My guest for Episode #506 of the Lean Blog Interviews Podcast is Tim Hobbs, the founder and president of Hobbs Technical Consulting . He is an author and an in-demand international keynote speaker, trainer and business consultant. He is currently working in the semiconductor industry as a director of digital transformation. Episode page with video, transcript, and more Tim served nine years in the U.S. Navy, managing and maintaining advanced electronic navigational, alarm, combat, telecommunicat...
Jun 05, 2024•44 min•Season 1Ep. 506
This is cross-posted from my Lean Blog Audio podcast series . Episode page with links and more info I'm very happy to announce the release of my new Mistake-Proofing course , available NOW through Karen Martin and TKMG Academy . You can buy the course individually at TKMGAcademy.com for $129. Volume discounts are available for large teams or your entire workforce (for more information, email info@tkmgacademy.com ). The course is also part of the wonderful collection of courses in th...
May 29, 2024•8 min
My guest for Episode #505 of the Lean Blog Interviews Podcast is Art Byrne, who was a guest back in Episode 158 about 12 years ago — we discussed his book T he Lean Turnaround . Episode page with video, transcript, and more: https://leanblog.org/505 Today, we’re discussing his new book, The Lean Turnaround Answer Book , an edited compilation of his “Ask Art” columns published by the Lean Enterprise Institute. Art Byrne has been implementing Lean strategy in various U.S.-based manufacturing and s...
May 22, 2024•51 min•Season 1Ep. 505
My guest for Episode #504 of the Lean Blog Interviews Podcast is Katie Anderson , author of the book Learning to Lead, Leading to Learn . Episode page with video, transcript, and more In this episode, Katie takes the reins along with me, Mark Graban, to discuss the transformative journey of Japan Study Trips. Recognized globally for its rich contributions to modern business practices, Japan has long been a beacon for leadership and continuous improvement. But how can one experience this powerful...
May 08, 2024•43 min•Season 1Ep. 504
My guest for Episode #503 of the Lean Blog Interviews Podcast is Sam Morgan of Illuminate Coaching + Consulting . He was previously a guest in Episode #457 . Episode page with video, transcript, and more Today's episode was originally live-streamed on April 9th... Sam's. been doing a livestream series on "Lean Coaching for Lean Coaches." So, in today's episode, you'll hear Sam coaching me... and then we'll have a broader conversation about the work that he's doing. We can all use a coach! We emb...
Apr 24, 2024•1 hr 3 min•Season 1Ep. 507
My guest for Episode #502 of the Lean Blog Interviews Podcast is DeWayne Allen , an executive, speaker, and workshop facilitator. Episode page with video, transcript, and more DeWayne is a results-driven executive with over 20 years of experience, renowned for leveraging a solid engineering and operations background to propel growth for Fortune 500 organizations. As a visionary leader, DeWayne excels in crafting and executing strategic plans to deliver desired outcomes. With a proven track recor...
Apr 10, 2024•53 min•Season 1Ep. 502
Episode page My guest for Episode #501 of the Lean Blog Interviews Podcast is Marcia Daszko , a speaker, workshop facilitator, and consultant. For more than 25 years, she has passionately been speaking, consulting, and guiding executive teams in Fortune 500/private corporations; education, the U.S. Navy; and non-profits to achieve exponential success. Mentored by Dr. W. Edwards Deming, she is nominated for the International Deming Prize; and writes a leadership column for the Silicon Valley Busi...
Mar 27, 2024•1 hr 5 min•Season 1Ep. 501
Episode page with transcript and more My guest for Episode #500 of the Lean Blog Interviews Podcast is me, your usual host Mark Graban. Today, I'm mixing up the format with a solo episode that celebrates 500 episodes over almost 18 years. I'll share some of the origin story and history of the podcast. You'll hear clips from Episode 1 (with Norm Bodek ) and Episode 50 (where Jamie Flinchbaugh asked me about getting started). You'll also hear a clip from a recent conversation where Barry McCarthy,...
Mar 13, 2024•42 min•Season 1Ep. 500
My guest for Episode #499 of the Lean Blog Interviews Podcast is James P. Womack . Jim really needs no introduction for this audience, he's the founder of the Lean Enterprise Institute (in 1987) and remains a senior advisor to them. Episode page with transcript and more In the late eighties, he and Dan Jones led MIT's International Motor Vehicle Research Program (IMVP), which introduced the term “lean” to describe Toyota's revolutionary management system. Based on that research, Womack coauthore...
Feb 28, 2024•58 min•Season 1Ep. 499
My guest for Episode #498 of the Lean Blog Interviews Podcast is Jeffrey K. Liker . Jeff is Professor Emeritus from the University of Michigan, President of Liker Lean Advisors , and author of the great books in the Toyota Way series . Episode page with video, transcript, and more He was previously a guest here in Episodes 3 , 4 , 37 , 39 , 41 , 111 , and 400 . Today, we have a discussion centered around learning from mistakes in the context of Toyota and lean methodologies. The episode delves i...
