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Lean Blog Interviews — 12: Jim Womack, China (Part 1)

LeanBlog Podcast #12 brings us a special guest, James P. Womack of the Lean Enterprise Institute, the author of many books including the classic (published 10 years ago) Lean Thinking and the more recent Lean Solutions. We ended up talking for about 40 m…

Lean Blog Interviews

Lean Blog Interviews — 11: Norman Bodek, “Educating Leadership”

Here is LeanBlog Podcast #11, once again with Norman Bodek of PCS Press and the author of many books, including Kaikaku: The Power and Magic of Lean. In this Podcast, we discuss a topic posed by a podcast listener, Bruce from Akron Ohio: how do you educa…

Lean Blog Interviews

Lean Blog Interviews — 10: Jamie Flinchbaugh, “Educating Leadership”

Here is LeanBlog Podcast #10, again with Jamie Flinchbaugh, Founder of and Partner with the Lean Learning Center and co-author of The Hitchhiker’s Guide to Lean. In this Podcast, we respond to an audio question from blog listener Bruce from Akron OH. The…

Lean Blog Interviews

Lean Blog Interviews — 9: David Mann, “Lean Management System”

LeanBlog Podcast Episode #9, is a discussion with David Mann, the author of the excellent book Creating A Lean Culture: Tools To Sustain Lean Conversions. In this Podcast, we will talk about Steelcase’s experience with the their lean efforts and the real…

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Lean Blog Interviews — 8: Jim Huntzinger, “Lean Accounting”

Here is LeanBlog Podcast #8, an interview with Jim Huntzinger, the President of the Lean Accounting Summit. In this Podcast, we will talk about the notion of “Lean Accounting” and some of the ways that traditional cost accounting and managerial accountin…

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Lean Blog Interviews — 7: Norman Bodek, “Toyota”

Here is LeanBlog Podcast #7, a new discussion with our friend Norman Bodek, President of PCS Press and the author of many books, including Kaikaku: The Power and Magic of Lean. In this Podcast, we discuss Toyota’s response to recent quality problems and …

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Lean Blog Interviews — 6: Jamie Flinchbaugh, “Leadership”

This is the second part of my conversation with Jamie Flinchbaugh, founder and partner with the Lean Learning Center and co-author of the book “The Hitchhiker’s Guide to Lean.” . In the first part of the discussion, we talked about the specific language …

Lean Blog Interviews

Lean Blog Interviews — 5: Jamie Flinchbaugh, “Waste” *

Show notes: https://www.leanblog.org/5 
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This is the first part of a conversation with Jamie Flinchbaugh, founder and partner with the Lean Learning Center and co-author of the book “The Hitchhiker’s Guide to Lean.” . Prior to startin…

Lean Blog Interviews

Lean Blog Interviews — 4: Jeff Liker, Lean Healthcare *

Show notes: https://www.leanblog.org/4
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This is the second part of my discussion (started in Episode #3) with Dr. Jeff Liker of the University of Michigan and his books, including “The Toyota Way.” This time, we focus on “lean healthc…

Lean Blog Interviews

Lean Blog Interviews — 3: Jeff Liker, the Toyota Way *

Author of “The Toyota Way”
Show notes: https://www.leanblog.org/2
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My guest today is Dr. Jeffrey Liker, Professor of Industrial and Operations Engineering at the University of Michigan. He is the Director of the Japan Technology Manag…

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