Lean Blog Interviews: Real-World Lean Leadership Conversations in Healthcare and Beyond

Episode Page LeanBlog Podcast #35 is another discussion with David Meier, co-author of the book  Toyota Talent , written with Dr. Jeffrey Liker. In this podcast, we follow up our previous discussion ( Podcast #31 ) to talk about the upcoming Toyota books, as well as some of the leadership challenges that companies face with working with Lean. If you enjoy this podcast, I hope you'll check out the...

Episode page LeanBlog Podcast #34 is a discussion with Chris Harris, from  Harris Lean Systems , and co-author of the book  Developing a Lean Workforce: A Guide for Human Resources, Plant Managers and Lean Coordinators . If you enjoy this podcast, I hope you'll check out the rest of the series by visiting the  LeanBlog podcast main page . Now that my book manuscript is done, I'm going to get back...

Episode Page Here is LeanBlog Podcast #33, a new interview with  Jim Huntzinger , the President of the  Lean Accounting Summit . In this Podcast, Jim gives us an update on the recent Summit and talks about some of the latest trends in Lean Accounting.

Show notes: https://www.leanblog.org/32 Remastered audio June 2021 LeanBlog Podcast #32 once again features our friend and frequent guest,  Norman Bodek , noted lean author, consultant, and President of PCS Press. In this episode, Norman talks about his recent study trip to Japan and what he saw there. If you enjoy this podcast, I hope you'll check out the rest of the series by visiting the  LeanB...

Show notes: https://www.leanblog.org/31 Remastered July 2021 LeanBlog Podcast #31 is a discussion with David Meier, most recently the co-author of the book  Toyota Talent , written with Dr. Jeffrey Liker. In this podcast, we discuss the topics from Toyota Talent, including standardized work and how to use the methodology correctly. We also talk briefly about Toyota's new San Antonio plant. I love...

Show notes: https://www.leanblog.org/30 Remastered July 2021 LeanBlog Podcast #30 is an interview with  Bob Emiliani , author of the books  Better Thinking, Better Results  and  Real Lean: Understanding the Lean Management System (Volume One)  (and  Volume Two ). Bob had a long career at United Technologies, Pratt & Whitney and also has degrees in Mechanical Engineering and Chemical Engineering, a...

* Remastered audio June 2021 Show notes: https://www.leanblog.org/29 LeanBlog Podcast #29 features a very special guest, Dr. Sami Bahri,  “The World's First Lean Dentist .” If you're thinking “what can I learn about lean from a Dentist?”, please listen in. I think you'll be amazed and will learn a ton. I've really enjoyed the two chances I've had to talk with Dr Bahri, including this podcast sessi...

Show notes: https://www.leanblog.org/28 Remastered audio June 2021 LeanBlog Podcast #28 features our friend and frequent guest, Norman Bodek, noted lean author, consultant, and President of PCS Press. This also celebrates the 1 year anniversary of the Podcast, which featured Norman as our first guest. As I've given him credit for previously, the Podcast really was Norman's idea when he said I shou...

Show notes: https://www.leanblog.org/27 Remastered July 2021 LeanBlog Podcast #27 is the second part of two with Jim Baran, the Owner of Value Stream Leadership, a leading recruiting firm that specializes in Lean talent. In this part of the discussion, we focus more on Lean career paths for Lean leaders and practitioners, how to differentiate yourself and how to progress in your Lean career.  Keyw...

Show notes: https://www.leanblog.org/26 Remastered July 2021 Episode #26 of the LeanBlog Podcast brings us  Dr. Gwendolyn Galsworth , of the  Visual Lean Institute . She is the author, most recently of the book  Visual Workplace, Visual Thinking: Creating Enterprise Excellence Through the Technologies of the Visual Workplace . Ironically enough, we will be using this audio-only format to discuss v...

Show notes: https://www.leanblog.org/25 Remastered July 2021 For Episode #25, I'm pleased to have Dr. Mark Spearman, Founder and President/CEO of Factory Physics, Inc. (www.factoryphysics.com). You may know Dr. Spearman from his book, co-authored with Dr. Wally Hopp, Factory Physics. If there is ONE operations management textbook to own, this is it (it's well worth the cost). I was fortunate, as a...

Show notes: https://www.leanblog.org/24 Remastered July 2021 Episode #24 of the LeanBlog Podcast is the 2nd part of my recent conversation with Jim Womack, of the Lean Enterprise Institute. In this episode, we talk about the state of the auto industry, from the time of The Machine That Changed the World through today. Who does Jim think is in the best shape among the "Detroit Three?" Jim also answ...

