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Lean Blog Interviews

Lean Blog — 551: Courage, Humility, Kaizen: Toyota Leadership Lessons from the Georgetown Turnaround – Darril Wilburn

Episode page with video, transcript, and more: https://leanblog.org/551 My guest for Episode #551 of Lean Blog Interviews is Darril Wilburn, a senior partner at Honsha.ORG, a founding partner at niwaki, …

My Favorite Mistake

My Favorite Mistake — Revisited: Medical Errors and Honesty with Dr. David Mayer

After a wrong-side surgery, the patient was told that the team had discovered and repaired a second hernia. Dr. David Mayer, then an anesthesia resident, knew that wasn’t what had …

My Favorite Mistake

My Favorite Mistake — 372: Why Leaders Who Demand Accountability Are Often the Problem — with Linda Galindo

When a CEO tells Linda Galindo he wants his team to be more accountable, her answer is blunt: “Then you’re the problem.” Linda is an accountability speaker, executive coach, and …

Lean Blog Interviews

Lean Blog — 550: Change Theater, Open Loops, and Story Points as Opinions: Elisabeth Hendrickson and Joel Tosi

Counting how many teams run the Agile ceremonies tells you people are doing things. It doesn’t tell you anything got better. Elisabeth Hendrickson and Joel Tosi call that “change theater,” …

My Favorite Mistake

My Favorite Mistake — 371: The Tony Robbins Call He Rescheduled — with Tyler McBroom

In 2016, CPA Tyler McBroom had a call on the calendar to discuss partnering with Tony Robbins’ accounting alliance. It was set for 10:30 PM his time, because the other …

Lean Blog Interviews

Lean Blog — 549: Nick Katko: Continuous Improvement in Accounting

Accounting teams see problems every day. As my returning guest Nick Katko puts it, they fix them, but they don’t necessarily solve them. Nick is president and owner of BMA, …

My Favorite Mistake

My Favorite Mistake — 370: Fix Your Process, Not Your People: The Deal He Lost by Adding Value — Grant Harris

Grant Harris teaches leaders to fix the process, not the people. Then he created the friction he helps clients remove, and it cost him a speaking deal. A cold inbound …

Lean Blog Audio

Lean Blog Audio — The Toyota Andon System in South Africa: Two Buttons Instead of a Cord

In this episode, I read my recent post about a visit to Toyota’s plant in Durban, South Africa, before I spoke at the KZN Lean Conference. I asked to see …

Lean Blog Audio

Lean Blog Audio — Fear-Based Leadership Worked at Volkswagen. Until It Didn’t.

In July 2013, Volkswagen CEO Martin Winterkorn stopped a test drive to lecture his engineers about paint that was less than a millimeter too thick. A year later, he complained …

My Favorite Mistake

My Favorite Mistake — 369: Dr. Jen Moran on the Practice Everyone Said Not to Buy

Her attorney and accountant told her not to buy the dental practice, then quit when she did. The appraisal came in at about 5% of the asking price. Dr. Jen …

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