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Lean Blog Audio — When Should We Lower a Target and When Should We Try Harder to Figure Out How to Reach It?

http://www.leanblog.org/audio294 Today, I’m sharing a question from a reader who started their career at Toyota and now works at another company. See previous posts with reader questions. The reader has …

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Lean Whiskey: 12: Canadian Whiskey, the Ups & Downs of Healthcare, and a CEO Thrown Under the Bus

http://www.leanblog.org/whiskey12 In Episode 12 of Lean Whiskey, Mark Graban is back and he’s joined by a friend from the Lean healthcare world, Ryan McCormack. Jamie will be with Mark for our next episode. You might know Ryan as the creator of the awe…

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Lean Blog Interviews — 356: Amy C. Edmondson on Psychological Safety and “The Fearless Organization”

http://www.leanblog.org/356 My guest for episode #356 of the podcast is Amy C. Edmondson, PhD, the Novartis Professor of Leadership and Management at the Harvard Business School. She is the author of three books on teaming and her most recent book is th…

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Lean Blog Interviews — 355: An Engineer, an Architect, and a Nurse on Healthcare Improvement

Http://www.leanblog.org/355 So, an engineer, an architect, and a nurse walk into a hospital… no, that’s not a setup for the punchline to a joke. Today, in episode #355 of the podcast, I’m sharing three short conversations with three people who have…

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Lean Whiskey: 11: A King is Saved, and a Workweek Shortened

In Episode 11 of Lean Whiskey, Mark Graban gets a rest, and Jamie Flinchbaugh co-hosts along with long-time friend and colleague Susan Pleasant, who was first a client and later a partner. Susan brings 30 years of operations experience, and has consul…

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Lean Blog Interviews — 354: Kim Hollon on the CEO’s Role in Lean and Patient Safety

http://www.leanblog.org/354 Joining me for episode #354 of the podcast is Kim Hollon, the CEO and President of Signature Healthcare, based in Brockton, Massachusetts. I first met Kim about a decade ago and, as we discover during the podcast discussio…

Lean Coffee Talk (Formerly Lean Whiskey)

Lean Whiskey: 10: The Grinch Stole our Tech, Holiday Whiskey, and Getting Ready for 2020

http://www.leanblog.org/whiskey10 In Episode 10 of Lean Whiskey, Mark Graban and Jamie Flinchbaugh do their best to work through technology issues, as the Grinch clearly didn’t want us to record. We apologize if this affected the final product just a l…

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Lean Blog Interviews — 353: Quint Studer on Tips for Busy Leaders in Healthcare and Beyond

Links and full transcript: http://www.leanblog.org/353My guest for Episode #353 of the podcast is somebody whose work I’ve appreciated for a long time — Quint Studer. I was first introduced to his book Hardwiring Excellence back in 2005 and I’ve been f…

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Lean Blog Audio — 293: Our Toyota Tour Guide’s Kaizen

From 2014 — http://www.leanblog.org/audio293 We had an excellent English-speaking tour guide for our visit (she lived in Hawaii at one point). As we talked through the facility (up in a …

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Lean Blog Audio — 292: A Japanese Hospital CEO on Kaizen, Innovation & Breakthrough

From 2012: http://www.leanblog.org/audio292 Dr. Iida talked about the connections between “Kaizen” (small improvements) and innovation (larger improvements) and how, together, they lead to breakthroughs. He also talked about how one …

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