Lean Blog Audio

Here's look back at a post from 2011 that talks about some of the misunderstandings that are thrown around about Lean and Six Sigma, with some new content and an audio clip from a speaker who gets this very wrong. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/lean-blog-audio/support

A look back at my visit to a Toyota plant in Japan, with a group of global healthcare leaders, in November 2014 (part 2 of episode 11 of this series). Topics include andon cords, proper breaks, and 5s (or is it 4s?). --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/lean-blog-audio/support

A look back at my visit to a Toyota plant in Japan, with a group of global healthcare leaders, in November 2014. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/lean-blog-audio/support

It's sad and unfortunate when leaders SAY they want a culture of continuous improvement, but don't walk the walk. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/lean-blog-audio/support

Working with a personal fitness trainer has helped me see parallels to what I do with Lean... how my clients maybe see the world and things that I can do better as a coach, trainer, mentor, and consultant.I don't often get to be on the "coachee" side of the coaching equation. When I work with other consultants, like Karen Martin, that gives me a chance to get coached -- receiving positive feedback and being challenged to improve. When I've used a speaking coach, Kathryn Partan, it's very helpful because I try to improve and I see how somebody else approaches coaching and client work. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/lean-blog-audio/support

Continuing the“Throwback Thursday” theme for the 10th anniversary of my blog, today’s post looks back at and builds upon one of my favorites from 2007. The post is a “GM War Story” from 1995 when I was just starting my career: “GM Got Gamed (Or, How to Fudge Your Production Numbers)” You can hearthat in episode 1 of this podcast - http://www.leanblog.org/audio1 --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/lean-blog-audio/support

It seems to me that a strategy deployment process can be described as a series of hypotheses that are tested over time. Strategy deployment is a high-level annual PDSA cycle that contains embedded PDSA cycles of analysis, improvement, measurement, and adjustment. http://leanblog.org/audio7 --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/lean-blog-audio/support

A post from 1/13/15. Why are healthcare professionals afraid to speak up, in military medicine or other settings? http://leanblog.org/audio6 --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/lean-blog-audio/support

A post from 1/12/15, looking at how the two teams in the College Football Playoff championship game are doing some things differently than the way things have always been done. http://leanblog.org/audio5 --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/lean-blog-audio/support

A post from 2007... I was thinking back to some first-hand experience I had when I started my career at a GM engine plant, circa 1995. It’s the most blatant example of someone intentionally distorting data that I’ve ever seen… but it’s totally understandable. I blame the senior leaders, not the front-line supervisor in this case..., --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/lean-blog-audio/support

Looking back at two slides Mark used about 10 years when introducing Lean to healthcare executives http://leanblog.org/audio3 --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/lean-blog-audio/support

Mark describes some key points from the book "Four Days With Dr. Deming." Learn more at http://www.leanblog.org/audio2 --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/lean-blog-audio/support

This post is about the small difference that led a nurse supervisor and her team to go from "no ideas" to having lots of ideas. Visit http://www.leanblog.org/audio1 to read the original article http://www.leanblog.org/audio1 --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/lean-blog-audio/support