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Category: Lean Coffee Talk (Formerly Lean Whiskey)

Lean Coffee Talk, by Mark Graban and Jamie Flinchbaugh

Lean Coffee Talk (Formerly Lean Whiskey)

Lean Coffee Talk — S2: E 8: NUMMI: GM Wrote It Down in 1987. They Still Didn’t Get It.

Mark Graban and Jamie Flinchbaugh sit down with single-origin coffees and a 1987 GM Confidential report Mark pulled from the Don Ephlin papers at Wayne State’s Reuther Library. The document, …

Lean Coffee Talk (Formerly Lean Whiskey)

Lean Coffee Talk — S2: E 7: KPIs, Coffee Sticks, Culture, and Change: What Leaders Get Wrong About Measurement

How many KPIs are too many — and how do leaders know which metrics actually matter? Episode page In Episode 7 of Lean Coffee Talk, Mark Graban and Jamie Flinchbaugh …

Lean Coffee Talk (Formerly Lean Whiskey)

Lean Coffee Talk — S2: E 6: System Design, Psychological Safety, and When Lean Quotas Backfire

Episode page with links, video, and more In this episode, Mark Graban and Jamie Flinchbaugh respond to listener questions about system design, leadership behavior, and navigating misguided Lean requirements. They …

Lean Coffee Talk (Formerly Lean Whiskey)

Lean Coffee Talk — S2: E Ask Us Anything: Submit Your Lean, Leadership & Culture Questions ☕

💡 Submit your question (and maybe win a Lean Coffee Talk mug!) at: LeanBlog.org/coffeequestions In this short bonus episode of Lean Coffee Talk, hosts Mark Graban and Jamie Flinchbaugh share …

Lean Coffee Talk (Formerly Lean Whiskey)

Lean Coffee Talk — S2: E 5: From Miss Piggy to Spinal Tap, and Will Starbucks Discover Customer Value?

In Season 2, Episode 5, Mark Graban and Jamie Flinchbaugh are going back in time (apologies to Huey Lewis and the News) to the 1990s and examining companies that were …

Lean Coffee Talk (Formerly Lean Whiskey)

Lean Coffee Talk — S2: E 4: Crossover Event with the JIT Cafe: Daily Coffee and Productivity Routines

In Episode 4 (Season 2), Mark Graban and Jamie Flinchbaugh are joined by the hosts of the Just-in-Time Cafe podcast, Elisabeth Swan and Tracy O’Rourke. This is the second joint …

Lean Coffee Talk (Formerly Lean Whiskey)

Lean Coffee Talk — S2: E 3: What do Crayola, the NFL, MIT, the Pope, and Red Eyes all have in common?

In Season 2, Episode 3, Mark Graban and Jamie Flinchbaugh both share specific episodes of their other podcasts. Jamie shares his People Solve Problems episode featuring Crayola CEO Pete Ruggiero, …

Lean Coffee Talk (Formerly Lean Whiskey)

Lean Coffee Talk — S2: E 2: Australia, New Coke, Boeing, and the Future of Manufacturing in America

In Season 2, Episode 2, Mark Graban and Jamie Flinchbaugh begin with Mark sharing about his Australia and New Zealand workshop tour with the Association for Manufacturing Excellence. Even koalas …

Lean Coffee Talk (Formerly Lean Whiskey)

Lean Coffee Talk — S2: E1: Starbucks, Honeywell, Tariffs, and Toyota

We would have called this Episode 51 of the Lean Whiskey podcast with Jamie Flinchbaugh and Mark Graban. Episode page with video and more Lean Whiskey is transitioning to a …

Lean Coffee Talk (Formerly Lean Whiskey)

Lean Whiskey — 50: The Final Episode… or Is It?

Episode page It’s Episode 50 of the Lean Whiskey podcast with Jamie Flinchbaugh and Mark Graban! tl;dr: Lean Whiskey will transition to a new brand Lean Coffee Talk, so stay tuned for more episodes from Mark …

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