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Lean Blog Interviews, by Mark Graban

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Lean Blog Interviews — 251: Jim Huntzinger & Russ Scaffede on Lean Leadership

Episode #251 is a bit different in that it’s audio shared by the good folks at Lean Frontiers. They recently hosted a webinar where Jim Huntzinger, founder and president of Lean Frontiers asked questions that answered by Russ Scaffede about Lean leadersh…

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Lean Blog Interviews — 250: Dr. Jack Billi & Mark Graban on Lean in Healthcare

Episode #250… a big round number. 250 podcasts in just under 10 years. Thanks again to Norman Bodek (my first guest and frequent guest) for the idea back in 2006. My goal with the podcasts has always been to showcase my guests. Occasionally, I take the…

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Lean Blog Interviews — 249: Steve Leuschel on “Lean Culture Change”

My guest for episode #249 of the podcast is Steve Leuschel, author of the book Lean Culture Change: Using a Daily Management System. You might remember a post from January that included an excerpt from his book on “huddles.” In this episode, we discuss t…

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Lean Blog Interviews — 248: Drew Locher, Lean Office to Lean Enterprise

Joining me for episode #248 of the podcast is Drew Locher, an author, consultant, speaker, and, also like me, a faculty member for the Lean Enterprise Institute and the ThedaCare Center for Healthcare Value. You can read his bio via his consulting websit…

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Lean Blog Interviews — 247: James Chisholm, ExperiencePoint and Leading Change

My guest for episode #247 is James Chisholm, a principal and co-founder of the Toronto-based ExperiencePoint. James is a pioneer in the design of online game-based learning, and has authored numerous leadership simulations in use by over 100,000 executiv…

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Lean Blog Interviews — 246: Steve Montague, Lean, Checklists & Patient Safety

Episode #246 is my second episode in recognition of Patient Safety Awareness Week. My guest is Steve Montague, who talked about Lean and Crew Resource Management with me in episode #195 in 2014. He’s a retired Navy fighter pilot, a commercial pilot, and …

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Lean Blog Interviews — 245: Dr. Tom Evans, Improving Healthcare Quality in Iowa

See http://www.leanblog.org/245 Today is the first of two episodes that I’ll post here during Patient Safety Awareness Week. I agree with the National Patient Safety Foundation that every day should be patient safety day. I’m sure my guest for episode #2…

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Lean Blog Interviews — 244: Dan Markovitz, “Building the Fit Organization,” Part 2

See http://www.leanblog.org/244 Joining me again for Episode #244 is Dan Markovitz (@DanMarkovitz on Twitter). Today’s episode is part 2 of our discussion about his most recent book Building the Fit Organization: Six Core Principles for Making Your Compa…

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Lean Blog Interviews — 243: Michael Bungay Stanier, “The Coaching Habit”

My guest for Episode #243, Michael Bungay Stanier, takes us a bit outside of the Lean realm… but that’s good. Our topic today, which ties in very nicely to Lean and Kaizen (as you’ll hear in our conversation) is coaching. His most recent book is titled…

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Lean Blog Interviews — 242: Hospital Staff & Leaders Talk About the Culture of Kaizen

Episode #242 is unique in that it’s a collection of audio clips from videos that Joe Swartz and I shot in late 2014 at his health system, Franciscan St. Francis Health in Indianapolis. In the videos, a number of nurses and leaders talk about continuous i…

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