LeanBlog Podcast #28 features our friend and frequent guest, Norman Bodek, noted lean author, consultant, and President of PCS Press. This also celebrates the one-year anniversary of the Podcast, which featured Norman as our first guest. As I’ve given him…
By Norman Bodek, PCS Press Note: This originally appeared recently on the NWLean email list. This is re-printed with Norman’s permission. Consider it a preview of an upcoming LeanBlog Podcast. I believe that Toyota has always wanted to make great…
Book Link There’s a new book from Chuck Yorke, co-author of the book All You Gotta Do Is Ask with Norm Bodek. The new book can be found here and is called “Yes Innovation: Everyday Improvement Everyday Leadership” The book…
Listen: LeanBlog Podcast Episode #21 features our friend and frequent guest, Norman Bodek, noted lean author, consultant, and President of PCS Press. In this Podcast, we talk about how Lean should be good for a company’s employees, that Lean and…
Here is LeanBlog Podcast #11, once again with Norman Bodek of PCS Press and the author of many books, including Kaikaku: The Power and Magic of Lean. In this Podcast, we discuss a topic posed by a podcast listener, Bruce…
Here is LeanBlog Podcast #7, a new discussion with our friend Norman Bodek, President of PCS Press and the author of many books, including Kaikaku: The Power and Magic of Lean. In this Podcast, we discuss Toyota’s response to recent…
WSJ.com – Toyota May Delay New Models To Address Rising Quality Issues: I posted this article last week, but I looked at it again before recording a new Podcast interview with Norm Bodek. This part at the bottom of the…
Here is the second LeanBlog Podcast, featuring author and consultant Norman Bodek, President of PCS Press. The first one can be found here and you can visit the main Podcast page, which includes information on how to subscribe via RSS or…
In the first-ever Lean Blog Podcast, Mark Graban talks with Norm Bodek about quick and easy Kaizen and how it differs from large, event-based improvement efforts. Bodek explains how simple, employee-led improvements–supported by trust, experimentation, and respect for people–can make…
Industry 2.0 : Lean Mantras This is more “Blog news” than “lean news”, but my Q&A with Norm Bodek has been reprinted (with my permission) in an Indian business magazine (print and web). Please check out my main blog page…
Kaikaku (Norm’s blog) Check out Norman’s blog for a review of his upcoming book, “Rebirth of American Industry.” I should be getting a copy soon and will post a review (although my backlog of lean books is growing). I haven’t…
Today’s topic for the Project Kaizen group blogging effort is the idea of applying “quick and easy kaizen” to a project setting. “These are improvements that affect the ease of one person doing a job and within ones authority to…