Show notes: https://www.leanblog.org/23 Remastered July 2021 pisode #23 of the LeanBlog Podcast features a panel of Lean leaders from the  Group Health Cooperative , a consumer-governed, nonprofit health care system that coordinates care and coverage. Based in Seattle, Group Health and its subsidiary health carriers, Group Health Options, Inc. and KPS Health Plans, serve over 500,000 members in Wa...

Show notes: https://www.leanblog.org/22   Remastered July 2021 Episode #22 of the Podcast is a discussion with  Allan Wilson , CEO of Factory Logic, a software company that was acquired by SAP late last year. Allan is now the VP of Lean Manufacturing Operations for SAP. We talk about the role of technology and software in a Lean implementation. In the interest of full disclosure, I worked for Fact...

Show notes: https://www.leanblog.org/21   Remastered June 2021 LeanBlog Podcast Episode #21 features our friend and frequent guest,  Norman Bodek , noted lean author, consultant, and President of PCS Press. In this Podcast, we talk about how Lean should be good for a company's employees, that Lean and the Toyota Production System are really about building people and investing in them rather than l...

Show notes: https://www.leanblog.org/20   Remastered July 2021 The LeanBlog Podcast is back with episode #20, our guest is  Kevin Meyer , the founder of Superfactory Ventures, which can be found at  Superfactory.com . You may know Kevin from his popular blog,  Evolving Excellence . We'll be talking about a number of lean topics including his upcoming panel moderation at the Kellogg Manufacturing B...

Show notes: https://www.leanblog.org/19 Remastered June 2021 Episode #19 of the Lean Blog Podcast brings the return of Jim Womack. Jim was sitting in Melbourne Australia, where he had been speaking about lean healthcare, a topic that we will discuss in a future podcast. In this podcast, we talk about Jim's reflections on the book  The Machine That Changed the World  and its recent reissuing by the...

Show notes: https://www.leanblog.org/18   Remastered July 2021 Here is Episode #18 of the LeanBlog Podcast. My guest today is  Eric Christiansen , the President of a translation services company,  OmniLingua  ( more can be found here on their philosophy  as a company, being a self-described “ Deming  Company.”) I was interested in talking with Eric about what it means to be a “Deming Company” and...

Show notes: https://www.leanblog.org/17 Remastered July 2021 LeanBlog Podcast #17 is a discussion with a good friend of the Lean Blog, David Meier, a former Toyota Georgetown Group Leader, founder of  Lean Associates,  and the co-author of the excellent book,  The Toyota Way Fieldbook , and the upcoming  Toyota Talent , due out in April (both co-authored with Jeff Liker, check out my Podcasts with...

Show notes: https://www.leanblog.org/16 Remastered July 2021 LeanBlog Podcast #16 is the first part of two with  Jim Baran , the Owner of  Value Stream Leadership , a leading recruiting firm that specializes in Lean talent. I've known Jim for a few years now and he's helped me and some colleagues in the past. He's a great recruiter who really takes some interest in you and your career. If you're l...

Show notes: https://leanblog.org/15 Remastered July 2021  eanBlog Podcast #15 is a new discussion with a previous Podcast guest,  Jim Huntzinger . Last time,  we talked about the Lean Accounting Summit . This time, we're talking about the renaissance of the “Training Within Industry” program. We'll talk about the origins of this program, the impact it had on Toyota and the Toyota Production System...

Show notes: https://www.leanblog.org/14 Remastered July 2021 LeanBlog Podcast #14 is a discussion with  Dave Gleditsch , the Chief Technology Officer for Pelion Systems, a leading provider of software for lean manufacturing applications. I first met Dave after I read  his Industry Week columns  and traded some emails with him. He has a great background in manufacturing and lean, so I think he has...

Show notes: https://www.leanblog.org/13 Remastered June 2021 LeanBlog Podcast #13 brings us part 2 of our discussion with  James P. Womack  of the  Lean Enterprise Institute , the author of many books including the classic (published 10 years ago)  Lean Thinking  and the more recent  Lean Solutions.  Part 1 can be  found here . In the second podcast, Jim discusses the state of manufacturing in Chi...

Show notes: https://www.leanblog.org/12   Remastered June 2021 LeanBlog Podcast #12 brings us a special guest,  James P. Womack  of the  Lean Enterprise Institute , the author of many books including the classic (published 10 years ago)  Lean Thinking  and the more recent  Lean Solutions. We ended up talking for about 40 minutes, so I'm going to split the discussion into two podcasts. In this firs...

Show notes: https://www.leanblog.org/11   Remastered June 2021 Here is LeanBlog Podcast #11, once again with  Norman Bodek  of  PCS Press  and the author of many books, including  Kaikaku: The Power and Magic of Lean . In this Podcast, we discuss a topic posed by a podcast listener, Bruce from Akron Ohio: how do you educate your top leadership about lean? Norman and I discuss the perspectives of C...