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Lean Blog Interviews

Lean Blog — 518: Breaking the MRP Insanity Trap: Jerry Wright on Lean Systems and Supply Chain Transformation

My guest for Episode #518 of the Lean Blog Interviews Podcast is Jerry Wright, author of the new book The Insanity Trap: What Your MRP Consultant Won’t Tell You. Jerry …

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Lean Blog Audio — Just Call it “5S Six Sigma” Instead of “Lean Sigma” Please

Blog post My whole career, I have worked with the Lean methodology (aka the Toyota Production System). I’ve just really never done much with Six Sigma. I’ve read about Six …

My Favorite Mistake

My Favorite Mistake — 282: How Christine King Went from Welfare to Pioneering Female CEO in Semiconductors

My guest for Episode #282 of the My Favorite Mistake podcast is Christine “Chris” King, who defied the odds as a single mother in the 1970s, rising to become the world’s first …

My Favorite Mistake

My Favorite Mistake — Why Political Texts Won’t Leave You Alone, with State Sen. Stephanie Pitcher

In this special bonus episode of My Favorite Mistake, Mark Graban sits down with Senator Stephanie Pitcher, a criminal defense attorney (at Parker & McConkie in Utah) and Utah state …

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Lean Blog Audio — Lean Failure Explained: When Command-and-Control Leadership Sabotages Success

How Often Does This Happen? Read the blog post It’s a story I’ve heard too many times. An organization spends years, even decades, entrenched in a top-down, command-and-control culture. In …

Lean Blog Interviews

Lean Blog — Bruce Hamilton and the Northeast Lean Conference, Toast Kaizen, and More

My guest for this bonus episode of the Lean Blog Interviews Podcast is Bruce Hamilton, who is joining me on the show for the first time. Bruce is a renowned …

Lean Blog Audio

Lean Blog Audio — Whoa! A.I. Podcast Hosts Discuss “The Mistakes That Make Us”

I’ve played around with ChatGPT before (including in a few blog posts), but the advancements in A.I. technologies are pretty breathtaking. Check out the blog post I recently tried out …

My Favorite Mistake

My Favorite Mistake — 281: When a Crown Fell Off: Lessons in Restorative Dentistry with Dr. Edward Feinberg

My guest for Episode #281 of the My Favorite Mistake podcast is Dr. Edward Feinberg, a distinguished expert in restorative dentistry who has dedicated over 40 years to advancing dental care. Dr. …

Lean Blog Interviews

Lean Blog — 517: Jacob Stoller on Productivity Reimagined and Lean’s Role in Growth

My guest for Episode #517 of the Lean Blog Interviews Podcast is Jacob Stoller, a journalist, speaker, facilitator, and Shingo-Prize-winning author of The Lean CEO. We talked about that in Episode …

My Favorite Mistake

My Favorite Mistake — 280: A Costly Assumption: Tech Leadership Lessons with Steve Pereira

My guest for Episode #280 of the My Favorite Mistake podcast is Steve Pereira. He has spent over two decades improving the flow of work across organizations. He’s worked through tech support, …

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