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My Favorite Mistake

My Favorite Mistake — 335: How Buying an Oil Tanker Became My Favorite Mistake — Kevin Hipes

What happens when a business deal looks solid on paper—but falls apart in real life? Episode page with video, links, and more My guest for Episode #335 of the My …

My Favorite Mistake

My Favorite Mistake — 7: “But I Wore the Juice”: The True Story That Inspired the Dunning–Kruger Effect | Mistake of the Week

What does a failed bank robbery have to do with one of the most cited ideas in psychology? More than you might expect. In this episode of My Favorite Mistake, …

Lean Blog Audio

Lean Blog Audio — “Toyota Culture” 20 Years Later: Why Liker’s Lessons Still Matter in 2026

The Blog Post Twenty years after Toyota Culture was published, Jeffrey Liker’s lessons still expose why so many Lean efforts stall — and why Toyota’s thinking continues to matter in …

The Lean Solutions Podcast

The Lean Solutions Podcast: Goal Setting That Sticks: Lean Your Way to Success in 2026

The Lean Solutions Podcast hosts start off season 5 by addressing a common challenge: setting goals is easy, but making them stick is not. They emphasize that meaningful goal setting …

My Favorite Mistake

My Favorite Mistake — 334: Choosing Engineering When I Was Wired for People (Angie Callen)

Episode Page Angie Callen — founder of Career Bend, host of No More Mondays, and author of Scary Good: Discovering Life Beyond the Sunday Scaries — shares why choosing engineering …

Lean Coffee Talk (Formerly Lean Whiskey)

Lean Coffee Talk — S2: E 6: System Design, Psychological Safety, and When Lean Quotas Backfire

Episode page with links, video, and more In this episode, Mark Graban and Jamie Flinchbaugh respond to listener questions about system design, leadership behavior, and navigating misguided Lean requirements. They …

Lean Blog Audio

Lean Blog Audio — AI as a Thought Partner in Kaizen: Small PDSA Tests and Real Learning

The blog post How should organizations think about using AI in Kaizen and continuous improvement? In this AudioBlog, Mark Graban argues that there are no clear answers yet—and that uncertainty …

My Favorite Mistake

My Favorite Mistake — 1: The HR Tool That Accidentally Fired Everyone – Mistake of the Week

In this week’s Mistake of the Week, a company’s HR team accidentally sent a mass termination email to the entire workforce — including the CEO. The culprit was an offboarding …

People Solve Problems

People Solve Problems Managing NASA’s Most Complex Mission with Scott Willoughby

Scott Willoughby, Vice President of Program Excellence at Northrop Grumman and former program manager for the James Webb Space Telescope, joined Jamie Flinchbaugh to share insights on leading one of …

Lean Blog Interviews

Lean Blog — 541: Why “More” Drives Better Operations: Kathy Miller on Meaning, Optimism, and Leadership

What if operational excellence depends less on doing more with less—and more on how leaders create meaning, optimism, and relationships at work? Episode page with video, transcript, and more In …

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