Founder & President, Jay Hodge & Associates Show notes: https://www.leanblog.org/402 My guest for Episode #402 is Jay Hodge , the founder and CEO of Jay Hodge & Associates . He has over 25 years of operational leadership experience in companies such as Toyota, General Motors, Caterpillar, and Tenet Healthcare. Jay is also the author of The Lean Treasure Chest . We talk about Jay's career — going from teaching the Toyota Production System at General Motors to then actually going and w...
Feb 24, 2021•58 min•Season 1Ep. 402
Co-author of the book Personal Kanban Show notes: http://www.leanblog.org/401 My guest for Episode #401 is my friend Jim Benson , who you might know as the co-author of the book Personal Kanban (and we talked about that in Episode 155 , back in 2012). He was also a guest on Episode #4 of "My Favorite Mistake " with me. We recorded this using the LinkedIn Live platform. Jim and I have talked a lot (and collaborated) over the years, so we intentionally went into this conversation without much of a...
Feb 17, 2021•1 hr 1 min•Season 1Ep. 401
Author of the newly-updated book, available now. Show notes and more: http://www.leanblog.org/400 Wow, 400 Episodes!! 400 episodes in roughly 15.5 years… that's about 800 weeks, or one episode every two weeks, on average, over that time. Thanks again to the late Norm Bodek for the idea to get this podcast started, as I talk about in this memorial video . Thanks to everybody who has listened or participated as a guest!! My guest for Episode #400 is Jeffrey Liker, the retired University of Michiga...
Feb 11, 2021•1 hr 7 min•Season 1Ep. 400
Lesa is the founder of Lesa Nichols Consulting. Show notes: http://www.leanblog.org/399 My guest for Episode #399 of the Lean Blog Interviews podcast is Lesa Nichols , a former Toyota and TSSC employer who now works with organizations through her company, Lesa Nichols Consulting . Today, Lesa shares reflections on working closely with the late Hajime Oba . This is the third podcast in a mini series, following my conversations with Steve Spear and with Hide Oba . In the episode, we talk about top...
Feb 03, 2021•1 hr 5 min•Season 1Ep. 399
Co-founders of the firm Integris Performance Advisors Show notes: https://www.leanblog.org/398 My guest for Episode #398 of the Lean Blog Interviews podcast are Brett M. Cooper and Evans Kerrigan , both co-founders of the firm Integris Performance Advisors . Brett is the President and Evans is the CEO. They are co-authors of a book with a provocative title: Solving the People Problem: Essential Skills You Need to Lead and Succeed in Today's Workplace . When I first heard about the book, I challe...
Jan 27, 2021•54 min•Season 1Ep. 398
TPS / Lean Consultant based in NYC https://www.leanblog.org/397 Joining me for Episode #397 is Hide Oba . His father was the late Hajime Oba, famous for his work at Toyota and the TSSC, as Steve Spear and I discussed back in Episode #386. Hide worked with his father at TSSC and also worked with him through the company H&M Operations Management, LLC. He is based in New York City. He says that his mission is to continue spreading his father's wisdom and I appreciate him doing so here with me o...
Jan 20, 2021•54 min•Season 1Ep. 397
Consultant, author of a newly-released Lean book Show notes: https://www.leanblog.org/396 My guest for Episode #396 is Patrick Adams , the author of the new book (released as a paperback today!), titled Avoiding the Continuous Appearance Trap: 12 Questions to Understand What's Truly Underneath Your Culture . You can learn more about the book at avoidcontinuousappearance.com . Patrick is CEO / Executive Lean Coach with his firm Patrick Adams Consulting Services and host of the Lean Solutions Podc...
Jan 13, 2021•1 hr 5 min•Season 1Ep. 396
Norman passed away on December 10, 2020 http://www.leanblog.org/rememberingnorman I'm republishing a "remastered" and commemorative version of Episode 1 of this podcast series from 2006. I was incredibly saddened yesterday to hear that Norman Bodek passed away this week. Norman was 88. This was announced through an email from Norman's company, PCS Press. Norman Bodek, famed as “the Godfather of Lean”, inducted into Industry Week's and American Manufacturing's Hall of Fame, published over 250 man...
Dec 11, 2020•30 min
Lean practitioner, industrial engineer, and consultant https://www.leanblog.org/395 My guest for Episode #395 is Michael Parent . He is Managing Director of his firm Right Brain Consulting and he is a Lean Six Sigma Black Belt with the AAA Auto Club Group. Michael has a BS in Industrial and Operations Engineering from the University of Michigan and an MBA from William & Mary. Michael and I are both from the same home town, by the way -- Livonia, Michigan. In today's episode, Michael first sh...
Dec 02, 2020•39 min•Season 1Ep. 395
Nine short discussions with other podcasters https://www.leanblog.org/394 Today's episode, #394, is a little different. I have nine different guests today... not all at once, but sequentially in today's episode. Many people have started podcasts (or similar projects) during the pandemic. I've started two ( Habitual Excellence and My Favorite Mistake ) in addition to this series that's about to hit its 15th birthday). Some of my guests today started a podcast during the pandemic... some of them w...
