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.
I don’t know the original source of this and I can’t vouch for its authenticity, but I can only assume this is a real example of conditions in a real Chinese factory. I guess you not only have cheap labor…
Here’s an interesting video showing Boeing’s 737 line, moving at a takt time pace of 2 inches per minute. The referenced video has been removed at Boeing’s request (5/18/2010). I was embedding a video from YouTube that Boeing considered an…
I’ve been doing a lot of re-reading (and some fresh reading) of the concepts of W. Edwards Deming recently. I’ve decided April will be “Deming Month” on the Lean Blog. It’s not that we’ll exclusively write about Deming, but I’ll…
Lean Six Sigma Academy Blog: The Toyota Way Here is s news story that Ron, at the Lean Six Sigma Academy Blog, found on YouTube. The video is below and I had a few comments. First off, the reporter says…
I can’t get the videos to play on my PC. CNBC did interviews today with the Big 3 big wigs, a big mullet, and a Toyota leader. I heard the Mulally interview on XM Radio, but didn’t hear the others.…
We know Dilbert makes fun of Six Sigma, but the new NBC show “30 Rock” does a great job of skewering GE culture (of which NBC is a part) and Six Sigma. 30 Rock is easily the funniest workplace show…
I give many lean overview presentations to healthcare audiences. While I mostly talk about the application of lean concepts to healthcare (problem-solving, improving flow, leveling workloads, reducing waste… pretty universal concepts), I do acknowledge that Lean originated in manufacturing. It…
Order via Society of Manufacturing Engineers (SME) Order via Lean Enterprise Institute (LEI) Order through the GBMP I received a copy of this DVD through work and just watched it this afternoon. I plan on using it next week to…
Lean Army Video (via YouTube.com)Here is a video highlighting the benefits of apply lean to the Army Materiel Command. Improving turnaround time on equipment repairs helps the troops: Faster, cheaper, better quality, all three of those metrics. Please check out…
From the Air Force news service and Google Video, a story about what basically sounds like a week-long “kaizen event” with the goal of reducing waste and increasing airplane availability. Here is a look back at the “Lean Across the…
