The Lean Effect: Recent Episodes

Mark DeJong

Mark DeJong interviews Lean experts and business innovators from around the world focusing on how leaders can best apply Lean principles in their role and business. Topics include Lean Culture, Lean Manufacturing, Lean Healthcare, Lean Production, Lean Enterprise & Lean Startup. www.theleaneffectpodcast.com Want to be a guest? have questions? please email: Mark@4ppartners.ca

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Discover valuable insights in our latest podcast episode with Tom Hughes, Partner in Lean at Lumen Electronics, Cofounder of GembaDocs and 3rd Digital, and Author. Explore the world of process optimization, harness the power of video documentation, and unlock the benefits of team involvement for driving improvements. Tune in for practical advice and inspiring anecdotes that will elevate your business strategies. Don't miss out on this engaging discussion!

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Guest: Tom Hughes

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Join us on the latest episode of our podcast as we sit down with Richard Sheridan, an extraordinary entrepreneur, author, CEO, and Chief Storyteller of Menlo Innovations. Richard shares valuable insights into transforming the way we do business, eliminating managerial weaknesses, fostering efficient communication, and building trust with customers. Discover how Menlo Innovations has created a work environment where software emergencies are rare, enabling employees to enjoy their work and deliver exceptional results. Don't miss this enlightening conversation with a true visionary in the industry.

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Guest: Richard Sheridan

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In this episode of the podcast, we have Matt Banna, an Enterprise Account Executive at KaiNexus. Join us as we delve into the world of process improvement, sales strategy, and fostering engagement. Matt shares valuable insights on managing change, finding the right balance between structure and flexibility, and the power of recognizing behaviors over specific results. Discover how executive buy-in and active participation can drive long-term success in lean processes.

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Guest: Mat Banna

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matt.banna@kainexus.com

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In this episode as we delve into the world of lean practices with our guest, Bob Rush. With years of experience implementing lean strategies in various businesses, Bob is here to shed light on how small businesses can benefit from lean principles. From supply chain optimization to cellular manufacturing, Bob shares insights on identifying and addressing challenges. Discover how focusing on customer feedback, lead times, and process improvements can give your business a competitive edge. Tune in to uncover the power of being consistently "boring" and adding value to your customers. Don't miss this opportunity to learn from a proven leader in lean and supply chain management.

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Guest: Bob Rush

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In this podcast episode, host Mark Dejong engages in a conversation with Billy Taylor, a renowned business executive and leadership expert. Billy, the CEO of LinkedXL (Excellence), shares key insights on building a sustainable operating system that drives results and inspires people-driven excellence. They discuss the importance of inclusiveness, psychological safety, and individual ownership in fostering a culture of success. With 30 years of experience at Goodyear Tires, Billy's transformative leadership led to a remarkable financial turnaround. Tune in to discover practical strategies for driving success and embracing change in your organization.

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Guest: Billy Taylor

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Our guest, Peter Armstrong, coined the term Lean Publishing - publishing an in-progress book using lightweight tools and many iterations to get reader feedback. Peter shares best practices for early publishing, emphasizing the benefits of starting small for more feedback and better content. We discuss the importance of public feedback for building a marketing funnel and creating awareness, as well as the use of lightweight tools to make publishing easier. Tune in for valuable insights on writing and publishing content!

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Guest: Peter Armstrong

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Tune in to an insightful podcast conversation with Saif Arshad, a Lean Management expert with 13+ years of experience, as he discusses the significance of lean processes. Explore how recognizing patterns, understanding different parts of the business, and having a lean community of practice can help you achieve success. Discover why regular practice of lean methods, celebrating success, and having torchbearers are essential to optimize teams and products, lead business transformations, and apply technology effectively. Join in to gain valuable skillsets for your business and personal growth.

