Lean Coffee Talk (formerly known as Lean Whiskey)

Episode page: https://leanblog.org/whiskey34 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 would have become one. We also learn of Mark’s pending trip to Islay, where an awful lot of good whisky is produced. Apparently, Jamie wasn’t invit...

Episode page: https://leanblog.org/whiskey33 In Episode 33, we recognize some of the back to normal which includes Mark heading out on the road to do consulting again. That brings Mark close enough to Jamie for a new first: an in-person recording of Lean Whiskey.  Mark Graban  and  Jamie Flinchbaugh  meet up in Philadelphia to drink some Garrison Brothers special barrel selection from Mark as well...

Episode page: https://www.leanblog.org/whiskey32 In Episode 32 of “ Lean Whiskey ,”  Mark Graban  and  Jamie Flinchbaugh have a first… comparing two similar whiskeys from the same distiller. In this case, family-owned Willett and their Willett Pot Still Reserve bourbon and the Johnny Drum bourbon. We definitely both have our favorite of the two, but you'll have to listen to find out which. We also...

Show notes: https://www.leanblog.org/whiskey31 In Episode 31 of “ Lean Whiskey ,”  Mark Graban  and  Jamie Flinchbaugh  discuss the routines and practices of wrapping up a year, and kicking off a new year. In that spirit, we either finish a bottle of whiskey, or start a new one. We also invite three guests to share their thoughts. Past Lean Whiskey guests  Jim Benson ,  Deondra Wardelle , and Chri...

Show notes: https://www.leanblog.org/whiskey30 In Episode 30 of “ Lean Whiskey “,  Mark Graban  and  Jamie Flinchbaugh  find things to celebrate, starting with the fact that we have hit 30 episodes. In that time, we've had 14 guests or co-hosts, and tasted 56 different whiskeys (not counting the gin and coffee detours) covering 5 countries and 7 states. We've also had over 10,000 downloads which i...

Show notes: https://www.leanblog.org/whiskey29 In Episode 29, it's been a little while since Mark and Jamie got together for Lean Whiskey . We catch up on what's new, which includes Mark's new certification with distinction with the WSET Level 2 Spirits certification, and Jamie's new side-hustle as a soccer referee. We return to making cocktails, this time building on our coffee theme from the pou...

Show notes: https://www.leanblog.org/whiskey28 In Episode 28, Mark and Jamie begin by having our spouses pour mystery whiskeys for us. We don’t know what they are when we start drinking them. Mark’s wife at least joins him occasionally in a dram, but Jamie’s wife is truly pouring without experience, but he’s safe since it is from his own shelf. Mark and Jamie give their best guess, so listen and s...

https://www.leanblog.org/whiskey27 In Episode 27,  Mark  and  Jamie  switch things up a bit with a morning recording of the show. While we could have just started our whiskey early, instead we decided to switch to a beverage that shares much of the same culture, craft, and appreciation as whiskey, and that is coffee. Although a bit of throwback in terms of usages, the trend towards pour over coffe...

Show notes and links: https://www.leanblog.org/whiskey26 In Episode 26, we accidentally celebrate St. Patrick's Day with some Irish whiskey, lightly mourn some NCAA March Madness losses (or absences, and  Jamie Flinchbaugh  and Mark Graban welcome guest co-host  Adam Zak . We selected Irish whiskey as a category because we hadn't used it yet, but after changing the date of the scheduled recording,...

In Episode 25,  Jamie Flinchbaugh  and  Mark Graban  welcome a guest to our show, with  Jim Benson  joining us. Jim has been a long-time collaborator of Mark's, and certainly enjoys a dram or two of whiskey. We begin by getting the backstory on Jim's Twitter handle  @OurFounder , complete with artwork.  Show notes: https://www.leanblog.org/whiskey25   Since it's still winter, and Jamie continues t...

Mark Graban & Jamie Flinchbaugh https://www.leanblog.org/whiskey24 In Episode 24, Mark and Jamie return to a familiar format, just the two of them chatting over some whiskey. In this episode, they decide to make homemade whiskey cream (more popularly known as Irish cream or just Bailey's). Mark's recipe is keto-friendly and Jamie's utilizes rye whiskey. Check out the links below for their recipes...

Mark Graban, Jamie Flinchbaugh, and Deondra Wardelle https://www.leanblog.org/whiskey23 for show notes and links In Episode 23, Mark and Jamie return to finish out 2020, this time joined by Kentucky native Deondra Wardelle, so naturally Kentucky bourbon is our whiskey category of choice. Bourbons selected include Brough Brothers, Willett, and Barton 1792. After introducing Deondra to our listeners...

Mark Graban, Darril Wilburn, and Sammy Obara https://www.leanblog.org/whiskey22 For Episode 22, Mark Graban is joined by Darril Wilburn and Sammy Obara, two former Toyota employees who are colleagues at the firm Honsha . They are two of the authors of the excellent book Toyota by Toyota . The three talk about how they met (via LEI and other Lean events) and how Mark was invited by Darril and Honsh...

