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My Favorite Mistake

My Favorite Mistake — 5: The Christmas Song That Wasn’t: The Surprising Thanksgiving Origins of Jingle Bells

Jingle Bells is one of the most recognizable Christmas songs ever written… except it wasn’t written for Christmas at all. In this week’s Mistake of the Week, we unpack one …

Lean Six Sigma Bursts

Lean Six Sigma Bursts: E132: Announcing free course “Applications of Lean in Healthcare”

In the ⁠Lean Six Sigma Ecosystem⁠, I have posted numerous courses over the past few months, and quite a few of them are free. If you're not aware, the adoption of …

Lean Blog Audio

Lean Blog Audio — Five NUMMI Tour Lessons That Still Define Lean Thinking

The blog post In this episode, Mark reflects on a visit he made twenty years ago to the NUMMI plant in Fremont, California — the Toyota-GM joint venture that became …

Katie Anderson

Chain of Learning: 61| Reflections from the Japan Leadership Experience: Live from Tokyo [with Nick Kemp] (BONUS)

Apply for my Japan Leadership Experience! The May 2026 cohort is officially SOLD OUT and I’m now accepting applications for the November 2026 cohort. Secure your spot now and take …

Lean Six Sigma for Good

Lean Six Sigma for Good Podcast — E131: Agile and Sustainability in the UK with Mike Wrathall

In this episode, I share an interview with Mike Wrathall, where I explore his background in strategy, agile methods and sustainability. His early career involved building digital services, primarily for …

The Lean Solutions Podcast

The Lean Solutions Podcast: Change Wars: Stop Fighting Resistance

What You’ll Learn: In this episode, host Catherine McDonald and guest Kelly Mallery discuss the importance of understanding and managing resistance to change in the workplace. They emphasize that resistance …

My Favorite Mistake

My Favorite Mistake — 332: From Medicare Fraud to Military Leadership: Dr. Josh McConkey’s Hard-Won Wisdom on Mistakes and Courage

In Episode #332 of My Favorite Mistake, Mark Graban talks with Dr. Josh McConkey — emergency physician, Air Force Reserve Commander, combat-deployed medevac leader, and Pulitzer Prize–nominated author. Known as …

My Favorite Mistake

My Favorite Mistake — 4: The Lab Mix-Up That Led to an Unnecessary Surgery – Mistake of the Week

A 32-year-old woman in Switzerland underwent an unnecessary surgery after her lab sample was mixed up at Basel University Hospital. Doctors believed she had cervical cancer. She didn’t — but …

Lean Blog Audio

Lean Blog Audio — ‘The Rock’ Says Getting Lean is Something Anybody Can Do… If You Work At It

The blog post Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson once joked that his incredible physical transformation came from one simple routine: working out six hours a day, every day, for twenty years. …

KaiNexus Podcast

KaiNexus Continuous Improvement Podcast — Webinar: Unlock the Power of Leadership: The Electrolux Manufacturing System (EMS) Way

Webinar page with video, slides, and more What makes a Lean transformation last not just a few years, but two decades? At Electrolux, the answer wasn’t more tools, more training, …

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