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Guest: Saif Arshad

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In this episode, Mark Hamel, Principal at Talcott Ridge Consulting, has been instrumental in implementing lean practices across diverse industries. In this podcast episode, Mark stresses the significance of coaching individuals based on their job responsibilities, identifying organizational problems, and utilizing the four Ps of daily management. He also emphasizes the importance of leader involvement, daily activities like kaizens and problem-solving to achieve the desired future state. As an award-winning author, blogger, and speaker, Mark's insights are a valuable resource for those seeking to improve organizational efficiency.

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Guest: Mark Hamel

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In this episode, Jason Azevedo is the Chief Strategy Officer at MRCA, a private equity firm that buys and connects legacy manufacturing companies in the United States, who has had his heart in business development since a young age, starting a very successful apparel company that grew from humble garage beginnings to annual gross billings of over a million dollars at the age of 15 discusses his journey from the start and shares his learning.

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Guest: Jason Azevedo

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In this episode, Tom Hughes, Partner in Lean at Lumen Electronics, Cofounder of GembaDocs and 3rd Digital, and Author, discusses what lean is and how to create a lean culture. He offered tales to help us understand how and why we can apply Lean concepts in practical ways to improve project outcomes.

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Guest: Tom Hughes

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In this episode, Brant Cooper, the New York Times bestselling author of The Lean Entrepreneur and the Founder of Moves the Needle, who works as a trusted adviser to startups and major companies throughout the world, discusses disruptive innovation, startup, leadership, digital transformation, and other topics.

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Guest: Brant Cooper

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In this episode, Dr. Mrinalini Garv, America's career coach for South Asian professional women, bestselling author, leadership coach, and business professor at world-renowned institutions, discusses her career and learning from the ground up. She discusses her opinions on leadership and her fascination in how people are impacted and influenced by leaders.

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Guest: Mrinnalini Garv

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In this episode, Keith Ingels, Raymond Lean Management manager of solutions with over twenty years of experience in the Toyota Material Handling network, covered supply chain difficulties, customer experience, continuous improvement, and so on. We spoke about how we can apply the methodology of continuous improvement to any service-based organization, from retail and hospitality to accounting and marketing businesses.

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Guest: Keith Ingels

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In this episode, Sean Sheppard, Managing Partner of U.plus and co-founder of GrowthX and GrowthX Academy, discusses topics such as intrapreneurship, digital innovation, and business leadership. He talked about how he bridges the gap between ideas and revenue. Sean shares his entrepreneurial journey and how his accelerator program is innovative and effective.

Sean’s favorite book is “Good to Great by Jim Collins “, have you read it? Check out all our guests book top book recommendations here” and let us know your favorite.

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Guest: Sean Sheppard

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sean@u.plus

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In this episode, Matt White discusses his journey from the start and the lessons he learned along the way. Matt spent several years implementing lean in the insurance and healthcare industries before joining the IT sector more recently. He spoke on the value of listening to others, asking why, and learning from them.

Matt’s favorite book is “The Toyota Kata Practice Guide. by Mike Rother “, have you read it? Check out all our guests book top book recommendations here” and let us know your favorite.

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Guest: Matt White

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In this episode, Lauren Hisey, Continuous Process Improvement Consultant, Trainer, Coach, and Speaker who has spent over ten years implementing lean in a variety of sectors and business types discusses her experience and thoughts on lean. She described how she assists mid-sized business owners and leaders in identifying and resolving business problems. Lauren talked about her virtual gemba walk and how she manages virtual workplace.

Lauren's favorite book is "Learning to Lead, Leading to Learn by Katie Anderson", have you read it? Check out all our guests book top book recommendations here" and let us know your favorite.

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Guest: Lauren Hisey

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In this episode, John Ervin, Over 20 years of healthcare leadership experience, including military medicine and the civilian sector, discusses how his leadership development began while serving in the United States military and how he became involved with lean. He talked about change management and how it leads to awareness, desire, and knowledge.

John's favorite book is "Re-Creating the Corporation by Russell L. Ackoff", have you read it? Check out all our guests book top book recommendations here" and let us know your favorite.

