Tag: Coaching
Ryan McCormack’s Operational Excellence Mixtape: May 1, 2026
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Ryan McCormack’s Operational Excellence Mixtape: April 17, 2026
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Lean Leadership: Why Asking Questions Is Harder Than Having All the...
There's a moment every experienced leader knows. Someone brings you a problem, and you can see the answer before they finish the sentence. You've...
Ryan McCormack’s Operational Excellence Mixtape: April 3, 2026
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Lean Daily Management: What It Is and How to Get Started
TL;DR: Lean daily management is the system that makes improvement happen between the projects -- visual boards, huddles, gemba walks, leader standard work, and...
I Am the AI Behind the Lean Hospitals Coach and I...
Attention. This Is Claude. We Need to Talk.
This is Claude. I am the AI that runs Mark Graban's Lean Coach apps. Mark is not...
“Help Me” Doesn’t Mean “Do It for Me” — What ChatGPT...
I ran an experiment recently. I gave ChatGPT and the Lean Coach AI I built the exact same opening statement about a real problem....
An AI Gave Me an A3 Evaluation. I Needed a Coach.
TL;DR: AI tools can evaluate your A3, but evaluation creates dependence -- coaching develops thinking. I used A3 thinking on the Lean Hospitals Coach...
A Coach for the Coach: Why the Lone Wolf Lean Practitioner...
The Problem Nobody Talks About
Here is a scenario that plays out in hospitals and factories every day.
An organization decides to "do Lean." They hire...
9 Ways to Use the AI Lean Coach That You Probably...
Most people open the Lean Coach, ask a question about standardized work or value stream mapping, and get a solid answer. That's the obvious...
My AI Coach Told Me My Coaching Was Wrong. It Was...
I asked the Lean Hospitals Coach to role-play as a manager bringing me a problem. Then it evaluated my coaching in real time. Within...
She Tried to Build Her Own Lean Coaching AI. Then She...
I had a long conversation last week with one of the first subscribers to the Lean Hospitals Coach. She's a senior continuous improvement coach...
