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People Solve Problems

People Solve Problems Laudy Allan, SVP Global Operations, Crayola: Stop Solving the Wrong Problem

Laudy Allan, Senior Vice President of Global Operations at Crayola LLC, brings nearly two decades of operational leadership to a conversation that challenges some of the most common assumptions about …

Katie Anderson

Chain of Learning: 74 | Has Lean Really Failed? — Or Are We Asking the Wrong Question? [with John Shook] (Part 1 of 3)

Learn more and apply for the November 2026 cohort of my Japan Leadership Experience: https://kbjanderson.com/japantrip/ Has lean really failed? That question sparked one of the most listened-to conversations in the …

The Lean Solutions Podcast

The Lean Solutions Podcast: Unlocking Potential on the Frontline

What You’ll Learn in This Episode: In this episode, Shayne Daughenbaugh and Catherine McDonald sit down with leadership strategist and Army veteran Jonathan Pride to explore the SOAR mindset. A …

My Favorite Mistake

My Favorite Mistake — 351: Stop Chasing Results, Start Pursuing Peace of Mind – with Deborah Coviello

Deborah Coviello has spent her career walking into businesses with quality crises and operational pressure, and walking out with stronger leaders behind her. In this conversation with Mark Graban, she …

Lean Six Sigma for Good

Lean Six Sigma for Good Podcast — E135: Spill Prevention, Control and Countermeasures with Travis Keener

In this episode, I share an interview with Travis Keener (the “Spill Plan Man”) from November 2025. He is a licensed engineer specializing in spill prevention, control, and countermeasures (SPCC) for industrial …

The Lean Solutions Podcast

The Lean Solutions Podcast: Hidden Costs are Killing Margins

What You’ll Learn in This Episode: In this episode, Patrick Adams, Catherine McDonald, Shayne Daughenbaugh, and Andy Olrich unpack the hidden costs that quietly erode margins, and why most organizations …

Lean Blog Audio

Lean Blog Audio — Still Learning: A Live Event with Elisabeth Swan on May 7

Blog post with links Three years ago, The Mistakes That Make Us came out. Around the same time, Elisabeth Swan published Picture Yourself a Leader. Both books' third birthdays felt like a decent …

Lean Six Sigma Bursts

Lean Six Sigma Bursts: E138: Using Employee Surveys and Paired t tests for Measuring Improvement

In this episode, I discuss a specific method for capturing process improvements using surveys, and how you can isolate the improvements so that the difference between survey participants doesn't hide …

My Favorite Mistake

My Favorite Mistake — 350: Going Gun-Shy as a New Leader: Jesse Jackson on “We Tried That, It Didn’t Work”

Jesse Jackson, contact center leader and host of Set Lusting Bruce, joins Mark Graban to share his favorite mistake: going gun-shy as a new leader when veterans push back with …

People Solve Problems

People Solve Problems David Kaganovsky, Global Head of Product, WPP: The Problem Behind the Problem

David Kaganovsky, Global Head of Product, Brand at WPP, brings a career spent at the intersection of brand strategy, technology, and applied AI to this conversation on People Solve Problems. …

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