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Category: Lean Blog Audio

By Mark Graban

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Lean Blog Audio — You Can’t Cherry-Pick Lean: Why Pull, Heijunka, and CI Don’t Stick

the blog post Why do Lean practices like pull systems and heijunka fail to take hold in so many organizations? In this AudioBlog, Mark Graban argues that the problem isn’t …

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Lean Blog Audio — Unlearning Old Habits: What a Pickleball Mistake Taught Me About Feedback and Learning

The blog post In this Lean Blog Audio episode, Mark Graban reflects on an unexpected leadership lesson learned on the pickleball court. As a beginner unlearning decades-old tennis habits, Mark …

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Lean Blog Audio — Five NUMMI Tour Lessons That Still Define Lean Thinking

The blog post In this episode, Mark reflects on a visit he made twenty years ago to the NUMMI plant in Fremont, California — the Toyota-GM joint venture that became …

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Lean Blog Audio — ‘The Rock’ Says Getting Lean is Something Anybody Can Do… If You Work At It

The blog post Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson once joked that his incredible physical transformation came from one simple routine: working out six hours a day, every day, for twenty years. …

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Lean Blog Audio — 5 Big Lean Questions with Mark Graban: Purpose, Misconceptions, and the Path Forward

The blog post In this episode, Mark Graban flips roles and becomes the guest—answering five core Lean questions posed by longtime Lean thinker Tim McMahon of the A Lean Journey …

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Lean Blog Audio — Lean Without Layoffs: The Commitment That Makes Continuous Improvement Work

The blog post In this episode, Mark Graban explores one of the most misunderstood — and most essential — principles of Lean: the commitment to no layoffs due to improvement. …

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Lean Blog Audio — Stop Forcing Change: Use These Motivational Interviewing Questions Instead

The blog post In this episode, Mark Graban explores why so many organizational change efforts stall—not because people are resistant, but because leaders rely on telling instead of asking. Drawing …

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Lean Blog Audio — GE’s Larry Culp: Why Lean Thinking Starts with Safety and Respect for People

The blog post This episode looks at how GE Aerospace CEO Larry Culp grounds Lean leadership in two fundamentals: safety and respect for people. Drawing on his recent appearance on …

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Lean Blog Audio — Fred Noe of Jim Beam: Leadership Lessons on Mistakes, Innovation, and Long-Term Thinking

The blog post In this episode of Lean Blog Audio, Mark Graban reads and reflects on his post “Fred Noe of Jim Beam: Leadership Lessons on Mistakes, Innovation, and Long-Term …

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Lean Blog Audio — The Biggest Lean Six Sigma Myth: “Lean Is Just About Speed”

The blog post In this episode of the Lean Blog Audio podcast, Mark Graban reads and reflects on one of his classic posts: “The Biggest Lean Six Sigma Myth: ‘Lean …

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