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Author: Elisabeth Swan and Tracy O'Rourke

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The Just-in-Time Cafe Podcast — 113: Lean, Learning, and Legacy, with Michelle Formanczyk

In today’s episode, Tracy & Elisabeth sit down with process improvement pro Michelle Formanczyk to talk about her exciting new role for this year’s Michigan Lean Conference—and why you won’t …

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The Just-in-Time Cafe Podcast — 112: Seeing is Solving, with Gwendolyn Galsworth

Today’s spotlight shines on none other than Gwendolyn Galsworth—author, trailblazer, and the reigning doyenne of the visual workplace. In our feature interview, Gwendolyn shares powerful insights into how visual thinking …

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The Just-in-Time Cafe Podcast — 111: The Respect Effect: Engagement, Lean, and the Human Factor, with John Guaspari

It’s Episode 111 highlight is Tracy & Elisabeth’s interview with best-selling author John Guaspari–about his latest book, If Engagement the Why, then Respect Is the How. We quizzed John on …

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The Just-in-Time Cafe Podcast — 110: Where Lean Meets Loss: Grief, Growth, and Continuous Change, with April Thomas

It’s Episode 110, and the highlight is our interview with April Thomas, who has drawn on her clinical healthcare background to incorporate the stages of grief into change management. We’ll …

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The Just-in-Time Cafe Podcast — 109: Lean into Mindfulness: Better Work, Less Suffering, with Dan Zigmond

It’s Episode 109, and the highlight is Elisabeth & Tracy’s interview with Dan Zigmond, ordained Buddhist Priest, tech professional, and author of The Buddha’s Office. He’s seen his share of …

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The Just-in-Time Cafe Podcast — 108: Innovation on the City Scale, with Kate Parmelee

It’s Episode 108, and the highlight is Tracy & Elisabeth’s interview with Kate Parmelee. She’s the Deputy City Manager for Strategic Initiatives & Innovation, and she’s transforming the City of …

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The Just-in-Time Cafe Podcast — 107: Buckle Up for Edition 2 (with Tracy & Elisabeth)

It’s Episode 107 and it’s the first menu of the year! Today’s highlight is an interview with Tracy and Elisabeth! Turns out they’re the fascinating authors of the soon-to-be published …

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The Just-in-Time Cafe Podcast — 106: What’s in a Name?, with Tracy Defoe

Last one of the year! And Today’s highlight is our interview with Tracy Defoe the Kata Coach and Adult learning specialist about how changing a label could make the difference …

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The Just-in-Time Cafe Podcast — 105: Lean Courage: Sheetmetal meets Unconditional Love, with Meg Brown

It’s Episode 105 and the highlight Tracy & Elisabeth’s interview with Meg Brown, Vice President of Human Resources at Cambridge Air Solution, where they’ve built an amazingly successful Lean culture …

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The Just-in-Time Cafe Podcast — 104: First EVAH New England Lean Summit, with Paul Critchley

It’s Episode 104 and the highlight is our interview with Paul Critchley, the President of New England Lean Consulting where we find out what’s in store at the first ever …

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