Lean Blog Audio — 297: Jumping to Solutions: A Hard Habit to Break
http://www.leanblog.org/audio297 Looking back at a blog post and an article from 2012 and 2014… — Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/lean-blog-audio/support
Lean Blog Audio — My “Measures of Success” Workshop at the Shingo Conference 2020 in Orlando
http://www.leanblog.org/shingo2020 Thanks to the Shingo Institute for inviting me to facilitate a half-day workshop at the Shingo Conference, being held this year in Orlando, April 16 and 17. The workshop …
Lean Blog Audio — 295: GE’s CEO Larry Culp Goes to the Gemba, Looks to Understand the Real Reality
http://www.leanblog.org/audio295 Here’s an article from Bloomberg BusinessWeek: GE’s Larry Culp Faces Ultimate CEO Test in Trying to Save a Once-Great Company Very early on, the article mentions Culp’s advocacy for …
Lean Blog Audio — When Should We Lower a Target and When Should We Try Harder to Figure Out How to Reach It?
http://www.leanblog.org/audio294 Today, I’m sharing a question from a reader who started their career at Toyota and now works at another company. See previous posts with reader questions. The reader has …
Lean Blog Audio — 293: Our Toyota Tour Guide’s Kaizen
From 2014 — http://www.leanblog.org/audio293 We had an excellent English-speaking tour guide for our visit (she lived in Hawaii at one point). As we talked through the facility (up in a …
Lean Blog Audio — 292: A Japanese Hospital CEO on Kaizen, Innovation & Breakthrough
From 2012: http://www.leanblog.org/audio292 Dr. Iida talked about the connections between “Kaizen” (small improvements) and innovation (larger improvements) and how, together, they lead to breakthroughs. He also talked about how one …
Lean Blog Audio — Jess Orr on What She Learned by Leaving Toyota
http://www.leanblog.org/audio291 Last week was our fifth annual KaiNexus User Conference (or “KaiNexicon” as we now call it). One of our keynote speakers was Jess Orr, a former Toyota engineer who …
Lean Blog Audio — 290: Maybe “Just Do Its” Should be Called “Just PDSA Its”?
http://www.leanblog.org/audio290 So, upon some reflection, it seems like “Just Do It” isn’t really the right phrase to use. A classic suggestion box system has cards that start with listing a …
Lean Blog Audio — 289: When Problems are Hidden in Kudos: From Celebrations to Root Cause Countermeasures
http://www.leanblog.org/audio289 In the huddles, the manager and team talk about problems, issues, or opportunities for improvement. In some huddles, the team might say, “We can’t think of anything that came …
Lean Blog Audio — 288: Previewing Mark Valenti’s Webinar on “Motivational Interviewing” for the Workplace
http://www.leanblog.org/audio288 http://www.kainexus.com/webinars Today, I’ll be hosting and moderating the latest in our KaiNexus Continuous Improvement Webinar series. I’m really excited that the presenter will be Mark Valenti — he’s been …