Nov 24, 2020•1 hr 9 min•Season 1Ep. 394
Speaker, consultant, and coach in the world of software https://www.leanblog.org/393 Joining me for Episode #393 of the podcast is Woody Zuill , who does " Mob Programming workshops , talks and presentations on agile topics," and " coaches and guide s folks interested in creating a wonderful workplace where people can excel in their work, and in their life." I had a chance to meet Woody last year when I saw him speak at an Agile conference and I really enjoyed his perspectives. Woody has also pa...
Nov 18, 2020•1 hr 8 min•Season 1Ep. 393
Lean consultant and contributor to "Practicing Lean" http://www.leanblog.org/392 Joining me for Episode #392 is Mike Leigh , the President of his firm OpX Solutions, LLC . Mike was one of the contributors, writing a chapter for our anthology book Practicing Lean . Some highlights from Mike's career, from his bio : Began his career as an officer in the US Navy in the late ‘80s, specializing in nuclear propulsion and surface warfare Mike spent 13 years with General Electric and held various leader...
Nov 11, 2020•59 min•Season 1Ep. 392
Authors and innovators in Lean Software development, Lean thinkers https://www.leanblog.org/391 My guests for Episode #391 are Mary Poppendieck and Tom Poppendieck , the authors of books including Lean Software Development: An Agile Toolkit , Implementing Lean Software Development , and The Lean Mindset: Ask the Right Questions . In the episode, we'll hear their thoughts on Lean as "a way of thinking that values people" and how teamwork, problem solving, and customer focus are integral to Lean -...
Nov 04, 2020•1 hr 3 min•Season 1Ep. 391
Manager at Raymond Corporation (part of Toyota) Show notes, with transcript and more: https://www.leanblog.org/390 My guest for Episode #390 is Keith Ingels , the TPS (Toyota Production System) Manager for Raymond Corporation -- Raymond is part of Toyota Material Handling North America, which is part of Toyota Industries. Wait, so a Toyota company needs a "TPS Manager?" Yes, when that company was acquired by Toyota, which creates a need to "become more like Toyota" instead of just "being Toyota....
Oct 28, 2020•1 hr 5 min•Season 1Ep. 390
Author, podcaster, and consultant https://www.leanblog.org/389 My guest for Episode #389 is Elisabeth Swan. She is the co-author of The Problem-Solver's Toolkit and co-host of the Just-in-Time Cafe Podcast . As her bio says, she's "been helping people successfully build their problem-solving muscles for over 30 years, and she loves what she does every single day." In the episode, we discuss brainstorming, using an article she wrote for GoLeanSixSigma.com as the starting point: " Green Belts: Gro...
Oct 21, 2020•53 min•Season 1Ep. 389
Healthcare leader, coach, and Kata Geek https://www.leanblog.org/388 My guest for Episode #388 is my friend Michael Lombard . I first met Michael when he lived in the DFW area and first got into healthcare. He has been a Lean facilitator / coach in numerous healthcare organizations and has been a hospital CEO in Louisiana before taking his current role, again focusing on process improvement, at Kaiser Permanente in California. Michael is doing a unique and, I think, groundbreaking keynote talk a...
Oct 14, 2020•53 min•Season 1Ep. 388
Irish Lean healthcare leader and nurse Show notes: https://www.leanblog.org/387 My guest for Episode #387 of the podcast is Sán Paul Teeling , who joins us from Dublin, Ireland. He is the Programme Director for the Professional Certificate and Graduate Diploma in Lean Healthcare at UCD Health Systems. Seán Paul is also an Assistant Professor in Health Systems/Mater Lean Academy. He was previously Lean Manager at the Mater Misericordiae University Hospital Dublin. You can read his full bio here ....
Oct 04, 2020•1 hr 7 min•Season 1Ep. 387
I'm crossposting Episode #5 of my new podcast series "My Favorite Mistake ." My guest here is Billy Taylor, who was my guest on episodes # 293 and 298 of this series, Lean Blog Interviews. Billy is a retired operations executive with Goodyear who now has his own consulting group. In this episode, Billy talks about how he learned from mistakes related to not respecting standards -- when he was a kid and when he was a rising operations leader at Goodyear. I know you'll enjoy this episode as a Lean...
Oct 02, 2020•29 min
MIT professor, author, and consultant http://www.leanblog.org/386 Joining me again for Episode #386 is Steve Spear , who reached out to share recollections of one of his most influential teachers and mentors, Hajime Oba, who passed away earlier this month at 75 . I never had the chance to learn directly from Mr. Oba, but he is legendary in Lean circles and I know many people who were deeply influenced by Mr. Oba. I hope to interview more of them in the near future. My deepest condolences go out ...
