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Author: Elisabeth Swan and Tracy O'Rourke

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The Just-in-Time Cafe Podcast — 86: The Sweet Lean Science of Online Learning, with Karen Martin

It’s Episode 86 and the highlight is Tracy and Elisabeth’s interview with power consultant Karen Martin. A prolific author and longtime Lean Six Sigma juggernaut—Karen opens up about principles and educational science that form the backbone of her TK…

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The Just-in-Time Cafe Podcast — 85: Lean into the Winning Link, with Billy Taylor

It’s Episode 85 and the highlight is our interview with the effervescent Billy Ray Taylor where we discuss his new book The Winning Link. Billy is charismatic, plain-spoken, his retirement got short-circuited by his amazing ability to help build hi…

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The Just-in-Time Cafe Podcast — 84: Lean Teams Zero in on Patients in the Netherlands, with Arnout Orelio

It’s Episode 84 and the highlight is Tracy & Elisabeth’s interview with Lean practitioner Arnout Orelio who’s latest book, Lean Thinking for Emerging Healthcare Leaders, is coming out this fall. Great insights on what makes improvements “stick” in heal…

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The Just-in-Time Cafe Podcast — 83: Embracing Disruption with the Woman Behind AME, with Kimberlee Humphrey

It’s Episode 83 and the highlight is Tracy’s interview with AME President Kimberlee Humphrey. We’ll get an inside look at the Association for Manufacturing Excellence, what’s in store for the Dallas conference, and how Kimberlee is changing the status …

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The Just-in-Time Cafe Podcast — 83: Command & Control Leadership Rehab, with Jamie V. Parker

It’s Episode 82 and the highlight is Tracy and Elisabeth’s interview with the host of the Lean Leadership for Ops Managers Podcast, Jamie Parker. She calls herself a “Recovering Command & Control” manager and we’ll find out how she uses that experience…

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The Just-in-Time Cafe Podcast — 81: A Systemic Approach to #RootCauseRacism, with Deondra Wardelle

It’s episode 81 and the highlight is Tracy and Elisabeth’s interview with Visionary Leader Deondra Wardelle. They uncover how this Toyota Kata practitioner has put her considerable problem-solving skills to work supporting the #RootCauseRacism movement…

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The Just-in-Time Cafe Podcast — 80: Mending the Big Quit with Work Worth Doing, with Thomas Bertels

It’s episode 80 and the highlight is Tracy and Elisabeth’s interview with Business Consultant Thomas Bertals. As the host of the “Work Matters” Podcast, he’s developed a way to address the “Big Quit” with a novel problem-solving approach. For “Hot Apps…

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The Just-in-Time Cafe Podcast — 79: Building a Better World with Lean Construction, with Rebecca Snelling

It’s Episode 79 and the highlight is Tracy and Elisabeth’s interview with Executive Leadership Coach Rebecca Snelling. As a board member of the Lean Construction Institute, she’s seen what makes the Lean path work in the building industry. Next up it’s…

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The Just-in-Time Cafe Podcast — 78: Lean Six Sigma for the Greater Good, with Brion Hurley

It’s Episode 78 and today’s highlight is Tracy and Elisabeth’s interview with author Brion Hurley—host of the Lean Six Sigma for Good podcast. Brion is a Master Black Belt by day, but in his spare time he has dedicated himself to a book series document…

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The Just-in-Time Cafe Podcast — 77: Lean Transformation at Illumina, with Pilar Zimmerman

It’s Episode 77 and the highlight is Tracy and Elisabeth’s interview with Pilar Zimmerman, Operational Excellence Senior Manager at Illumina. Pilar helps drive strategy deployment and Continuous Improvement at Illumina’s San Diego site. Next up it’s an…

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