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Guest: John Ervin

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In this episode, Katie Anderson, An internationally recognized leadership coach, consultant, author, and professional speaker best known for her focus on assisting individuals and organizations in leading with intention discusses her 20 years of experience supporting change and improvement in organizations across a variety of industries. She talked on the significance of asking questions and developing a habit of reflection, among other things.

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Guest: Katie Anderson

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In this episode, Joe Swartz, Vice President and Lead Horticulturist at AmHydro, co-host of the Polygreens podcast and one of the leading consultants when it comes to Controlled Environment Agricultural industries that include commercial greenhouse farms shares his journey in farming with proven track record of success. He highlighted rooftop farming's advantages and disadvantages, urban farming, greenhouses, and hydroponics.

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Guest: Joe Swartz

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In this episode, Dr. David Munch, Senior Vice President and Chief Clinical Officer for Healthcare Performance Partners (HPP), talks about how he got started as a lean consultant and his early experiences. He talked about and addressed the four steps of process improvement: discovery, design, deployment, and sustainment. He defines leadership and management and why they require special attention at all times.

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Guest: David Munch

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In this episode, Alex Kurm discusses his 20 years of lean experience in a variety of sectors, including nuclear engineering, food manufacturing, logistics, banking, pharmaceuticals, and lastly as a lean consultant and he shares his different types of practices in different businesses. He discussed the behavioral strategies that enable sustainability and are a component of the lean management system. He also mentioned how 80 percent of everyone's conduct is determined by consequences in ABC.

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Guest: Alex Kurm

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In this episode, Kyle Kumpf, A Lean Process Manager who spent 12 years implementing lean in several sectors, including the past seven years in the financial services business, discusses his experience and lessons learned. He spoke on why he wants to employ process improvement to alleviate human suffering.

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Guest: Kyle Kumpf

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In this episode, Oscar Roche, Director of Training Within Industry Institute and has been practicing TWI and Lean for over a decade; Stephen Parry, award-winning transformation leader, strategist, and author; Mike Osterling, the author of two books and a 20-year leader in Lean transformations in manufacturing, distribution, energy, financial services, and healthcare discuss about lean in service industries, the challenges lean service face and their experiences.

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Guest: Oscar Roche

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oscar@vwaust.com

Stephen Parry

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stephen.parry@lloydparry.com

Mike Osterling

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mike@mosterling.com

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In this episode, Ed Surber, the founder of World Class Factory who has the experience of working with many people from various industries to help improve their bottom line through Process Improvement and People Development shares his versatile career journey from the beginning. We spoke about how wrench time and process standardization lead to improvements.

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Guest: Ed Surber

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esurber@thecncgroup.com

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In this episode, With over 45 years of work experience, James La Trobe Bateman, Founder & CEO ReModel International, discusses employee satisfaction and how their contribution links to any purpose and how they may see the impact of that effort. He talked about how teams, companies, and management operate and how to break it down into more actionable items that may happen on a daily basis.

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Guest: James La Trobe Bateman

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In this episode, Felipe Oliveira, An Agile Expert and founder of the training company Mindset Ágil talks about the difference between traditional lean and lean in digital perspective. We spoke about how crucial it is to comprehend the PDCA cycle in order to improve any processes, products, and understand what customers want in a digital environment.

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Guest: Felipe Oliveira

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In this episode, Hugh Alley, who has 25 years of experience in Lean, including 20 years as a frontline leader; Jason M. Haines, who has 20 years of experience in manufacturing, including the last three years as an industrial solution consultant; and Adam Lawrence, who has over 30 years of expertise in process improvement activities and has guided over 300 Kaizen events in a variety of industries around the world, discussed engaging labor, value stream mapping, supply chain issues, and more.

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Guest: Hugh Alley
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Jason Haines
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jhaines@isiworld.net

Adam Lawrence
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In this episode, Jim Huntzinger, the founder of Lean Frontiers and a former production engineer for Toyota, discusses the differences between historical accounting and lean accounting as well as some of the shortcomings of historical. We discussed a variety of Lean subjects, TWI, or Training Within Industry, and leadership came up in our conversation.

