I was excited to host and moderate this recent webinar on January 17th at 1 pm ET. Register using the link below to view the recording of the session–it’s free: A Poka-Yoke Primer: Mistake-Proofing and Error Reduction It was presented…
Scroll down for how to subscribe, transcript, and more My guests for Episode #495 of the Lean Blog Interviews Podcast are Catherine Chabiron and Fabrice Bernhard, who are discussing her new book Learning to Scale at Theodo Group: Growing a…
With a heavy heart, I’d like to honor and remember David Mann, a noted author in the #Lean Management community, who passed away on the 26th. You can read his obituary here. David’s outstanding book, Creating a Lean Culture was in its 3rd…
The most read articles of 2023, book and podcast recommendations From Ryan McCormack… Dear Subscribers and Readers, Thank you for your continued readership and support. 2023 marked another year of continuous improvement, improving organizational culture, and driving excellence in the…
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…
Listen: In Episode 43 of the “Lean Whiskey” podcast, Jamie Flinchbaugh and Mark Graban begin by talking about each of our interviews regarding the new book by Steve Spear and Gene Kim, Wiring the Winning Organization. Mark interviewed Steve and…
Being “right” is often the wrong strategy for change. Sustainable Lean change happens when leaders shift from telling people what to do to engaging them through questions, empathy, and motivation–using approaches like motivational interviewing to help people choose change rather…
I’m happy to have hosted a webinar that was presented by Stephanie Hill from KaiNexus, on December 5th at 1 pm. It’s titled: Engaging Senior Leaders to Accelerate Your Continuous Improvement Program You can now register to view the recording.…
My guests for Episode #493 of the Lean Blog Interviews Podcast are Gene Kim and Steve Spear, co-authors of “Wiring the Winning Organization.” We talk about why so many organizations copy the visible practices of Toyota or Amazon — two…
Scroll down for how to subscribe, transcript, and more My guest for Episode #492 of the Lean Blog Interviews Podcast is Nick Katko, previously here in Episode 428 in 2021 with his co-author Mike DeLuca talking about their book Practicing…
I don’t share every episode of the “My Favorite Mistake” podcast here, but today’s new episode has great connections to Lean, I think. Or, it’s Lean-adjacent. It’s a discussion I had with Prof. Amy C. Edmondson, from Harvard Business School,…