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.
This podcast is an interview with Matt May, author of the Shingo Prize winning book The Elegant Solution: Toyota’s Formula for Mastering Innovation. Available May 19 is his new book In Pursuit of Elegance: Why the Best Ideas Have Something…
YouTube – Ford Model T – 100 Years Later A bit of manufacturing and Lean history here…. since Henry Ford’s writings and practices helped influence Toyota and the development of the Toyota Production System. Many of Henry Ford’s methods seem…
If you’re not familiar with Dr. W. Edwards Deming, check out this 30 minute special, put on YouTube in three pieces. Look at the 1980’s videos of American smashing Japanese import cars with sledgehammers. That was a mature response to…
I feel a bit insensitive posting this video considering the continued plant closure announcements in the auto industry and Chrysler’s bankruptcy, but don’t blame me, blame “The Onion” (the web’s funniest fake news)… But, keep in mind this video makes…
The Nun and the Bureaucrat (LEI Link) I started endorsing and promoting this outstanding DVD and companion book back in 2006 when I first saw it. The Lean Enterprise Institute has obtained the rights to sell this at a new…
I’ve always been a huge Simpsons fan, even if the show has gotten less funny in the past few years (flame away on that topic, if you must). The beginning of the this week’s episode made me chuckle a bit.…
Hulu – ER: Old Times – Watch the full episode now. Thanks to Bryan to bringing this episode of ER to my attention. I don’t normally watch it, but my wife always DVRs it, so I was able to watch…
OK, so here is episode #1 of the “beta” (if you will) LeanBlog Video Podcast. Our guest is our good friend Jamie Flinchbaugh. I guess I’m jumping on the video bandwagon — have you seen the new sample videos from…
Hi everyone — sorry there was no post this morning, my flight home landed at 1 am and I was exhausted this morning, taking it sort of as a vacation day. I have a lot of blogging to catch up,…
Hand washing and proper hand hygiene is a big concern at most hospitals — thankfully so, since hand hygiene and other basic infection control measures can save lives, preventing or slowing the spread of harmful bugs like MRSA and C-Diff,…
I was interviewed recently by Quality Digest about my book, Lean Hospitals: Improving Quality, Patient Safety, and Employee Satisfaction (first edition). The video appears on their webpage, www.qualitydigest.com or you can click here to play it on their website.
Code red in the nation’s hospital corridors | CLOSE UP Thanks to Michael from New Zealand for pointing this story to me. The link above has an 11 minute video on from their equivalent of a 60 Minutes type show.…