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In this episode, David Larsen, a certified and experienced project management professional who works for the human resources department as a lean six Sigma blaster black belt, talks about his path from the beginning. He spoke on the importance of creating relationships and treating people with respect, as well as how he is working as a consultant throughout the process.

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Guest: David Larsen

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Jamie Parker, the founder of Process + Results and host of the Lean Leadership For Ops Managers Podcast, and Paul Critchley, President of New England Lean Consulting, join us in our 101st episode to celebrate The Lean Effect Podcast's long journey and discuss their thoughts on lean podcasting.

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Guest: Jamie Parker

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jamie@processplusresults.com

Paul Critchley

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paul@newenglandlean.com

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In this episode, Tristan Kromer, the Founder of Kromatic, talks about his path from musician to marketing executive, startup coach, and innovation adviser for large multinational organizations by bringing lean concepts to product teams and breaking down complex challenges into simple stages. We spoke about what Lean means in various circumstances, the future of entrepreneurial education, and much more!

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Guest: Tristan Kromer

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In this episode, Sabrina Moon, founder and CEO of the Problem Solving Institute and a Certified Dare to Lead™ Facilitator, based upon the research by Dr. Brené Brown talks about her journey in lean from the beginning and the transformation process that she went through. We discussed how could anyone start a lean transformation in their own facility.

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Guest: Sabrina Moon

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In this episode, Nigel Thurlow, a leading expert on Lean and Agile approaches, Forbes top 10 noted author for his work as co-author of the book on The Flow System, talks about his background in Lean and Agile and so on. We discussed Lean Thinking, Agile, Scrum, and Complexity concepts in our conversation.

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Guest: Nigel Thurlow

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In this episode, Harry Moser, president of the Reshoring Initiative, who has over 55 years of experience in the manufacturing industry, including 25 years as president of GF AgieCharmille talks about manufacturing, supply chain, FDI, international trade, and so on. We talked about the Reshoring Initiative's mission, why he started it, and why he's so enthusiastic about helping businesses realize the benefits of reshoring.

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Guest: Harry Moser

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In this episode, Geoff Woods, Co-Founder & President of ProduKtive - A training company and community based on The ONE Thing, discusses how he became acquainted with 'The One Thing.' He talked about the process of choosing mentors and how mentors collapse time. We spoke about giving up thinking vs being responsible for continuing the hunt.

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Guest: Geoff Woods

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In this episode, Moeed Ahmad, an HR Consultant and HR Process Optimizer, a Future Focused HR Consultant and Unconventional Solution Finder, and Digital E-Learning specialist, discusses his childhood and experiences in South Africa. We spoke about how preemptive business and preemptive action are evolving from an older structure. He explained why the business is like a human body, with HR as the blood.

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Guest: Moeed Ahmad

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mahmad@modynamics.org

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In this episode, Paul Deane, who has over 25 years of expertise in lean, Jake Harrell, author of 'Chasing Excellence,' and Alex Kurm, who has 20 years of experience implementing lean in a variety of sectors ranging from nuclear engineering to food production, discuss Lean from several perspectives. We discussed virtual training, supply chain difficulties, continuous improvement, risk management, customer satisfaction, and other topics.

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Guest: Paul Deane

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paul.deane@auspost.com.au

Jake Harrell

https://www.linkedin.com/in/jakeharrellchasingexcellence/

jake.guy@performanceteam.net

Alex Kurm

alex@kurmconsulting.com

https://www.linkedin.com/in/alexander-kurm-7014aa1

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In this episode, Audie Penn, owner of Audie Penn CONSULTING who has been consulting for over 30 years and delivering various services to multiple Fortune 50 companies in various sectors and organizations, discusses strategy deployment and the three Ds. He examined the relationship between functional and relational processes, among other things.

