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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
It’s Episode 76 and the highlight is Tracy and Elisabeth’s interview with Gemma Jones, one of the founders of the Kata Girl Geeks. Gemma has developed a way to mobilize continuous improvement practitioners to help underserved and at-risk members of soc…
It’s Episode 75, and Tracy and Elisabeth got to talk money with Nick Katko and Mike DeLuca, co-authors of the new book, “Practicing Lean Accounting”. Mike and Nick are a seasoned duo, and they offered insights into the biggest source of waste in accounti…
It’s Episode 74 and Tracy and Elisabeth got to interview Dr. Sabiha Mumtaz from the University of Wollongong in Dubai. She’s got an innovative strategy for lifting women into leadership positions in the United Arab Emirates. Next up it’s a cool tool th…
It’s episode 73 and today’s highlight is our interview with Karyn Ross, author of her latest book, The Kind Leader. During the writing of her book, Karyn asked people to define “kindness”—she did not expect what she heard, so Tracy and Elisabeth get to t…
It’s Episode 72, and today’s highlight is our interview with Jamie Flinchbaugh, author of the new book, People Solve Problems. He’s got a different take on the crux of problem solving, it’s not PDCA, it’s not tools, and it’s not methods. Jamie’s an engag…
