Ranked #1
Standard Work for Being as Safe as Possible When Refueling Your Vehicle
Standard Work for Being as Safe as Possible When Refueling Your Vehicle
http://www.leanblog.org/audio305 It's possible that I could start traveling again for my healthcare consulting work next... Read more
19 May 2020
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6mins
Ranked #2
Why Kaizen is an Important Differentiator for Japanese Whisky
Why Kaizen is an Important Differentiator for Japanese Whisky
This article caught my attention the other day, primarily because I like scotch, whisky (and whiskey and bourbon). The J... Read more
5 Mar 2015
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7mins
Ranked #3
General Jim Mattis on Leadership, Mistakes, and Defining Problems
General Jim Mattis on Leadership, Mistakes, and Defining Problems
http://www.leanblog.org/audio287 General Jim Mattis has been making the rounds to talk about his new book that is out to... Read more
3 Sep 2019
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8mins
Ranked #4
The Patriots, Coach Belichick, Aspects of Lean Thinking,
The Patriots, Coach Belichick, Aspects of Lean Thinking,
http://leanblog.org/audio15I have lived in Boston two different times, but I'm hardly a New England Patriots fan. I real... Read more
1 Feb 2015
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6mins
Ranked #5
Jess Orr on What She Learned by Leaving Toyota
Jess Orr on What She Learned by Leaving Toyota
http://www.leanblog.org/audio291 Last week was our fifth annual KaiNexus User Conference (or "KaiNexicon" as we now call... Read more
11 Oct 2019
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7mins
Ranked #6
On Boeing, GM, and Hospitals… and Epic Battles Between Reality and Spokespeople?
On Boeing, GM, and Hospitals… and Epic Battles Between Reality and Spokespeople?
Yesterday's blog post was about a situation (with my podcast hosting service) that triggered memories of my time at Gene... Read more
30 Apr 2019
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16mins
Ranked #7
Bob Lutz on Tesla, Threats, & Communication About Quality - and Implications for Healthcare
Bob Lutz on Tesla, Threats, & Communication About Quality - and Implications for Healthcare
http://www.leanblog.org/audio282 Hat tip to Stan Feingold from StoreSMART (a Lean Blog sponsor) for sending me this arti... Read more
18 Aug 2019
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4mins
Ranked #8
Putting Up Signs and Shooting Down Ideas
Putting Up Signs and Shooting Down Ideas
It's sad and unfortunate when leaders SAY they want a culture of continuous improvement, but don't walk the walk.--- Sup... Read more
19 Jan 2015
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5mins
Ranked #9
Family Guy Skewers Marie Kondo (and 5S and Lean too?)
Family Guy Skewers Marie Kondo (and 5S and Lean too?)
I haven't read it, but Marie Kondo's book The Life-Changing Magic of Tidying Up: The Japanese Art of Decluttering and Or... Read more
13 May 2019
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6mins
Ranked #10
Inside Toyota's Takaoka #2 Line - Flexibility and Kaizen
Inside Toyota's Takaoka #2 Line - Flexibility and Kaizen
This is an interesting article: Inside Toyota's Takaoka #2 Line: The Most Flexible Line In The World I had a chance to v... Read more
11 Jun 2019
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8mins
Ranked #11
A Hospital CEO Who Wants Other CEOs to “Give a Damn” About Their People
A Hospital CEO Who Wants Other CEOs to “Give a Damn” About Their People
Here's an interesting column from Becker's Hospital Review, written by Michael Dowling, President and CEO, Northwell Hea... Read more
1 May 2019
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8mins
Ranked #12
Lean: A Combination of "Why?" and "Why Not?"
Lean: A Combination of "Why?" and "Why Not?"
http://www.leanblog.org/audio281 When we have really sticky, complicated problems (like the widespread healthcare patien... Read more
16 Aug 2019
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7mins
Ranked #13
Maybe "Just Do Its" Should be Called "Just PDSA Its"?
Maybe "Just Do Its" Should be Called "Just PDSA Its"?
http://www.leanblog.org/audio290 So, upon some reflection, it seems like "Just Do It" isn't really the right phrase to u... Read more
8 Oct 2019
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7mins
Ranked #14
How PBCs (Process Behavior Charts) Can Enhance the Practice of OKRs (Objectives & Key Results)
How PBCs (Process Behavior Charts) Can Enhance the Practice of OKRs (Objectives & Key Results)
https://leanblog.org/audio276 "Over the past year, I've heard about the “OKRs” methodology that is used in tech companie... Read more
20 May 2019
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17mins
Ranked #15
Toyota, Respect for People (or "Humanity") and Lean
Toyota, Respect for People (or "Humanity") and Lean
From 2013 -- http://www.leanblog.org/audio277 A principle that has been often discussed (and hopefully practiced) in the... Read more
25 May 2019
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9mins
Ranked #16
My Talk: When Being Right is the Wrong Strategy for Change
My Talk: When Being Right is the Wrong Strategy for Change
I always enjoy the KaiNexus User Conference (now called KaiNexicon starting this year) and they ask me to give a talk ea... Read more
17 May 2019
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36mins
Ranked #17
What Chefs and Restauranteurs Say About Learning From Failures & Mistakes
What Chefs and Restauranteurs Say About Learning From Failures & Mistakes
http://www.leanblog.org/audio283 Anyway, this article caught my eye the other day: Top Chefs and Restaurateurs on the Be... Read more
20 Aug 2019
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4mins
Ranked #18
Our Toyota Tour Guide's Kaizen
Our Toyota Tour Guide's Kaizen
From 2014 -- http://www.leanblog.org/audio293 We had an excellent English-speaking tour guide for our visit (she lived i... Read more
23 Nov 2019
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6mins
Ranked #19
"Lean Sigma" is Still Pretty Often Wrong on Lean
"Lean Sigma" is Still Pretty Often Wrong on Lean
Here's look back at a post from 2011 that talks about some of the misunderstandings that are thrown around about Lean an... Read more
29 Jan 2015
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9mins
Ranked #20
When Old Habits and Old Science No Longer Make Sense - Evidence vs. Habit in Medicine and #Lean
When Old Habits and Old Science No Longer Make Sense - Evidence vs. Habit in Medicine and #Lean
http://www.leanblog.org/audio274 I find it really interesting when scientific facts and truth get superseded by new evid... Read more
16 May 2019
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14mins