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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 Whiskey — 43: Safety at SpaceX; 100 Years of Suntory Whiskey

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In Episode 43 of the “Lean Whiskey” podcast, Jamie Flinchbaugh and Mark Graban begin by talking about each of our interviews regarding the new book by Steve Spear and Gene Kim, Wiring the Winning Organization.
Mark in…

Lean Coffee Talk (Formerly Lean Whiskey)

Lean Whiskey — 42: Reflecting on the GE Lean Mindset Event, Including Ford, Uber, and PG&E

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In Episode 42, Jamie Flinchbaugh visits Mark Graban in northern Kentucky and they get to record an episode in person. This was the origin of the podcast series — getting together in person, enjoying whiskey, and talking about Lean stuff….

Lean Coffee Talk (Formerly Lean Whiskey)

Lean Whiskey — 41: Should Lean be Forced? Running & Evaluating Experiments with the Podcast and Beyond, Inexpensive Sip

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In Episode 41, Mark Graban and Jamie Flinchbaugh try a couple experiments, in the spirit of continuous improvement. You’ll first notice that we moved the whiskey talk to the end. The hypothesis here is that some peopl…

Lean Coffee Talk (Formerly Lean Whiskey)

Lean Whiskey — 40: If Burbn Didn’t Pivot to Instagram, We Might Not Have Threads

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In Episode 40, Mark Graban and Jamie Flinchbaugh get back together after their in-person visit where they enjoyed the origins of this podcast: talking about lean stuff while enjoying some whiskey. We get to celebrate …

Lean Coffee Talk (Formerly Lean Whiskey)

Lean Whiskey — 39: Does Starbucks’ CEO Serving Coffee and Uber’s CEO Driving Passengers Do Any Good? Tasting Sourced Whiskeys

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In Episode 39, Mark Graban and Jamie Flinchbaugh toast the completion of Mark’s new book, The Mistakes That Make Us: Cultivating a Culture of Learning and Innovation (coming soon!).
We also acknowledge Jamie’s…

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Lean Whiskey — 38: Toasting the U.S. Micro Whiskey of the Year (Glenns Creek OCD #5), and the Need to Recommit to Patient Safety

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What do you do when you are chosen as Jim Murray’s US Micro Whiskey of the Year? You pop in to join Mark and Jamie on Lean Whiskey to talk about it. At least that’s what our friend David Meier of Glenns Creek Distilli…

Lean Coffee Talk (Formerly Lean Whiskey)

Lean Whiskey — 37: Starbucks’ Gemba, Toyota’s Tour, Product Innovation & Lean Process Improvements

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Alternative title: “I’ll have a half-caff no-whip soy-milk chestnut praline latte… to-go”
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In Episode 37, we wish everyone a Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays with some new (to us) hol…

Lean Coffee Talk (Formerly Lean Whiskey)

Lean Whiskey — 36: Jamie Flinchbaugh & Chris Kauzmann on Design Thinking’s Relationship to Lean Thinking

In Episode 36, Jamie Flinchbaugh is joined by Chris Kauzmann, an Adjunct Faculty and Innovator in Residence at Lehigh University. Chris, a self-described “bottom shelf” whiskey drinker, joins Jamie to sample some Nikka Coffee Malt Whiskey and Blue Ru…

Lean Coffee Talk (Formerly Lean Whiskey)

Lean Whiskey — 35: We’re tired, but not tired of whisky. A gemba walk will pick us up…

In Episode 35, Mark is recently back from his Scotland gemba visit. He isn’t tired from jet lag, or from whiskey, but nevertheless, Mark and Jamie both end up complaining about being tired. Maybe we’re just…old (gasp). We also didn’t plan our color coord…

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Lean Whiskey — 34: Crazy Ideas, From Shipping Flowers to Crab Whiskey

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In Episode 34, Mark Graban and Jamie Flinchbaugh begin by belatedly celebrating the 3rd birthday of Lean Whiskey. No, this wasn’t a pandemic-launched podcast, although if we hadn’t started it yet it probably w…

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