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Guest Post: The Risk of Ignoring Muri

Mark Graban - November 29, 2012 7

Today's guest post is by author Natalie Sayer, who was my guest for Podcast #145. While doing research for another project, I had the...

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Respect for People Goes in All Directions

Mark Graban - October 26, 2012 2

Today's guest post is by Natalie Sayer, who was my guest for Podcast #145. Most of the literature I read about "respect for people"...

William Brew on Ray Zinn on Learning from Mistakes — and Why “Fail Fast, Fail Often” Misses the PointFebruary 10, 2026
I love how this post talks about why "fail fast, fail often" can be misleading. The blog states that the…
Mark Graban on When 5S Goes Wrong: A Funny but Painful Lesson in Bad Lean Office PracticesFebruary 9, 2026
Thanks for sharing that example, Zachary. A checklist should indeed be a helpful tool, not a burden.
Zachary Capen on When 5S Goes Wrong: A Funny but Painful Lesson in Bad Lean Office PracticesFebruary 9, 2026
This post and the video are funny yet relatable in the ive seen similar things happen kind of way. What…
Jack Benedict on Why Public Address Announcements Aren’t a Substitute for ManagementFebruary 4, 2026
While reading this blog post I got to understand the argument of how "top of the hour conditioning" announcements projected…
William Brew on Gemba Walks, Daily Improvement, and the Leadership Behaviors That Make Kaizen PossibleFebruary 3, 2026
A takeaway I have from this blog post is that for Kaizen and Gemba walks to work effectively, the leaders…

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