Tag: Mistakes
Progress on My Upcoming Book About Learning From Mistakes (and Possible...
I've mentioned before that I'm writing a book based on -- inspired by -- the interviews, stories, and insights from my guests on the...
Creating a Growth Mindset Culture in the Classroom: How Teaching about...
A colleague from KaiNexus sent me a photo from his daughter's third-grade classroom. It's titled "The Magic of Growth Mindset," a reference to the...
Katie Anderson Discusses Larry Culp’s AME Keynote And Their Fireside Chat
TL;DR: Larry Culp's AME keynote shows that Lean leadership at GE is about how leaders think, learn, and respond to problems--not tools. Katie Anderson...
At Toyota: Mistakes are OK, as Long as We Learn; Culture...
The book that I'm writing on learning from mistakes is not an academic research-driven project. My "field research" mainly consists of the 200 podcast...
How Small Tests of Change Prevent Big Mistakes
This post shares a simple, real example of Lean thinking in action--using small tests of change to learn safely and avoid bigger, more costly...
Professor John Grout, A Deep Dive On Mistake Proofing And Lean
My guest for Episode #462 of the Lean Blog Interviews Podcast is Professor John Grout, the former dean of the Campbell School of Business at Berry College...
A Bartending Mistake That Stuck: The Story of the Negroni Sbagliato
TL;DR: The Negroni shows how clear standards make variation visible--and how unnamed variation shuts down learning. The Negroni Sbagliato proves that when mistakes aren't...
We all make make mistakes
I don't do things like this on purpose just to create illustrations and examples. But last week, as I was writing away on my...
Mistake Proofing Expert John Grout’s Favorite Mistake and How to Prevent...
This week's episode of the My Favorite Mistake podcast has a guest and a conversation that will be very directly relevant to you as...
Oops! Another Mistake During a Webinar About Mistakes
It seems ironic. Maybe this is my fate in life. Or, I'm tempting fate by podcasting, writing (my book project), and presenting so much...
We All Make Mistkaes, Especially Me
I use the word "mistake" a lot, so I end up typing the word a lot (including as part of the book project that I'm...
Free Webinar Recording About Learning From Mistakes (as Individuals & Organizations)
Updated to include a 5-minute audio preview and the recording.
I presented free webinar on June 27th, as part of the KaiNexus Continuous Improvement Webinars...















