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My Favorite Mistake

My Favorite Mistake — Randy Scott (ESPN) and the Live TV Mistake He Never Forgot

My guest for this bonus episode of the My Favorite Mistake podcast is ESPN anchor Randy Scott. He shares a hilarious yet humbling story from his early days on live television. Reflecting …

Lean Blog Interviews

Lean Blog — Bonus: Preview of Mark Graban’s AME Australia “Road Show” in 2025; Improving the Way We Improve

Welcome to this bonus session of the Lean Blog Interviews Podcast, originally recorded as a LinkedIn Live event! In this conversation, I partnered with Rebecca Michalik from AME Australia to …

Lean Blog Audio

Lean Blog Audio — Lost My iPhone in Tokyo: A Lesson in Japanese Kindness and Culture on My Japan Study Trip

Read the blog post: https://www.leanblog.org/2024/11/lost-iphone-japan-taxi-tokyo-kindness-culture/ I’m thrilled to be back in Japan for the first time in five years. Today is the start of Katie Anderson’s Japan Study Trip (learn more about joining her …

My Favorite Mistake

My Favorite Mistake — 288: From CIA to CEO: Rupal Patel on Leadership, Resilience, and Owning Your Weird

My guest for Episode #288 of the My Favorite Mistake podcast is Rupal Patel – she’s a former CIA analyst turned serial entrepreneur, who has embarked on an unconventional journey from military briefing …

Lean Blog Audio

Lean Blog Audio — Ten Years Ago — In the News Visiting a Japanese Lean Hospital

The blog post Just over a week ago, I got back from Katie Anderson’s Japan Study Trip. It was amazing! I have so much to write about and share. But first, Facebook …

Lean Blog Interviews

Lean Blog — 521: Daily Management, Strategy Execution, and Lean Leadership with José Ferro

My guest for Episode #521 of the Lean Blog Interviews Podcast is  José R. Ferro, PhD, a Senior Advisor with the Lean Enterprise Institute and the Founder and President, Lean …

Lean Blog Audio

Lean Blog Audio — Surveying the Lean Global Connection Audience on Barriers to Speaking Up

The blog post: https://www.leanblog.org/2024/11/surveying-the-lean-global-connection-audience-on-barriers-to-speaking-up/ At yesterday’s Lean Global Connection event, I posed a straightforward yet revealing question to the audience: “What keeps you from speaking up at work?” The responses illustrated …

My Favorite Mistake

My Favorite Mistake — 287: Steven L. Blue on a Costly Business Assumption and the Leadership Lesson It Taught Him

My guest for Episode #287 of the My Favorite Mistake podcast is Steven L. Blue, the CEO of Miller Ingenuity, a global manufacturer and supplier of railroad parts and high-technology rail safety …

Lean Coffee Talk (Formerly Lean Whiskey)

Lean Whiskey — 49: Japan Study Tour, a Lost iPhone, and Some Hibiki and Ichiro’s Malt

It’s Episode 49 of the Lean Whiskey podcast with Jamie Flinchbaugh and Mark Graban! Episode page with video and more Mark shares tales of his holiday / study tour trip …

Lean Coffee Talk (Formerly Lean Whiskey)

Lean Whiskey — 48: Lockout Tagout Your Equipment, but Not My Whiskey

In Episode 48 of the Lean Whiskey podcast, Jamie Flinchbaugh and Mark Graban begin by comparing two whiskeys from the same distillery. Episode page with video and more Mark selected …

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