Tag: Podcast

Podcasts on Lean, Leadership, and Continuous Improvement

The Lean Blog Interviews Podcast explores leadership, systems, and continuous improvement through thoughtful conversations with practitioners, executives, authors, and researchers. These episodes go beyond tools to examine how organizations really improve—through better leadership behaviors, respect for people, learning from mistakes, and sound management systems. This archive brings together podcast episodes focused on Lean, healthcare, Toyota, Deming, psychological safety, and what it actually takes to sustain improvement over time.

What Jim Womack Kept Telling Us

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In March 2007, Jim Womack told me about his biggest disappointment. The Machine That Changed the World had been out for more than sixteen years,...

Remembering Norm Bodek, 20 Years After Episode #1

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In July 2006, I pressed record on a conversation with Norm Bodek. The audio quality was poor. I had no idea what I was...

Why Most People Don’t Think — and What to Do About...

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Scott Burgmeyer, founder and CEO of Become More Group, has spent more than 30 years watching smart people make avoidable decisions -- not because...

Creating Value Without Command-and-Control — John Rizzo on Empowering People

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In this episode of the Lean Blog Interviews Podcast, John Rizzo explains how organizations create lasting value by empowering people instead of relying on...

Kathy Miller on “MORE Is Better”: Meaning, Optimism, and Relationships in...

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What if stronger operations don't come from doing less--but from leading with more meaning, optimism, and connection? In this conversation, Kathy Miller shares insights...

How Don Kieffer Applies Toyota Thinking to Modern Knowledge Work

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Why do so many Lean efforts fail in offices, engineering, and executive work? In this episode, Don Kieffer explains why copying Toyota's rituals misses...

From Firefighting to Flow — Darren Walsh on Lean Leadership Routines...

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Why do so many Lean efforts stall after early wins? In this episode, Darren Walsh explains why firefighting feels productive but prevents real progress--and...

Why Leaders Get Trapped in Firefighting: Nelson Repenning on Lean, Flow,...

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

Why Psychological Safety Is Essential to Quality and Continuous Improvement

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In this special bonus episode, Mark Graban and C.J. Kaufman preview the ASQ Cincinnati-Dayton 2025 conference and explore why quality, leadership, and psychological safety...

Why Caring Cultures Matter in Lean: Psychological Safety, Respect for People,...

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Caring cultures are not "soft" extras in Lean--they are foundational. Caroline Greenlee and Chris Butterworth explain how psychological safety, respect for people, and wellbeing...

Lean Healthcare Leadership: Humility, Psychological Safety, and Sustainable Improvement (with Carlos...

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In this episode of the Lean Blog Interviews Podcast, Carlos Scholz discusses Lean healthcare leadership, psychological safety, and humility--why improvement depends on leadership behaviors,...

Previewing the LPPDE 2025 Conference with Geoff Neiley & Andrew Wagner

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Scroll down for how to subscribe, transcript, and more My guests for this bonus episode of the Lean Blog Interviews Podcast are Geoff Neiley and...
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