Skip to content
Lean Communicators
Menu
  • Home
  • About
  • Follow
  • Podcasts
  • YouTube Channels
  • Subscribe!

Author: Elisabeth Swan and Tracy O'Rourke

JIT Cafe

The Just-in-Time Cafe Podcast — 101: The Biology of Lean Culture, with Tracey Minutolo

It’s Episode 101 and the highlight is Tracy an Elisabeth’s interview with Tracy Minutolo—Head of Operational Excellence at the technology health company Hologic. We’ll find out how Tracey morphed from a microbiologist into a Lean Six Sigma Black Belt…

JIT Cafe

The Just-in-Time Cafe Podcast — 100: Lean Whiskey Comes to Celebrate the Cafe’s 100th Episode

Today’s highlight is whisky cocktails! Or the reason behind our whiskey cocktails. In a crossover celebration of 100 Cafe episodes, Tracy and Elisabeth invited their good friends Mark Graban and Jamie Flinchbaugh of the Lean Whiskey podcast to mark t…

JIT Cafe

The Just-in-Time Cafe Podcast — 99: Spiritualean, with Allison Kestenbaum

It’s Episode 99 and the highlight is Tracy and Elisabeth’s interview with Allison Kestenbaum, the Supervisor of Spiritual Care and Clinical Pastoral Education at UC San Diego Health. She just got her Lean Six Sigma Black Belt Certification so we dig …

JIT Cafe

The Just-in-Time Cafe Podcast — 98: Lean Life Sharing: Making Organ Donation Work, with Jeff Trageser and Mike Vazquez

It’s Episode 98 and the highlight is Tracy & Elisabeth’s interview with Lifesharing’s Executive Team—Jeff Trageser and Mike Vazquez. Lifesharing is a nonprofit arm of UC San Diego Health dedicated to organ procurement and—lucky for everyone—they’…

JIT Cafe

The Just-in-Time Cafe Podcast — 97: Let Go To Lead, with Cheryl Jekiel

It’s Episode 97 and the  highlight is Tracy & Elisabeth’s interview with Cheryl Jekiel, the Founder of Lean Leadership Center, get the scoop on her latest book, Let Go To Lead. Cheryl has a deep background in helping managers go from overpowering…

JIT Cafe

The Just-in-Time Cafe Podcast — 96: Lean & Stone Soup Diversity, with Dannette Nelson

It’s Episode 96 and the highlight is Tracy and Elisabeth’s interview with Dannette Nelson, the Owner of Stone Soup Diversity. Dannette brings her startup experience and a little Lean Six Sigma sauce to the diversity conversation which has given her t…

JIT Cafe

The Just-in-Time Cafe Podcast — 95: Running the Experiments at Menlo Innovations, with Rich Sheridan

It’s episode 95 and the highlight is Tracy & Elisabeth’s interview with Rich Sheridan, the CEO and Chief Storyteller at Menlo Innovations. Rich’s ingeniously Lean-incognito workplace sparks joy in all who enter. Menlo recovered from Covid with …

JIT Cafe

The Just-in-Time Cafe Podcast — 94: A Lean Revolution in Higher Education, with Krista Schulte

It’s Episode 94 and the highlight is Tracy & Elisabeth’s interview with Krista Schulte, the Assistant Director of Operational Excellence for the University of Michigan. Krista gave us a glimpse into how Lean gains traction in higher education. …

JIT Cafe

The Just-in-Time Cafe Podcast — 93: When Strategy, Vision, and Queens Convene, with Deondra Wardelle

It’s episode 93 and the highlight is Tracy & Elisabeth’s interview with the internet doyenne, Deondra Wardelle. We explore the intersection she’s created between Vision, Strategy, and Continuous Improvement—and maybe tiaras For Hot Apps, Deondr…

JIT Cafe

The Just-in-Time Cafe Podcast — 92: Embracing Mistakes, Courage, and Culture, with Mark Graban

It’s Episode 92 and the highlight is Tracy & Elisabeth’s interview with powerhouse author Mark Graban. They dig into his latest book that just hit the bookshelves—The Mistakes that Make Us. They delve into how he turned an innovative podcast in…

Posts navigation

Older posts
Newer posts

Search All Content:

Get Email Notifications

Get an email each day new content is published:

Name

Email


The Content

  • Deondra Wardelle (46)
  • Habitual Excellence (108)
  • HR Social Hour Half Hour (319)
  • JIT Cafe (104)
  • KaiNexus Podcast (459)
  • Katie Anderson (147)
  • Kitchen Table Adulting (31)
  • Lean Blog Audio (418)
  • Lean Blog Interviews (561)
  • Lean Coffee Talk (Formerly Lean Whiskey) (54)
  • Lean Leadership for Ops Managers (132)
  • Lean Leadership Podcast (76)
  • Lean Six Sigma Bursts (121)
  • Lean Six Sigma for Good (71)
  • My Favorite Mistake (348)
  • People Solve Problems (80)
  • People, Purpose, and Profits (58)
  • Sam Morgan (129)
  • The Edges of Lean (136)
  • The Lean Solutions Podcast (231)
  • The New England Lean Podcast (53)
  • Uncategorized (2)

Recent Content:

  • Lean Blog Audio — A Free Resource for Leaders: The Mistake-Smart Leader’s Checklist
  • The Lean Solutions Podcast: Respect-Driven Delegation
  • My Favorite Mistake — 310: What Nearly Killed Andrew Laws’ Business—and Why He’s Now Grateful for It
  • Lean Coffee Talk — S2: E 3: What do Crayola, the NFL, MIT, the Pope, and Red Eyes all have in common?
  • My Favorite Mistake — How Busy Teams Can Better Execute Growth Plans: Andrea Jones on ‘Executagility’ and Mistakes

Menu

  • Home
  • About
  • Follow
  • Podcasts
  • YouTube Channels
  • Subscribe!
Copyright © 2025 Lean Communicators – OnePress theme by FameThemes