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Guest: Audie Penn

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audie.penn@faro.partners

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In this episode, Sathish Kumar Rangaswamy, 13 years of practicing lean in numerous sectors and production streams, discusses his lean experience from start to finish. He explained why he thought listening to internal customers and receiving their input was a good way to establish a lean culture. He went through the expenses of the lead time process, as well as inventories, and how to balance them.

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Guest: Sathish Kumar Rangaswamy

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In this episode, Richard Sheridan, Entrepreneur, author, CEO, Chief Storyteller, and co-founder of Menlo Innovations, discusses the software equation of lean. He highlighted how systems with short communication and feedback loops perform better. Rich discussed how they created the culture in Menlo, where 20,000 people from across the world have been in the last two years to learn about their magical culture.

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In this episode, Paul Akers, Founder, and President of FastCap, which began in Paul's garage in 1997, author of five books, speaker, Lean maniac, two-time ironman, and instrument-rated pilot, discusses his path and experiences. He emphasized the four improvement criteria, which are safety, quality, simplicity, and speed. Paul discussed how he implements lean principles in both his professional and personal life.

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Guest: Paul Akers

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paul@fastcap.com

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In this episode, Param Tripathi, a learner of lean with 7 years of exposure to continuous improvement in healthcare, regulatory, and foodservice fields talks about things he learned in his process through practicing lean. He discussed why he believes developing people to think is the key to developing a culture of continuous improvement.

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Guest: Param Tripathi

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In this episode, Mitch Cahn, president of Unionwear, a manufacturer of hats, bags, and apparel discusses the process of introducing lean in their plant and how Lean methodologies have aided them on their path. He described how Unionwear has been highly successful despite producing in one of the most expensive locations in the world.

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Guest: Mitch Cahn

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mitch@unionwear.com

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In this episode, Danny Bradford, a lean, systems integration, and continuous improvement specialist with 30 years of experience discuss three degrees of integration and the benefits of integration. We spoke about the main elements of successful integration and how this notion applies to manufacturing.

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Guest: Danny Bradford

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In this episode, Christoph Roser, a lean expert and lean manufacturing specialist with 5 years of experience working for Toyota, discusses his learning and experience in the Japanese automaker industry. He spoke about the differences in management between Toyota and the Western world. We discussed the concept of cycles vs direction.

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Guest: Christoph Roser

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christoph.roser@hs-karlsruhe.de

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In this episode, Professor Bob Emiliani, engineer, researcher, executive coach and, author or co-author of 22 books talks about his lean journey and change in management over the last 40 years. He explained why he believes that copying Toyota is a good place to start, similar to learning to play guitar by listening to your favorite musician. Bob focuses on how the leaders of each organization understood Lean management and how this built the groundwork for the results obtained.

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Guest: Bob Emiliani

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bob@bobemiliani.com

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In this episode, Aaron Davidson, a business process improvement professional with expertise in analyzing, developing, and implementing organizational process enhancements to deliver world-class guest experiences talks about how he and his team use lean in the hospitality industry, including some unique examples involving cleaning hotel rooms, buffet phase and more. He talked about his path from an individual engaging in a kaizen event to a lean culture where everybody welcomed it.

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Guest: Aaron Davidson

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In this episode, Paul DeChant, an experienced physician executive with more than 25 years of clinical and management experience in all aspects of medical group leadership, including quality improvement, strategic planning, financial growth, acquisitions, and Lean transformation talk about reducing burnout through Lean and the manifestations of burnout. He talked about 15-minute huddles, visual management, and so on.

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Guest: Paul DeChant

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paul@pauldechantmd.com

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In this episode, Jamie Flinchbaugh, an accomplished Entrepreneur, Consultant, and co-author of 'The Hitchhiker's Guide to Lean: Lessons from the Road,' with 30 years of learning-oriented experience spanning a range of roles across extraordinarily diverse industries and functions, discusses the importance of knowing the tools and using the skillset. He illustrated why he thought people needed to own the tools just as much as they did the process.