Feb 14, 2024•1 hr 1 min•Season 1Ep. 498
My guest for Episode #497 of the Lean Blog Interviews Podcast is Tobias Gilk , the founder of Gilk Radiology Consulting (GRC). He is an architect by training, but has spent 20+ years focusing on MRI safety... initially through the architecture and planning of MRI facilities, but quickly growing into the technology, clinical practice, regulation, and economics of MRI safety. Episode page with video, transcript, and more He is recognized by both state and federal courts as an expert in MRI safety ...
Jan 31, 2024•1 hr 7 min•Season 1Ep. 497
My guest for Episode #496 of the Lean Blog Interviews Podcast is Randy Carr , the CEO of South Florida-based World Emblem – one of the largest embroidery companies in the world with plants in the U.S. and Mexico. Episode page with transcript, video, and more Since 1993, the family-owned business has been the “go to” for emblems and patches for sports headwear, footwear, sports garments, and other apparel, with an output of more than 100 million products a year. In this episode, we delve deeper i...
Jan 17, 2024•55 min•Season 1Ep. 496
My guest for this bonus episode of the Lean Blog Interviews Podcast is Gregory H. Jacobson, M.D. , a co-founder and the CEO of KaiNexus . Episode show page with transcript, video, and more Greg, also a practicing emergency medicine physician to this day, was previously a guest in Episode 149 and was a part of a physician panel in Episode 361 . He also joined me for Episode 31 of the "My Favorite Mistake" Podcast. We also podcast together fairly often via the KaiNexus Continuous Improvement Podca...
Jan 12, 2024•35 min
My guests for Episode #495 of the Lean Blog Interviews Podcast are Catherine Chabiron and Fabrice Bernhard , who are discussing her new book Learning to Scale at Theodo Group: Growing a Fast and Resilient Company . Episode page with video, transcript, and more Catherine Chabiron is a board member for the Institut Lean France, a member of the Lean Global Network , like the Lean Enterprise Institute . Catherine is an established expert in Lean management with a professional journey spanning over 4...
Jan 04, 2024•54 min•Season 1Ep. 495
Episode page with video, transcript, and more My guest for Episode #494 of the Lean Blog Interviews Podcast is Chad Bareither, the founder and principal consultant of Bareither Group Consulting. He brings a wealth of experience as a change agent in the corporate world, having worked with organizations that include several Fortune 500 companies. He's now the author of a new book, Improve LESS: The Focus and Align Framework for Sustainable Continuous Improvement . Chad holds a Bachelor's degree in...
Dec 13, 2023•50 min•Season 1Ep. 490
Episode page with video, transcript, and more My guests for Episode #493 of the Lean Blog Interviews Podcast are Gene Kim and Steve Spear, co-authors of the new book Wiring the Winning Organization: Liberating Our Collective Greatness through Slowification, Simplification, and Amplification . Joining us for the first time is Gene Kim, a Wall Street Journal bestselling author, researcher who has been studying high-performing technology organizations since 1999 – He was the founder and CTO of Trip...
Nov 29, 2023•54 min•Season 1Ep. 493
Episode page with video, transcript, and more My guest for Episode #492 of the Lean Blog Interviews Podcast is Nick Katko , previously here in Episode 428 in 2021 with his co-author Mike DeLuca talking about their book Practicing Lean Accounting . Today, Nick is here to discuss his book, The Lean CFO: Architect of the Lean Management Accounting System — now in its second edition — released back in February. Nick also did a webinar earlier this year as part of the KaiNexus Continuous Improvement ...
Nov 21, 2023•57 min•Season 1Ep. 492
Episode page with video, transcript, and more My guest for Episode #491 of the Lean Blog Interviews Podcast is Sarah Tilkens , an experienced Lean Leader with a demonstrated history of working in construction and manufacturing. She is a senior manager of operational excellence at GE Healthcare. Sarah's a Six Sigma Black Belt, a certified life coach / executive coach, a lifelong learner, leader, mother, and CEO and Founder of her company, The KPI Lab . She earned her bachelor's in Biological Scie...
Nov 15, 2023•51 min•Season 1Ep. 491
Episode page with links, transcript, and more My guest for Episode #490 of the Lean Blog Interviews Podcast is Quint Studer , the co-founder of HealthCare Plus Solutions Group and owner of the minor league baseball team, the Pensacola Blue Wahoos. He's a returning guest, having joined us in Episode #353 (2019) when we talked about his book, The Busy Leader's Handbook . He's written many other books — his first being Hardwiring Excellence (2003), a book that was recommended to me when I started s...
Nov 08, 2023•55 min•Season 1Ep. 490
This episode will be available to paid Apple Podcasts subscribers only until November 1st, when it will become available to the public. Ward is a seasoned C-suite executive with over 6 years leading fully remotely while building technology organizations from the ground up for companies 150 to 650 employees in size and 50M to 125M revenue across the Americas and Europe. He is currently Chief Product Officer and CTO at RealSelf and is a technical advisor with his own company - website is https://w...
