Tag: MIT

Why do capable leaders spend their days firefighting instead of improving the system? In this episode, MIT professor Nelson Repenning explains how poorly designed...

In Episode 27, Mark and Jamie switch things up a bit with a morning recording of the show. While we could have just started...

Scroll down for video, how to subscribe, video, transcript, and more My guest for Episode #412 of the Lean Blog Interviews podcast is Dr. Jonathan...

This is some bonus audio related to an episode of the "My Favorite Mistake" podcast that Professor Jonathan Byrnes and I recorded last week....

In Episode 18, Mark Graban and Jamie Flinchbaugh return to our tried and true format of "just the two of us", although that won't...

Today is a throwback to a throwback, in a way. Five years ago, I blogged about how the term "Lean Production" was 25 years old...

This episode is sponsored by StoreSMART. My guest for episode #252 is Jordan Peck, a Senior Director in the Center for Performance Improvement at MaineHealth...

This conversation with Zeynep Ton explores why treating labor as a cost creates operational failure -- and how the Good Jobs Strategy offers a...

Joining me for episode #227 are Ruthie Davis and Stephen Cook, talking about the book that they edited, Do the Right Thing: Real Life Stories...

Editor's note (2026): In an era of AI, dashboards, and real-time data, Spear's reminder still holds: information only matters if it changes behavior. TL;DR: Steve...

It's been just about 18 years since I was leaving GM to start the master's program at MIT's Leaders for Manufacturing program (now called...

Mark's note: Christina Kach is back with a new post, this time a review of what should probably be considered a "Lean classic." Come...