Mark and Lee Talk About Mistakes and Lean
My latest episode of “My Favorite Mistake” is one with a heavy Lean focus, so I’m sharing it here with you today. My guest is Lee Houghton, a consultant based in the UK who has done a lot of Lean…
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Women in Lean: Raising Voices, Building Community, and Creating a Seat at the Table
With Founding Mothers Crystal Davis, Karyn Ross, and Dorsey Sherman My guests for Episode #411 are the co-founders, or “founding mothers,” of the group “Women In Lean: Our Table.” They are Crystal Davis, Karyn Ross, and Dorsey Sherman. Crystal was…
Why “Hesitant” Beats “Resistant” When Leading Change at Work
TL;DR: People labeled as “resistant” are often hesitant or ambivalent. Leaders who recognize that difference–and respond with curiosity instead of pressure–are far more effective at enabling change. Words matter, as do our approaches to leading change and influencing others. The…
Creating a Culture of Learning From Mistakes at The Raymond Corporation
You might remember this Lean Blog Interviews podcast episode that I did last year with Keith Ingels from The Raymond Corporation, a Toyota Industries company: The theme of learning from mistakes came up, not surprisingly, so I also had Keith…
Ryan McCormack’s Operational Excellence Mixtape: April 23, 2021
Thanks as always to Ryan McCormack for this… there’s always so much good reading, listening, and viewing shared here by him! News, blogs, articles, resources, and links about creating value, continuous improvement, innovation, and leadership. Healthcare – Creating Value for…
Interview With the First American Woman to Work for Honda in Tokyo
I don’t share every episode of “My Favorite Mistake” here (but I do hope you’ll subscribe and listen). As a reader of this blog, you might know that John Shook was the first American manager to be hired by Toyota…
Zoom Out For The Whole Picture
Mark’s note: Today’s post is something I asked my friend Brian Buck to write up here. He wrote one previous guest post back in 2010. For context, Brian had shared the following on LinkedIn: I shared an example from some…
Keith Champion of Lucid Motors on Built-In Quality and Lean EV Manufacturing
Scroll down for info, videos about Lucid Motors, how to subscribe, and more My guest for Episode #410 of the Lean Blog Interviews podcast is Keith Champion, Senior Manager of Operational Excellence at Lucid Motors, a new entrant in the…
Habitual Excellence: Paul O’Neill, Jr. Reflects on a Year Since His Dad’s Passing
Today marks the one year anniversary of the passing ofpauloneilllegacy.com. He was, among other things, the CEO of Alcoa, United States Treasury Secretary, and non-executive Chairman of the firm Value Capture — a firm that I have been affiliated with…
Ryan McCormack’s Operational Excellence Mixtape: April 9, 2021
Thanks as always to Ryan McCormack for this… there’s always so much good reading, listening, and viewing shared here by him! News, blogs, articles, resources, and links about creating value, continuous improvement, innovation, and leadership. Healthcare – Creating Value for…
Katie Labedz on Applying Lean and Continuous Improvement to Everyday Life
Scroll down for video, how to subscribe, video, transcript, and more My guest for Episode #408 of the Lean Blog Interviews podcast is Katie Labedz, the author of the new book How to Improve Absolutely Anything: Continuous Improvement in Your…
Joy Mason on Lean Instead of Layoffs and Optimistic Leadership
Scroll down for video, transcript, how to subscribe, and more My guest for Episode #407 of the Lean Blog Interviews podcast is Joy Mason, a Strategist, Author, Speaker, and Entrepreneur based in Indianapolis. She is President and Senior Business Strategist…