The Lean Solutions Podcast: Going from Strategy to Starting
What You’ll Learn in This Episode In this episode of the Lean Solutions Podcast, listeners explore what coaching really means in the workplace and why it’s more than a leadership …
Lean Blog Audio — Safety First Isn’t a Slogan: What GE Aerospace’s CEO Gets Right About Respect for People
The blog post In this audio version of the post, Mark Graban reflects on a rare kind of CEO message—one that treats safety not as a compliance checkbox or slogan, …
Habitual Excellence — Episode 100 A Milestone in Habitual Excellence
Celebrating 100 Episodes of the Value Capture Podcast Top 10 Conversations That Shaped How We Think About Healthcare Excellence One hundred episodes. Hundreds of leaders. Thousands of moments that challenged …
My Favorite Mistake — 338: I Made a Marine Cry: Leadership, Authority, and Learning from Mistakes | Olaolu Ogunyemi
What happens when a leader realizes their approach caused real harm? In this episode of My Favorite Mistake, U.S. Marine Corps officer and leadership mentor Olaolu Ogunyemi shares a defining …
Lean Blog Audio — When a CEO Talks About the Work: Larry Culp, GE Aerospace, and Real Lean Leadership
In this episode, Mark Graban reads and reflects on his LeanBlog.org post, “When a CEO Talks About the Work: Larry Culp, GE Aerospace, and Real Lean Leadership.” The post examines …
Lean Six Sigma Bursts: E134: Free Virtual Lean Project Program for Nonprofits
Next week on February 11th, I'll be holding a kickoff session for a training and coaching program with people who work at a nonprofit organization (or volunteer with one). The …
KaiNexus Continuous Improvement Podcast — 5 Signs of a Dysfunctional Workplace Culture (And How to Fix It)
Read the blog post A dysfunctional workplace culture isn’t just an HR problem—it’s an operational one that directly affects retention, innovation, safety, and financial performance. In this episode, we explore …
My Favorite Mistake — 10: When Diesel Ends Up Where It Shouldn’t — Mistake of the Week:
Most of us pull up to a gas pump on autopilot—until something goes wrong. In this Mistake of the Week, host Mark Graban looks at a real-world systems failure that …
People Solve Problems Steve Brown of Google DeepMind fame on Leading AI Transformation
Steve Brown has spent years helping organizations see around corners. As a former executive at both Intel Labs and Google DeepMind, where he served as their in-house futurist, Steve brings …
Chain of Learning: 65| From Learning to Impact: Turn Insight into Leadership Action
What if the reason your learning feels productive—but your impact feels stuck—has nothing to do with effort? Many change leaders and improvement practitioners are excellent learners. You’re likely a Learning …