Nov 01, 2023•59 min•Season 1Ep. 489
Episode page with video and more Our guest today is D. Lynn Kelley! She is author, with John Shook (who has been a guest here many times), of the new book, Change Questions: A Playbook for Effective and Lasting Organizational Change . Lynn currently serves as a senior advisor to BBH Capital Partners. Following a career highlighted by leadership roles in engineering, supply chain, and continuous improvement in various industries, Kelley retired from Union Pacific Railroad in 2018. At Union Pacifi...
Oct 18, 2023•59 min•Season 1Ep. 488
Episode page with transcript and more: https://leanblog.org/487 In today’s episode, we’re joined by two Lean leaders from GE Aerospace: Sam Ruehle, Lean Operations Leader, Lean Transformation Team Greg Pothoff, Executive Director – Business Management Aviation Supply Chain I interviewed them after the GE Lean Mindset event that was held last month in New York. Two separate conversations, but common themes — and the same questions of two Lean leaders at different stages of their careers, Sam bein...
Oct 11, 2023•41 min•Season 1Ep. 487
Episode page with transcript, links, and more: https://leanblog.org/486 My guest for Episode #486 of the Lean Blog Interviews Podcast is Mike Kaeding , the CEO of Norhart . They design, build, and rent apartments. They are transforming the way this is done by incorporating technologies and techniques that have revolutionized other industries. This has resulted in improved quality and reduced cost of housing. Ultimately, they are committed to solving America's housing shortage and affordability c...
Oct 04, 2023•41 min•Season 1Ep. 486
Episode page with transcript and more Erica Lee Garcia is an entrepreneur, engineer and leader who has managed to create a positive impact in the engineering profession. Topics in this episode include: Her lean origin story Lessons from running a suggestion program for 2.5 years Shifting to mining, not just a new company but a new industry Engineers Without Borders participation For close to a decade now, Erica has been working to tell better stories about engineering so that kids can make bette...
Sep 20, 2023•1 hr•Season 1Ep. 485
Episode page with transcript and more Featuring James P. (Jim) Womack, Katie Anderson, Jamie V Parker, and Mark Graban. There's more to come from me, Katie, and Jamie about the day. Jamie's podcast is " Lean Leadership for Ops Managers. " Katie's new podcast is called " Chain of Learning ." - Coming soon Videos from the GE Lean Mindset sessions: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLxRhTjvLlyoIh7CVg51ZIM5hRl5XOjlgl **A Candid Conversation on Lean Thinking: Breaking Down the Lean Mindset with I...
Sep 12, 2023•28 min
Episode page with transcript and more My guest for Episode #484 of the Lean Blog Interviews Podcast is Keith Ingels , who previously joined us in Episode 390 . He's the RLM Manager of Solutions & Support Centers — RLM being the Raymond Lean Management system. He was also a guest with me for Episode 62 of “My Favorite Mistake .” His story and insights were also featured in Chapter 8 of my book, The Mistakes That Make Us: Cultivating a Culture of Learning and Innovation . In today's episode, w...
Sep 07, 2023•59 min•Season 1Ep. 484
Episode page with transcript and more For episode 483, we are joined today by Amanda Zimmerman + Dominic Stokes, two Lean Six Sigma professionals who co-host a new podcast called “Squishy Lean.” Amanda Zimmerman is a Lean Six Sigma Master Black Belt with a global background. Amanda has worked in Oil and Gas, Software, and in a variety of industries all over the world mentoring professionals in Continuous Improvement. She holds an MBA from Imperial College of London. In 2020 she launched Beautifu...
Aug 23, 2023•1 hr•Season 1Ep. 483
Hey audiobook fans! The audiobook version of my book is available now! It's just over five hours long, professionally produced, and read by me. It's available through: Amazon Audible – free with a trial membership Apple Books If you're one of the first 3 people to email me ( mark@leanblog.org ) and you live in the US or UK, I'll email you a code to get a free copy of the audiobook via Audible....
Aug 16, 2023•7 min
Episode page with video, transcript, and more CONTENT WARNING: Today's episode includes discussions about a death by suicide and mental health issues. Help is available. In the U.S., call 988. In the U.K., call 116 123. These calls are free from any phone. My guest for Episode #482 of the Lean Blog Interviews Podcast is Gemma Jones . Gemma is an Improvement Coach, Trainer, and Visual Facilitator, based in the UK and working globally. Gemma started her career in Engineering and quickly found a pa...
Aug 09, 2023•1 hr 4 min•Season 1Ep. 482
Episode page with video, transcript, and more My guest for Episode #481 of the Lean Blog Interviews Podcast is George Saiz . As a coach, writer, and speaker, George Saiz actively promotes enterprise excellence through a people-centric culture to the next generation of leaders. In his new business novel, We Started with Respect , he shares from his executive experience in the medical device industry and the many best-practices sites he visited as president and CEO of the Association for Manufactu...
Jul 26, 2023•51 min•Season 1Ep. 481
