Tag: Leadership

Stop Forcing Change: Use These Motivational Interviewing Questions Instead

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When we think about how change happens in organizations, especially those practicing Lean, we often focus on tools, plans, and communication strategies. But what...

From Firefighting to Flow: Darren Walsh on Lean Leadership Routines that...

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Scroll down for how to subscribe, transcript, and more My guest for Episode #539 of the Lean Blog Interviews Podcast is Darren Walsh, author of...

GE’s Larry Culp: Why Lean Thinking Starts with Safety and Respect...

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It's rare to find a Fortune 100 CEO who talks about flow, standard work, and kaizen with the same fluency as a plant manager....

The Lasting Impact of a 2009 Kaizen Study in Emergency Medicine...

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Back in 2009, my friend and KaiNexus co-founder Dr. Greg Jacobson and his colleagues at Vanderbilt University Medical Center published an article that still...

What Lean Leaders Can Learn from Dan Quinn: Accountability Without Blame

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Leadership isn't about avoiding mistakes--it's about responding to them with honesty and humility. This week, Washington Commanders head coach Dan Quinn offered a clear example....

How Great Leaders Prevent Mistakes and Learn from the Ones That...

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I recently gave a virtual keynote for a global manufacturing company that's a customer of KaiNexus. Their leaders wanted to explore how to strengthen...

Leadership, Laughter, and Lean: How a CEO’s Shaved Head Symbolized $7...

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In Lean circles, we talk a lot about leadership commitment. But it's not every day that a CEO puts their hair on the line...

Ryan McCormack’s Operational Excellence Mixtape: October 17, 2025

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Thanks, as always, to Ryan McCormack for this. He always shares so much good reading, listening, and viewing here! Subscribe to get these directly...

Why Care: Building Respectful Lean Cultures with Caroline Greenlee & Chris...

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Scroll down for how to subscribe, transcript, and more My guests for Episode #537 of the Lean Blog Interviews Podcast are Caroline Greenlee and Chris...

Leader Standard Work Is About Behavior, Not Just Your Calendar

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Leader Standard Work: It's Not Just Where You Go, But How You Show Up Too often, the concept of Leader Standard Work (LSW) in Lean is reduced...

From 5S Frustration to Lean Leadership: A Conversation with a Future...

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Recently, I had the pleasure of speaking with a supply chain student (taking undergraduate courses) who reached out with thoughtful questions about Lean principles....

Ryan McCormack’s Operational Excellence Mixtape: October 3, 2025

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Thanks, as always, to Ryan McCormack for this. He always shares so much good reading, listening, and viewing here! Subscribe to get these directly...
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