LeanBlog Podcast #16 is the first part of two with Jim Baran, the Owner of Value Stream Leadership, a leading recruiting firm that specializes in Lean talent. I’ve known Jim for a few years now and he’s helped me and…
LeanBlog Podcast #13 brings us part 2 of our discussion with James P. Womack of the Lean Enterprise Institute, the author of many books, including the classic (published 10 years ago) Lean Thinking and the more recent Lean Solutions. Part…
Update 12/17: Click here for part 2 of the Womack podcast. LeanBlog Podcast #12 brings us a special guest, James P. Womack of the Lean Enterprise Institute, the author of many books, including the classic (published 10 years ago) Lean…
Somebody says it in the comments of nearly every post about Lean, usually with a few exclamation points. “Toyota doesn’t call it Lean!” It gets offered as if it settles the matter. I’ve said a version of it myself. Talking…
In July 2006, I pressed record on a conversation with Norm Bodek. The audio quality was poor. I had no idea what I was doing. Norman, who had spent decades going to Japan and had published Ohno and Shingo in…
Top 10 articlesEvergreen favoritesPodcasts Here are the LeanBlog.org posts that drew the most readers in the second half of 2025, based on Google Analytics. The ranked list below uses page views through December 19. Popularity does not necessarily tell us…
I wanted to share that one of my early experiments in e-book publishing is available for free on Amazon Kindle for a limited time — from now through May 25. About the Book Reflections from Lean Leaders: Transcripts from Podcast…
Thanks, as always, to Ryan McCormack for this. He always shares so much good reading, listening, and viewing here! Subscribe to get these directly from Ryan via email. News, articles, books, podcasts, and videos about how to make the workplace…
Thanks, as always, to Ryan McCormack for this. He always shares so much good reading, listening, and viewing here! Subscribe to get these directly from Ryan via email. From Ryan: Thank you for your continued readership and support. 2024 marked…
Scroll down for how to subscribe, transcript, and more My guest for Episode #521 of the Lean Blog Interviews Podcast is José R. Ferro, PhD, a Senior Advisor with the Lean Enterprise Institute and the Founder and President of the…
I was thrilled to be invited to join more than 100 other speakers for this day-long (24 hours) global event — the Lean Global Connection event presented by the Lean Global Network. It was free, and it looked to be…
Roberto Priolo of Planet Lean shares how the Lean Global Connection has become a 24-hour, worldwide celebration of Lean thinking–and why its focus on adaptiveness and psychological safety matters more than ever. This free global event brings together practitioners, leaders,…
