Leadership isn’t about titles, charisma, or quick decisions—it’s about creating systems where people can do their best work and continuously improve. This archive brings together blog posts, podcasts, and reflections on leadership through a Lean lens, drawing on ideas from Deming, Toyota, healthcare, and real-world management practice. The common theme: leaders shape culture, influence behavior, and own the systems that produce results—for better or worse.
I was surprised that GEO CEO Larry Culp’s opening remarks weren’t shared in the YouTube recordings from the GE Lean Mindset event held in New York and live-streamed earlier this month. Larry Culp’s Opening Remarks on Lean at GE His…
This is the first in a series of posts about the sessions from the GE Lean Mindset event that I was able to attend recently. You can read my initial summary of the event’s themes and check out all of…
I’m excited about this special KaiNexus Webinar that I hosted and moderated on Thursday, September 14th at 1 pm ET. It was a short 20-minute presentation by six-time CEO Mark Parrish on the theme of “Building Cultures of Commitment.” REGISTER…
This bonus episode captures an unscripted, post-event conversation with Jim Womack, Katie Anderson, Jamie V. Parker, and Mark Graban reflecting on GE’s “Lean Mindset” event. Together, we explore what it really takes to sustain Lean thinking–learning from failure, leading with…
Thanks as always to Ryan McCormack for this… there’s always so much good reading, listening, and viewing shared here by him! Subscribe to get these directly from Ryan via email. Insights about improvement, innovation, and leadership… Operational Excellence, Improvement, and…
Updated: The recordings from this inspiring day are now online. I’ll be sharing thoughts and reflections in future posts. I was very excited to learn about an event that was produced by GE on Wednesday, September 6th, in New York…
Scroll down for how to subscribe, transcript, and more My guest for Episode #484 of the Lean Blog Interviews Podcast is Keith Ingels, who previously joined us in Episode 390. He’s the RLM Manager of Solutions & Support Centers —…
Coming next Wednesday: a new episode of the Lean Blog Interviews podcast with Keith Ingels from The Raymond Corporation. You can listen now with a free trial or paid subscription for “early access” through the Apple Podcasts app. One thing that stood out was a…
Thanks as always to Ryan McCormack for this… there’s always so much good reading, listening, and viewing shared here by him! Subscribe to get these directly from Ryan via email Insights about improvement, innovation, and leadership… Operational Excellence, Improvement, and…
Scroll down for how to subscribe, transcript, and more My guests for Episode #483 of the Lean Blog Interviews Podcast are Amanda Zimmerman and Dominic Stokes, two Lean Six Sigma professionals who co-host a new podcast called “Squishy Lean.” Amanda…
Thanks as always to Ryan McCormack for this… there’s always so much good reading, listening, and viewing shared here by him! Subscribe to get these directly from Ryan via email. Insights about improvement, innovation, and leadership… Operational Excellence, Improvement, and…
tl;dr: Firing someone after a mistake doesn’t prevent recurrence. The next person will make the same error unless you improve the process with mistake-proofing, clear standards, and better system design. This post shares a story I heard at the Michigan…
