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

Consultant and author of "The Lean Innovation Cycle" Episode page: https://leanblog.org/445 My guest for Episode #445 of the  Lean Blog Interviews Podcast  is  Michael Parent . He is the Managing Director of  Michael Parent Consulting Services  and a Lean Six Sigma Black Belt with AAA Auto Club Group in Michigan. He has written a new book titled  The Lean Innovation Cycle: A Multi-Disciplinary Fra...

Episode page: https://www.leanblog.org/444 My guest for Episode #444 of the  Lean Blog Interviews Podcast  is  Michele Smith . She is CEO and an Executive Coach with her firm  Better Possibilities, LLC . Michele is the former director for the Sutter Improvement System at Sutter Health. She is a  Catalysis faculty member  and she is is leading a workshop June 7th at the  Lean Healthcare Transformat...

My guest for Episode #443 of the  Lean Blog Interviews Podcast  is  Dr. Nicole Tschierske , a scientist and positive psychology coach who helps experts and teams in STEM do better work. Nicole  works  with her clients to improve their collaboration and communication skills so their work gets the momentum and recognition it deserves. She also helps construct ways of working that reduce stress, incr...

Episode Page: https://www.leanblog.org/442 My guest for Episode #442 of the  Lean Blog Interviews Podcast  is  Crystal Davis , the Founder, CEO & Principal Lean Practitioner at her firm,  The Lean Coach, Inc . She was previously a guest in  Episode 363  of the series, at the start of the pandemic. Crystal Davis is an experienced business management consultant with twenty years of experience in the...

This bonus episode is a cross posting of Episode 137 of "My Favorite Mistake" with author Daniel H. Pink. Show notes and more: https://www.markgraban.com/author-dan-pink-on-the-mistake-of-not-having-a-mentor-and-the-power-of-regret/  

Episode page: https://www.leanblog.org/441   My guest for Episode #441 of the  Lean Blog Interviews Podcast  is  John Dues , an accomplished education systems leader and improvement science scholar-practitioner with more than two decades of experience in the sector.  He is the Chief Learning Officer of the  United Schools Network  (USN) where he directs the network's Continual Improvement Fellowsh...

Episode page: https://www.leanblog.org/440 My guest for Episode #440 of the  Lean Blog Interviews Podcast  is  Bella Englebach , the Lead Consultant at her firm “ Lean for Humans .” She is also the host of the podcast “ The Edges of Lean ,” which is part of the  Lean Communicators group . Bella is also the author of the book  Creatively Lean: How to Get Out of Your Own Way and Drive Innovation Thr...

Prof. Emeritus - Darden / University of Virginia Episode Page: https://www.leanblog.org/439 My guest for Episode #439 of the  Lean Blog Interviews Podcast  is  Elliott Weiss , the Oliver Wight Professor Emeritus of Business Administration, having taught  in the Technology and Operations Management area at Darden.  He is the author of numerous articles in the areas of production and operations mana...

Episode page: https://www.leanblog.org/438 My guests for Episode #438 of the Lean Blog Interviews Podcast are Shannon Karels and Kathy Miller , the authors of the recently-released book Steel Toes and Stilettos: A True Story of Women Manufacturing Leaders and Lean Transformation Success . Their website is opsisters.com . Kathy Miller is a Senior Operations Executive who has held numerous global vi...

Episode page: https://www.leanblog.org/437 My guest for Episode #437 of the Lean Blog Interviews Podcast is  Peter Docker . He is the author of the book  Leading From the Jumpseat: How to Create Extraordinary Opportunities by Handing Over Control . He was the co-author of the book  Find Your Why  and formerly a founding Igniter at Simon Sinek Inc. Peter draws on his 25-year career in the Royal Air...

Founder/CEO of CJ Young Consulting, LLC Episode page: https://www.leanblog.org/436 My guest for Episode #436 of the Lean Blog Interviews Podcast is  Dr. Cynthia J. Young, PMP, LSS MBB, CMQ-OE , the Founder/CEO of  CJ Young Consulting, LLC . Cindy helps organizations optimize human-centric knowledge to increase trust and support collaboration and inclusion. She is a  TEDx Speaker , an  HBR Contribu...

Show notes: https://www.leanblog.org/435   My guests for Episode #435 of the Lean Blog Interviews Podcast are Sunil Khushalani, MD , a psychiatrist who specializes in Addiction Psychiatry and  Antonio DePaolo, PhD , a transformation executive and a Baldrige Fellow with over 22 years of experience in improvement science. My guests today are the co-authors of the new book, released in December, titl...

Professor at INSEAD, author of "Built to Innovate" Show notes: https://www.leanblog.org/434 My guest for Episode #434 of the Lean Blog Interviews Podcast is  Ben Bensaou . He is an  INSEAD professor  and author of  Built to Innovate: Essential Practices to Wire Innovation into Your Company's DNA . Ben earned his PhD at the MIT Sloan School of Management, where I was an MBA student. He was part of ...

