Tag: Whiskey
Lean Whiskey #42: Reflecting on the GE Lean Mindset Event, Including...
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In Episode 42, Jamie Flinchbaugh visits Mark Graban in northern Kentucky and they get to record an episode in person. This was the origin...
Lean Whiskey #41: Should Lean be Forced? Running & Evaluating Experiments...
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In Episode 41, Mark Graban and Jamie Flinchbaugh try a couple experiments, in the spirit of continuous improvement. You'll first notice that we moved...
Lean Whiskey #40: If Burbn Didn’t Pivot to Instagram, We Might...
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In Episode 40, Mark Graban and Jamie Flinchbaugh get back together after their in-person visit, where they enjoyed the origins of this podcast: talking...
Lean Whiskey #39: Does Starbucks’ CEO Serving Coffee and Uber’s CEO...
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In Episode 39, Mark Graban and Jamie Flinchbaugh toast the completion of Mark's new book, The Mistakes That Make Us: Cultivating a Culture of...
Why Former Toyota Employees Embrace Small Kaizen Improvement Ideas
It's not surprising when a former Toyota employee responds positively to small improvement ideas--because kaizen is about noticing problems, welcoming feedback, and acting quickly.
I'm...
Lean Whiskey #38: Toasting the U.S. Micro Whiskey of the Year...
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What do you do when you are chosen as Jim Murray's US Micro Whiskey of the Year? You pop in to join Mark and...
Lean Whiskey #35: Going to “Gemba” at Scotch Whisky Distilleries; Work...
We're tired, but not tired of whisky. A gemba walk will pick us up...
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How Garrison Brothers Distillery Built a Culture of Owning Up to...
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Garrison Brothers Distillery models a culture of owning up to mistakes.
Leaders publicly admit costly errors.
No blame -- only learning.
A practical example of...
David Meier’s “Favorite Mistakes” at Toyota and His Distillery
I don't always share new episodes of the "My Favorite Mistake" podcast with you here, but when I do... it's a Lean practitioner.
Today, that...
A Lack of Standardized Calendars Contributes to my Scheduling Mistake
TL;DR: A non-standard calendar layout caused me to book the wrong tour date. When the same mistake happens repeatedly to different people, it's not...
The Debut of the “Lean Whiskey” Podcast
I've owned the domain names LeanWhiskey.com and LeanWhisky.com for two years or so. That's not because I was going to get into the whiskey...
Kaizen at Garrison Brothers: Improving the Bourbon Bottle Dipping Process
I'm excited that our sold-out "Symposium on Learning Organizations" group will be visiting Toyota's San Antonio plant on Wednesday. Later that day, we'll be touring the Garrison Brothers Distillery and, on Thursday, we are using their "barrel barn" as a venue for "Open Space" discussions, the Red Bead Experiment, and more. We have a group of 40 from many industries attending and we might run a similar event in a different location in the future.
I've blogged about Garrison Brothers and my stint as a bottling line volunteer before...
In that post, I shared pictures of me working to dip bottles of bourbon into a sealing wax. I was wearing a winter coat because it was February in Texas and there was a bit of snow and ice that week.
When I was back there recently, I saw some additional improvements that seem like "Kaizen" to me.
