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Category: Lean Blog Audio

By Mark Graban

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Lean Blog Audio — Coaching vs. Berating: Lessons from Football for Better Leadership

In this episode, I revisit a classic post—Coaching vs. Berating: Lessons from Football for Better Leadership. ⁠The blog post⁠ With Brian Kelly recently fired as LSU’s head coach, it’s worth …

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Lean Blog Audio — Plan, Do, Check, Act… or Plan, Do, Cover Your A**? Leadership Makes the Difference

The blog post In this solo episode, I explore the contrast between two powerful management cycles — PDCA (Plan, Do, Check, Act) and its dysfunctional cousin, PDCYA (Plan, Do, Cover …

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Lean Blog Audio — A Look Back at Continuous Improvement at the Bedside: Allina Health Case Study

The blog post In this audio edition of the Lean Blog, Mark Graban revisits a 2014 case study co-authored with Gregory Clancy about Allina Health’s early Kaizen journey. What began …

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Lean Blog Audio — Leader Standard Work Is About Behavior, Not Just Your Calendar

The blog post In this episode of Lean Blog Audio, Mark Graban reads and expands on his article, Leader Standard Work Is About Behavior, Not Just Your Calendar. Too many …

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Lean Blog Audio — From Know-It-All to Learn-It-All: Leadership Lessons from Mistakes

The blog post In this episode of Lean Blog Audio, Mark Graban reads and reflects on his recent article, From Know-It-All to Learn-It-All: Leadership Lessons from Mistakes. Drawing from themes …

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Lean Blog Audio — Gaming the System: What a USPS Smiley Face Teaches Us About Bad Metrics

The blog post In this episode, Mark Graban shares a small but revealing story from a local post office — and what it teaches us about bad metrics and broken …

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Lean Blog Audio — Why “You’re Being Safe” Should Be the Norm in Every Operating Room

The blog post In this episode, Mark Graban shares a powerful story from an operating room that highlights the importance of culture, leadership, and psychological safety in healthcare. A nurse …

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Lean Blog Audio — 95% of Enterprise AI Pilots “Fail”–Just Like Lean? Not So Fast

The blog post Are 95% of enterprise AI pilots really “failing”? And how does that compare to the long-repeated claim that 70% of Lean initiatives fail? In this episode of …

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Lean Blog Audio — Jim Womack on the Origins of ‘Lean’ and Why It’s Often Misunderstood

In this episode, Mark revisits a 2007 conversation with James P. (Jim) Womack, founder of the Lean Enterprise Institute and co-author of The Machine That Changed the World. Nearly two …

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Lean Blog Audio — Lean Lessons from Japan: Mindsets, Culture, and the Challenge of Speaking Up

Episode page In this episode, I share a reading of my recent blog post, based on a Catalysis webinar where I explored what we can learn from Lean in Japan. …

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