My guest for Episode #433 of the Lean Blog Interviews Podcast is Gerard Ibarra , an author, business consultant, speaker, and entrepreneur. Show notes: https://www.leanblog.org/433 Gerard is the author of the book  Good Decisions, Better Outcomes: A Simple, Five-Step Process to Help You Make Important and Difficult Decisions with Confidence and Clarity , available now. Gerard received his PhD from...

Show page: https://www.leanblog.org/432   My guest for Episode #432 of the  Lean Blog Interviews Podcast  is  Jamie Flinchbaugh , an old friend of mine and a frequent guest (Episodes  5 ,  6 ,  10 ,  64 , and  261 , plus the two times he's interviewed me, Episodes  50  and  316 ). He's also the co-creator and frequent co-host with me on the  Lean Whiskey podcast series . Today, the talk is all Lea...

Show notes and links: https://leanblog.org/431 My guests for Episode #431 of the  Lean Blog Interviews Podcast  is  Sonia Singh , a certified Lean Six Sigma Master Black Belt, executive coach, and professor with 19 years of experience in healthcare operations, management consulting, leadership development, and culture transformation. She's worked with dozens of companies in improving their perform...

Show notes and links: https://www.leanblog.org/430 My guests for Episode #430 of the  Lean Blog Interviews Podcast  are  Eric Ethington  and  Matt Zayko , the authors of the new book  The Power of Process: The Story of of Innovative Lean Process Development . They are both faculty for the Lean Enterprise Institute, among other roles. Eric has a firm called  Lean Shift Consulting  and Matt has a ne...

Show notes: https://www.leanblog.org/429 My guest for Episode #429 of the  Lean Blog Interviews Podcast  is  John Chacon , the Director of Construction Excellence at Black & Veatch. We've been connected on social media for a while and John's reply to a tweet led to this podcast conversation, where he said: “If you have read this blog post and are still thinking about incentivizing folks for ideas…...

Show notes: https://www.leanblog.org/428 My guests for Episode #428 of the  Lean Blog Interviews Podcast  are Nick Katko and  Mike De Luca . Nick is president and owner of the firm  BMA  and Mike is a Lean coach, serving as principal and owner of  Torre Consulting . Nick and Mike have a new book out called  Practicing Lean Accounting . And I'm thrilled that the title is inspired by the book I edit...

Show notes: https://www.leanblog.org/427   My guest for Episode #427 of the  Lean Blog Interviews Podcast  is a returning guest, Karyn Ross. She was previously a guest in Episodes 266 and 411 . She was also my guest for Episode #3 of My Favorite Mistake . Karyn has a new book called The Kind Leader: A Practical Guide to Eliminating Fear, Creating Trust, and Leading with Kindness . Scroll down for...

CEO of Growing Champions, LLC Show notes: https://www.leanblog.org/426 My guest for Episode #426 of the  Lean Blog Interviews Podcast  is  John Gallagher , Founder and CEO of  Growing Champions, LLC , an Executive Coach, Mentor, and Consultant. John was with Simpler Consulting for over a decade after being an operations manager and a division president for two different companies. He's also the ho...

Show notes, links, and video: https://www.markgraban.com/425 My guest for Episode #425 of the  Lean Blog Interviews Podcast  is  Katie Anderson , who is joining us for the seventh time as a guest. Katie is, of course, the author of the book Learning to Lead, Leading to Learn: Lessons from Toyota Leader Isao Yoshino on a Lifetime of Continuous Learning. It has now been out over a year as  eBook  an...

Show notes: https://www.leanblog.org/424 My guest for Episode #424 of the Lean Blog Interviews Podcast is Balaji Reddie , the founder of The Deming Forum of India. An engineer by trade, Balaji was exposed to W. Edwards Deming's ideas through his father, then became highly interested in the Deming Philosophy after a chance introduction to the founder of the British Deming Association, Dr. Henry R....

My guest for Episode #423 of the  Lean Blog Interviews Podcast  is  Laura Kriska , a Cross-Cultural Consultant and the author of the book  The Business of We: The Proven Three-Step Process for Closing the Gap Between Us and Them in Your Workplace . Notes: https://www.leanblog.org/423 She was previously my guest on Episode  61 of the “My Favorite Mistake” podcast . Laura was previously  the author...

Author of Disruption Proof and The Lean Entrepreneur My guest for Episode #422 of the  Lean Blog Interviews Podcast  is  Brant Cooper,  appearing for the third time and the first time solo. Brant previously appeared, alongside Patrick Vlaskovits, in Episodes  99  and  162 . Show notes: https://www.leanblog.org/422 Brant is the author of the upcoming book,  Disruption Proof: Empower People, Create...