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People Solve Problems

People Solve Problems William Harvey, Program Manager & Professor: The Question That Ended Finger-Pointing

William Harvey, Program Manager for Strategic Initiatives and University Professor, brings a refreshingly practical perspective to leadership and problem-solving. Throughout the conversation, William shares how his diverse background—from the Marine …

Katie Anderson

Chain of Learning: 67| Why Lifelong Learning Is the Foundation of Influence (and Can Limit Your Impact)

What if your commitment to learning is actually limiting your influence as a change leader? Many of us pride ourselves on being lifelong learners. We read, earn certifications, study new …

The Lean Solutions Podcast

The Lean Solutions Podcast: Making Lean Stick: It Starts with Leadership

What You’ll Learn in This Episode: In this episode of the Lean Solutions Podcast, hosts Patrick Adams, Andy Olrich, and guest Steve Riley discuss the importance of leadership behaviors in …

JIT Cafe

The Just-in-Time Cafe Podcast — 121: Culture Is Not an App, with Greg Jacobson and Mark Graban

It’s Episode 121 and Tracy and Elisabeth sit down with emergency physician–turned–start-up-founder Greg Jacobson and Lean author, podcaster, and KaiNexus Senior Advisor Mark Graban, to unpack whether software can actually …

My Favorite Mistake

My Favorite Mistake — 341: Why Conflict Avoidance Costs More Than Conflict — with Dr. Jen Fry

Dr. Jen Fry’s favorite mistake is a disagreement with her best friend of over ten years — a small miscommunication that led to eight months of silence. Neither of them …

Lean Blog Audio

Lean Blog Audio — What a Brandi Carlile Concert Teaches About Practicing Continuous Improvement

Read the blog post TL;DR: A sound check, live song requests, and a naming regret — what watching Brandi Carlile perform taught me about specific problem-solving, vulnerability, and continuous improvement. …

Lean Blog Audio

Lean Blog Audio — What Deming and Fujio Cho Agreed On: Stop Demotivating People

The blog post TL;DR: Deming and Toyota’s Fujio Cho asked the same uncomfortable question: why do management systems destroy motivation in people who started out wanting to do good work? The …

My Favorite Mistake

My Favorite Mistake — 13: Robot Umpires Are Here: ABS and the Mistakes It May Create | Mistake of the Week

Baseball has always made room for human error. Umpires miss calls. Fans complain. Life goes on. But this season, MLB is rolling out the Automated Ball-Strike challenge system — ABS …

The Lean Solutions Podcast

The Lean Solutions Podcast: The First 90 Days of Lean: What Actually Matters (Part 2)

What You’ll Learn in This Episode: In this second part episode of the Lean Solutions Podcast, Patrick Adams and Shane Daughenbaugh discuss the initial steps for a new leader implementing …

Lean Blog Audio

Lean Blog Audio — Create Your Own Lean System — But Don’t Lose Sight of These Three Things

Read the blog post TL;DR: In a 1993 speech, Toyota leader Fujio Cho said organizations can create their own Lean systems, but success depends on three principles: leaders going to …

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