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Guest: Jamie Flinchbaugh

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jamie@jflinch.com

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In this episode, Jake Harrell - The Funniest Lean Guy, Author of ‘Chasing Excellence’, and LinkedIn meme superstar discuss how he got into lean in the beginning, where he was an organization where they're picking on the people, not the process and blaming the people and not the process. He discussed his years of leadership and continuous improvement expertise, as well as how he made the process entertaining by concentrating on the people.

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Guest: Jake Harrell

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In this episode, Bob Rush, who has more than 40 years of manufacturing expertise and more than 30 years of management and lean techniques experience in sectors ranging from disk drives and computers to lasers and eventually electric cars, talks about his path from the beginning. He talked about how he utilized what he'd learned from a variety of industries and roles.

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Guest: Bob Rush

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bobrush6@gmail.com

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In this episode, Deondra Wardelle, a leader, organizer, corporate trainer, licensed health coach, problem solver, motivational speaker, and continuous improvement professional with 20 years of experience in lean talks about her journey from the beginning. We discussed how do we create habits of understanding. Wardelle talked about how she got started with root cause racism and how the community supported her.

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Guest: Deondra Wardelle

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dwardelle@hotmail.com

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In this episode, "Practicing Lean Accounting" Authors: Mike De Luca, Principal and Owner of Torre Consulting, and Nick Katko, President and Owner of BMA, discuss the importance of lean accounting for lean companies. They spoke about "lean accounting" in terms of accounting, payroll, and paying suppliers. They both showed why lean accounting is better than traditional cost accounting.

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Guest: Mike De Luca

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mike@torre-consulting.com

Nick Katko

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nkatko@gmail.com

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In this episode, Clare DiFrisco, Founder of Cannsult Inc. and a continuous improvement expert with over 20 years of experience, discusses improvements in People, Process, and Performance. We spoke about the operational side of things and what aspects would make it effective, as well as the complexity. She discussed how they continued to consult throughout the lockdown in Covid and overcame all of the challenges. During our chat, we spoke about mergers and acquisitions.

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Guest: Clare DiFrisco

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clare@cannsult.org

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In this episode, With over 20 years of Lean expertise in the automotive, beverage, and supply chain sectors, Crystal Davis, Founder, CEO, and Principal Lean Practitioner of The Lean Coach, Inc., explains the implementation of lean in the supply chain. She spoke about supply consequences, cost consequences, and the trade-off between having a lot of inventory and having none.

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In this episode, Thomas Frase, an ASQ certified lean Six Sigma black belt with over 20 years of process improvement and change management experience, talks about his practice of lean and six Sigma in different businesses. We discussed resumes, hiring, and the HR side of things. We talked about non-manufacturing activities that occur in businesses and how we can look at those processes and remove waste from them.

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Guest: Thomas Frase

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In this episode, Paul Deane, a continuous improvement and innovative condition improvement practitioner with over 25 years of experience, discusses how he became engaged with continuous improvement and lean, as well as how he introduced lean from the ground up. He stated why he thought that persons in the middle ought to have the ability to lean up and down.

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Guest: Paul Deane

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In this episode, Mohit Gupta, author of "Lean On," has eight years of experience implementing continuous improvement in a range of industries, from startups to nonprofits. He highlighted his history in joining Lean as well as the tale of creating his book. Mohit explained how digital transformation might impact lean. We addressed Lean and Six Sigma, the mix of these two, and misconceptions about lean.

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Guest: Mohit Gupta

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In this episode, Elisabeth Swan is the co-author of The Problem-Solver’s Toolkit and the co-founder of the Just-In-Time Café, a consulting business concentrating on operational excellence and cultural transformation. She has been practicing for over 30 years, particularly in the transactional and service industries, addressing process-based organization design, problem-solving, Lean Six Sigma, and change management.

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Guest: Elisabeth Swan

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In this episode, Tracy Defoe, President, and Chief Education Organizer at The Learning factor Inc. with 10 years of experience in lean talks about how she got involved with teaching and lean. She spoke on Kata and the connection between workplace learning and Lean. She described how she helps groups plan, refine, and execute their ideas.