Mark Graban, Jamie Flinchbaugh, and Tom Ehrenfeld https://www.leanblog.org/whiskey21 In Episode 21, Mark and Jamie return to our regular casual format of open discussion over a drink, this time joined by Tom Ehrenfeld, well known to the lean community for his writing and editorial work with the Lean Enterprise Institute. We all enjoyed tasting some Highland Park scotch, with Tom trying it for the...

Mark, Jamie, Katie Benik, and Jen House http://www.leanblog.org/whiskey20 In Episode 20, Mark Graban and Jamie Flinchbaugh join the Colorado Lean Summit live and host a virtual happy hour while discussing the first couple days of the events proceedings. Joining us as co-hosts are CLN members Jen House (also a board member) and Katie Benik. We took some questions, shared what people were drinking i...

Mark Graban and Cliff Hazel http://www.leanblog.org/whiskey19 For Episode #19, Mark Graban is joined by a new guest host, Cliff Hazell. Mark and Cliff first met years ago in Austin at the Lean Coaching Summit, where they shared some Garrison Brothers whiskey and talked about Lean, Deming, coaching, and such. So today, Mark and Cliff share a drink — Amrut whiskey from India for Cliff and Uncle Near...

Mark Graban and Jamie Flinchbaugh https://www.leanblog.org/whiskey18 In Episode 18, Mark Graban and Jamie Flinchbaugh return to our tried and true format of “just the two of us”, although that won’t last long as Mark will soon have a guest co-host and then we will record an episode live as part of the Colorado Lean Network Summit. Jamie decides to move to the porch, a “proper” whiskey drinking spo...

Mark Graban, Jamie Flinchbaugh, Jim Huntzinger http://www.leanblog.org/whiskey17 In Episode 17, after not doing an episode of Lean Whiskey in almost two months, Mark Graban and Jamie Flinchbaugh try all sorts of firsts. We had three people, with Jim Huntzinger of Lean Frontiers joining us. We all drank the same whiskey. We used two different whiskies. We talked about 3 different keynotes. OK, so t...

Episode page: http://www.leanblog.org/whiskey16 In Episode 16, Mark Graban and Jamie Flinchbaugh take a little longer than usual to get to the lean talk. Our whiskey topic was cocktails, which takes longer to make (and apparently talk about) than pouring neat whiskey into a tumbler. Mark made a Boulevardier and Jamie made an Old Fashioned. We discuss bar tools and stirring versus shaking (sorry Mr...

View the episode at http://www.leanblog.org/whiskey15 In a special live-to-YouTube Episode 15 of Lean Whiskey, Mark Graban and Jamie Flinchbaugh begin their week by catching up, drinking whiskey, and talking shop. This episode was an experiment both in video recording the episode and in streaming it live to get viewer participation and questions. We didn't have a large audience, but those who show...

Episode page In Episode 14 of Lean Whiskey, Mark Graban and Jamie Flinchbaugh finish off another weekend by catching up, drinking whiskey, and talking shop.  In whiskey, we explore the idea of adding water to your whiskey. Rather than take the tradition as fact, the lean thinker must seek an understanding of cause and effect. We find some of the research, and perform our experiments to validate th...

Episode page: http://www.leanblog.org/whiskey13 In Episode 13 of Lean Whiskey, Mark Graban and Jamie Flinchbaugh reconnect in their first joint episode this year, after a couple weeks of guest hosts. Our last episode together was filled with Grinches, gremlins, and glitches, so it was nice to both be in a proper recording location and be able to focus on the conversation and the whiskey.  Our whis...

http://www.leanblog.org/whiskey12   In Episode 12 of Lean Whiskey, Mark Graban is back and he's joined by a friend from the Lean healthcare world, Ryan McCormack . Jamie will be with Mark for our next episode. You might know Ryan as the creator of the awesome " Operational Excellence Mixtapes " that he sends out via email and he also allows to be posted here on the blog. Ryan, like Mark, started h...

Episode page In Episode 11 of Lean Whiskey, Mark Graban gets a rest, and Jamie Flinchbaugh co-hosts along with long-time friend and colleague Susan Pleasant, who was first a client and later a partner. Susan brings 30 years of operations experience, and has consulted for 12 years, first at the Lean Learning Center and now with SPleasant Consulting. Jamie and Susan met for dinner last year at the I...

Episode page http://www.leanblog.org/whiskey10 In Episode 10 of Lean Whiskey, Mark Graban and Jamie Flinchbaugh do their best to work through technology issues, as the Grinch clearly didn’t want us to record. We apologize if this affected the final product just a little bit, but the show must go on.  The two whiskey enthusiasts select something to drink that they think goes well with the holidays,...