Sep 29, 2020•45 min•Season 1Ep. 368
Coach and entrepreneur http://www.leanblog.org/385 My guest for Episode #385 of the podcast is Emily Elrod , the president of the firm Workzbe, based in Georgia. We have shared interests in Lean, ergonomics, healthcare and creating better workplaces. We met earlier this year and she was kind enough to interview me for her YouTube channel . As she describes in the episode, her career has evolved from designing equipment, to wellness and Lean in a health system, to her own firm. Her WISE framework...
Sep 21, 2020•56 min•Season 1Ep. 385
http://www.leanblog.org/384 Joining me today for Episode #384 of the podcast is Craig Gygi , co-author of the book Six Sigma for Dummies . He also managing principal and owner of the firm Strategic Productivity . You can read his full bio there . He also has an online course called “ Truth About Data ” which covers statistical process control for business metrics, as I have written about . So, we have that shared interest in data, statistical methods, and problem solving even if he comes at it f...
Sep 10, 2020•1 hr•Season 1Ep. 384
http://www.leanblog.org/383 Joining me today for Episode #383 of the podcast is Patrick Anderson , the CEO of the Rural Alaska Community Action Program, Inc. (or "RurAL CAP"). Patrick was previously a guest way back in Episodes #53 and #71 . Today, we'll talk how ideas from Dr. W. Edwards Deming and Lean have influenced him as he has led different organizations. He shares thoughts about shifting an organization away from a "command and control" approach, what "respect for people" means to him, a...
Aug 31, 2020•1 hr 6 min•Season 1Ep. 383
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Aug 28, 2020•8 min
https://www.leanblog.org/382 for show notes and more I'm really excited to be speaking to my guest for Episode #382 of the podcast… he is the legendary Tom Peters — author, speaker, and consultant. His response to me calling him “legendary” at the start of the episode gives you a glimpse into the fun conversation we had on some very important topics. Today, we'll be talking about his “ Excellence Manifesto 2020 ” and a theme he has tweeted about a lot, leading amongst the “madness of Covid-19.” ...
Aug 23, 2020•1 hr 8 min•Season 1Ep. 382
http://www.leanblog.org/381 Joining me for the ninth time on the podcast , for Episode #381, is Dr. John Toussaint , chairman of Catalysis . John is author or co-author of three books -- well actually it's four books, as a new one is available for pre-order now with an expected September 1st release: Becoming the Change: Leadership Behavior Strategies for Continuous Improvement in Healthcare . Today, we'll talk about the new book a bit (but we'll save most of that conversation for an upcoming ep...
Aug 16, 2020•38 min•Season 1Ep. 381
This is an excerpt from Episode #380 of the Lean Blog Interviews Podcast. Host Mark Graban interviews Dr. Randal Pinkett and Dr. Jeffrey Robinson and, in this clip, they reflect on Randal winning "The Apprentice" (the only person of color to do so) and how Donald Trump asked him if he would share the prize with the runner up, a white woman (Rebecca Jarvis). For a transcript and the entire episode, visit http://leanblog.org/380.
Aug 11, 2020•10 min
https://www.leanblog.org/380 Today's episode, #380, is very special to me for a number of reasons. For one, it's part of the #RootCauseRacism series that Deondra Wardelle has organized on my blog this week. Secondly, I'm joined by Dr. Randal Pinkett and Dr. Jeffrey Robinson to talk about important issues of race, diversity, and equity in organizations. Together, they are co-authors of the book Black Faces in White Places: 10 Game-Changing Strategies to Achieve Success and Find Greatness and the ...
Aug 11, 2020•54 min•Season 1Ep. 380
https://www.leanblog.org/379 My guest for Episode #379, joining me for the fifth time, is Katie Anderson, author of the newly-released book Learning to Lead, Leading to Learn: Lessons from Toyota Leader Isao Yoshino on a Lifetime of Continuous Learning. In today's episode, we talk about how the book came to be and we, of course, talk about the process — the process of writing and publishing. You might also be interested in the webinar that Katie presented about some themes in the book, along wit...
Aug 03, 2020•34 min•Season 1Ep. 379
This is a portion of a much longer interview (Lean Blog Interviews Episode #378): I'm joined by Christopher D. Chapman, Senior Lean Transformation Coach at Chapman Lean Enterprise and Dr. Valeria Sinclair-Chapman, a social scientist, Associate Professor, and Director of the Center for Research on Diversity and Inclusion at Purdue University. I was first introduced to Chris through his article that was published on the Lean Enterprise Institute's “The Lean Post” section titled “Lean in Lean Think...
Jul 29, 2020•21 min
https://www.leanblog.org/378 Joining me for Episode #378 are Christopher D. Chapman , Senior Lean Transformation Coach at Chapman Lean Enterprise and Dr. Valeria Sinclair-Chapman , a social scientist, Associate Professor, and Director of the Center for Research on Diversity and Inclusion at Purdue University. I was first introduced to Chris through his article that was published on the Lean Enterprise Institute's "The Lean Post" section titled " Lean in Lean Thinkers to Root Out Racial Inequity ...
Jul 29, 2020•1 hr 52 min•Season 1Ep. 378
