Tag: Respect for People
Lean Leadership Lessons from Ford and Uber CEOs: Culture, Crisis, and...
tl;dr: In a riveting discussion, Ford CEO Jim Farley and Uber CEO Dara Khosrowshahi delve into Lean principles, cultural shifts, and operational challenges. From...
Critique Your Process, Not Your People
Coming next Wednesday: a new episode of the Lean Blog Interviews podcast with Keith Ingels from The Raymond Corporation.
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Ryan McCormack’s Operational Excellence Mixtape: January 27th, 2023
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...
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...
Jim Benson on The Collaboration Equation, His New Book
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My guest for Episode #463 of the Lean Blog Interviews Podcast is Jim Benson, the CEO...
Lean at GE in Italy: Employee Empowerment, Psychological Safety, and (Yes)...
TL;DR: Lean at GE in Italy succeeds by empowering employees, avoiding blame, and building psychological safety--leading to faster problem solving, better results, and a...
Why Sam Morgan Loves Lean (and Kata) and How He Helps...
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Joining me for Episode #457 of the Lean Blog Interviews Podcast is Sam Morgan.
Sam is a...
Why People Drive Around the Gate: A Lean Lesson on Standardized...
TL;DR: Workarounds are not a sign of employee resistance. They are signals that standardized work or supporting systems make the "right way" harder than...
Ryan McCormack’s Operational Excellence Mixtape: August 26nd, 2022
Thanks as always to Ryan McCormick for this... there's always so much good reading, listening, and viewing shared here by him!
Insights about improvement, innovation,...
Reader Question: Would You Call This a “Lean Burial”?
I try not to use the word "Lean" as an adjective that means "better." We see this a lot online, the so-called "Lean boarding...
Telling People to Be Courageous vs. Making it Safe to Speak...
I saw an interesting post on Linkedin recently, with a list of rules for a Kaizen Event team. It's a solid list but one...
Some Recent Posts I Wrote (and Podcasts) for the Value Capture...
As part of my affiliation with the firm Value Capture, I've been writing on their blog.
Here are some recent posts of mine that...













