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.

John Shook on A3 Problem Solving, Managing to Learn, and Why...

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John Shook -- one of the first Americans to work deeply within Toyota -- explains why the A3 is far more than a template....

Dan Markovitz on Lean in the Office: Reducing Waste and Improving...

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Podcast Episode #52 is a discussion with a good friend (and sometimes contributor) to the Lean Blog, Dan Markovitz, founder and President of TimeBack...

LeanBlog Podcast #50 – Your Guest, Mark Graban – Celebrating 50...

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To celebrate the 50th LeanBlog Podcast, the tables are turned. Guest host Jamie Flinchbaugh chats with me, Mark Graban, about the history of my...

Mike Micklewright Performing as Dr. W. Edwards Deming: What Would Deming...

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Episode #43 of LeanBlog Podcast is a very special one. My guest is Mike Mickleright, writer, consultant, and performer -- most interesting to me...

How Toyota Develops Lean Leaders — Jeffrey Liker on Manager Development...

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Why do so many Lean efforts fail at the leadership level? Jeffrey Liker explains how Toyota develops managers over time--through stability, daily coaching, and...

Lean Blog Podcast #40 – An Anonymous UAW Retiree Who is...

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Listen: Here is LeanBlog Podcast #40, an interview with a retired UAW/GM employee who wishes to remain anonymous, at this point. We have traded many...

Bob Emiliani on Practical Lean Leadership – LeanBlog Podcast #38

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Here is LeanBlog Podcast #38, our guest today is Bob Emiliani, the author of Practical Lean Leadership: A Strategic Leadership Guide For Executives. It's...

Jeffrey Liker on Toyota Culture and the Human Side of the...

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Jeffrey Liker explains why Toyota's success is rooted in culture, leadership, and deep respect for people--not Lean tools. This episode explores the human systems...

Norm Bodek on the New Shingo Book, ‘Kaizen and the Art...

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Listen: LeanBlog Podcast #36 once again features our friend and frequent guest, Norman Bodek, noted lean author, consultant, and President of PCS Press. In this...

LeanBlog Podcast #35 – Former Toyota Leader David Meier, on Toyota...

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Listen: LeanBlog Podcast #35 is another discussion with David Meier, co-author of the book Toyota Talent, written with Dr. Jeffrey Liker. In this podcast, we...

LeanBlog Podcast #33 — Jim Huntzinger, Trends in Lean Accounting and...

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Here is LeanBlog Podcast #33, a new interview with Jim Huntzinger, the President of the Lean Accounting Summit. In this Podcast, Jim gives us...

LeanBlog Podcast #32 – Norman Bodek on His Most Recent Lean...

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LeanBlog Podcast #32 once again features our friend and frequent guest, Norman Bodek, noted lean author, consultant, and President of PCS Press. In this...
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