideas, building high-performance organizations, creativity, innovation, quality, and lean production. He is the…
Scroll down for how to subscribe, transcript, and more My guest for Episode #450 of the Lean Blog Interviews Podcast is Professor Torbjorn Netland, Ph.D. Tor is the chair of production and operations management in the department of management, technology…
Scroll down for how to subscribe, transcript, and more My guest for Episode #441 of the Lean Blog Interviews Podcast is John Dues, an accomplished education systems leader and improvement science scholar-practitioner with more than two decades of experience in…
In this Lean Blog Podcast episode, Tom Peters reflects on leading through the chaos of COVID-19. He shares why people-first leadership, training, kindness, and trust become non-negotiable during crisis. I’m really excited to be speaking to my guest for Episode…
W. Edwards Deming’s ideas about systems thinking, measurement, psychology, and leadership remain highly relevant for healthcare improvement today, even decades after they were first articulated. Why Deming Still Matters in Healthcare Today Healthcare leaders continue to struggle with quality improvement…