Jeff Liker on the Second Edition of “The Toyota Way” Mark Graban Feb 9, 2021 0 Interviews Wow, 400 Episodes!! 400 episodes in roughly 15.5 years... that's about 800 weeks, or one episode every two weeks,!-->…
Lesa Nichols: Reflecting on Hajime Oba and Her Toyota Experience Mark Graban Feb 2, 2021 0 Interviews Scroll down for video, how to subscribe, and more My guest for Episode #399 of the Lean Blog!-->!-->!-->!-->!-->!-->!-->!-->!-->…
Hide Oba Discusses His Legendary Father, Toyota’s Hajime Oba Mark Graban Jan 20, 2021 3 Interviews Joining me for Episode #397 is Hide Oba. His father was the late Hajime Oba, famous for his work at Toyota and the!-->…
Operational Excellence Mixtape: Best of 2020 Ryan McCormack Dec 28, 2020 0 Mixtape Thanks as always to Ryan McCormick for this... there's always so much good reading, listening, and viewing!-->!-->!-->…
Steven J. Spear Remembers the Incredible Hajime Oba of Toyota Mark Graban Sep 29, 2020 0 Interviews Joining me again for Episode #386 is Steve Spear, who reached out to share recollections of one of his most!-->…
Remembering Hajime Oba of Toyota and TSSC (1945-2020) Mark Graban Sep 26, 2020 0 Blog I've seen a number of people post on LinkedIn about the passing of the legendary "Mr. Oba" of Toyota (sometimes!-->…
CEO Akio Toyoda’s Perspectives on the Toyota Production System Mark Graban Aug 31, 2020 1 Blog I was really happy to see this publication by Toyota, from Japan but in English: "Akio Toyoda's View on Toyota!-->!-->!-->…
Katie Anderson on “Learning to Lead, Leading to Learn” Mark Graban Aug 3, 2020 3 Interviews Katie Anderson My guest for Episode #379, joining me for the fifth time, is Katie Anderson, author of the!-->!-->!-->…
Katie Anderson’s Webinar on “Learning to Lead” [Preview and… Mark Graban May 22, 2020 2 Blog I'm looking forward to the new book by my friend Katie Anderson, due out in July: Learning to Lead, Leading!-->!-->!-->!-->!-->…
Podcast #368 — Steve Feltovich on Deming and the Toyota Production System Mark Graban May 3, 2020 0 Interviews My guest for Episode #368 is somebody I've met fairly recently through his excellent posts on LinkedIn, Steve!-->!-->!-->…
Busting Myths about Just in Time: The Implications for Healthcare Supply Chains… Mark Graban Apr 9, 2020 2 Blog Thanks to Professor Peter Hines and the Enterprise Excellence Network for inviting me to present this webinar.!-->…
Episode #14 of “Lean Whiskey”: Coronavirus, Supply Chains, and… Mark Graban Mar 13, 2020 0 Lean Whiskey Mark Graban & Jamie Flinchbaugh In Episode 14 of Lean Whiskey, Mark Graban and Jamie Flinchbaugh finish off!-->!-->!-->…
Iowa Democratic Caucus 2020: “App Problem” or “System… Mark Graban Feb 17, 2020 7 Blog Let's start today's post with Point #8 from The Toyota Way management philosophy: "Use only reliable,!-->!-->!-->…
Episode #13 of “Lean Whiskey”: Don’t Drink Pacific Northwest… Mark Graban Feb 14, 2020 0 Lean Whiskey Mark Graban & Jamie Flinchbaugh In Episode 13 of Lean Whiskey, Mark Graban and Jamie Flinchbaugh reconnect!-->!-->!-->…
Operational Excellence Mixtape: January 31, 2020 Ryan McCormack Jan 31, 2020 0 Mixtape Healthcare - Creating Value for Patients It's been more than 10 years since Atul Gawande wrote The!-->!-->!-->!-->!-->!-->!-->!-->…
Making People and Making Things – in Japan or Mr. Rogers’ Neighborhood Mark Graban Dec 2, 2019 1 Blog Monday was my first day for my fifth Lean study trip to Japan. Yesterday, I had the opportunity to once again!-->…
Podcast #350 — Tim Turner – Building Lexus, Leaving Toyota, and… Mark Graban Nov 4, 2019 0 Interviews My guest today is Tim Turner, who joined us previously in 2010 for episode #90. Tim was the lead author for a!-->!-->!-->…
A Fantastic Video About Toyota Helping a Hospital in Brazil Mark Graban Oct 29, 2019 3 Blog When I was in Brazil recently (read more), one of the presenters at the Lean Six Sigma Conference was Bruno!-->!-->!-->…