This archive collects videos, webinar recordings, livestreams, and video-based conversations focused on Lean leadership, continuous improvement, psychological safety, and learning from mistakes. These videos are meant to support reflection and practical application—not just passive viewing—across healthcare, manufacturing, and knowledge work.
Topics range from executive leadership behaviors and Kaizen to Deming, Toyota, and building cultures where people feel safe to speak up and improve.
Hello from the frozen tundra of North Texas. I wish the Packer fans hadn’t brought Green Bay weather with them. It’s not nearly as green as that picture of “Jerry World” (aka Cowboys Stadium) looks. Back in 2008, I blogged…
Here is Part 3 of our video discussion series about Lean Healthcare Design, featuring Miguel Burbano, an architect and Senior Vice President with The Neenan Company, and Dr. Randall Huss, President of the St. John’s Clinic – Rolla (MO). Here,…
Following up on yesterday’s found parody of the show The Office… As if we needed any proof that Dwight K. Schrute is NOT a “Lean Thinker,” check out this short video clip I saw the other night:
Here is a funny parody from some students at Notre Dame:
Here is Part 2 of our video discussion series about Lean Healthcare Design, featuring Miguel Burbano, an architect and Senior Vice President with The Neenan Company, and Dr. Randall Huss, President of the St. John’s Clinic – Rolla (MO). Today,…
Here is a fun clip of Dr. Atul Gawande on Stephen Colbert’s Comedy Central show, talking about his book The Checklist Manifesto: How to Get Things Right, now available in paperback. In his host schtick, Colbert asks Gawande why he…
I’m happy to present a new multi-part video discussion series about Lean Healthcare Design, featuring Miguel Burbano, an architect and Senior Vice President with The Neenan Company, and Dr. Randall Huss, President of the St. John’s Clinic – Rolla (MO).
I blogged about this a few weeks back, but Toyota has posted an outstanding short video about their work at a food bank, applying lean/TPS principles for social good. I love particularly how they emphasize that they didn’t come in…
Here’s a fun stop-motion video – I presume it’s from Australia or New Zealand?? I don’t know the backstory of the video yet. It shows a before-and-after scenario of a factory before and after Lean.
When I was traveling last week, a magazine caught my eye, one I don’t normally read: Scientific American Mind and the article “Cubicle, Sweet Cubicle: The Best Ways to Make Office Spaces Not So Bad ( Preview )“. The whole…
Here is the latest in my “Week in Review” series for the week ending 9/26/10, featuring stories about a Toyota tour, a Don Berwick speech, and new NBA uniforms (and more). Please let me know what you think by adding…
I recently ran across a Michigan startup company called OPS Solutions that has some interesting technology that could be applied in many settings for standardized work and error proofing applications. Michigan is my home state and I’m always interested in…