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Guest: Tracy Defoe

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td@thelearningfactor.ca

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In this episode, Joe DeFeo, Chairman of Juran, discusses the importance of quality in design. He emphasized the distinction between what the consumer wants and what they require. Joe demonstrated how, if someone concentrates on enhancing the quality of something, they may achieve both quality and speed. He explained why, in order to develop, leadership is more necessary than culture.

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Guest: Joe DeFeo

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jdefeo@juran.com

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In this episode, Keith Ingels, Raymond Lean Management manager of solutions with over twenty years of experience in the Toyota Material Handling network, on how to engage employees and communicate value to both employees and customers. He illustrated why having a solid 5S and a good flow in the workspace is more important than cookie cutting.

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Guest: Keith Ingels

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keith.ingels@raymondcorp.com

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In this episode, Audie Penn, Managing Partner at Faro Partners, board advisor, executive consultant, and certified lean practitioner with 33 years of practicing lean in a variety of industries ranging from food to furniture, heavy equipment to highway construction, discusses his life experiences. He discusses four fundamental principles, and what people need to keep in mind.

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Guest: Audie Penn

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In this episode, Andrew Lingel, President of United Plastic Fabricating, discusses his ten years of expertise in Lean and Six Sigma and how he used Knowledge, Grit, and Passion to revolutionize a family business. He explained why a process that's a type of lower velocity standard work becomes challenging to enforce. Andrew mentioned how he discovered a solution to improve by using Lean.

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Guest: Andrew Lingel

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alingel@unitedplastic.com

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In this episode, Jim Benson, CEO of Modus Cooperandi and a Shingo Research Award-winning author who has spent over 20 years implementing lean in a variety of industries, discusses effectiveness for people, teams, and organizations. He explained why Toyota's gift to the world was not the Ishikawa Diagram, but rather respecting the supply chain and creating connections with it.

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Guest: Jim Benson

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In this episode, Shingo Award-winning author Michael Bremer, a blogger, author, and Ex-President of the Cumberland Group and AME volunteer with over 40 years of experience in a variety of process improvement roles, discusses his Lean path and experiences. We talked about value engineering, method improvement, short interval scheduling, critical thinking, hoshin kanri, and other topics.

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Guest: Michael Bremer

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michael@cumberlandchicago.com

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In this episode, Deborah McGee, Moog Industrial's Lean Leader, discusses how she prioritizes relationships over transactions, preventative measures over solutions, and progress over status. She discussed how she got started with the Lean Enterprise Institute and how she loved seeing the product in its physical manifestation while working on the shop floor.

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Guest: Deborah McGee

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dmcgee@moog.com

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In this episode, David Brunt, Chief Executive of the Lean Enterprise Academy, discusses his 20 years of experience in Lean Thinking and Practice, as well as how he uses these skills to assist companies and individuals in designing and leading their own Lean Transformations. He discussed how people's perceptions of lean have evolved through time, from its inception to the present.

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Guest: David Brunt

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dave@leanuk.org

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In this episode, With ten years of experience as a coach, Benny Ausmus, Founder and Principles at BIG Change Group, talks about how he helps leaders build their people, strategy, and culture. He outlined the most important factors to consider while trying to create a change in an organization. He described how he defies all clichés about organizational and executive coaching by merging actual facts with the strategic development and transformation goals through tailored programs for businesses, teams, and people.

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Guest: Benny Ausmus

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In this episode, Chris Burnham, senior lead lean strategy director at KaiNexus and host of the "Lean Leadership Podcast," explains how to inspire and manage diverse teams to achieve significant gains to the bottom line. He has more than 20 years of experience in Lean and Continuous Improvement. He spoke about what he likes most about continuous improvement and the biggest challenge he's had while implementing lean in various areas.

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Guest: Chris Burnham

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In this episode, Mark Graban, an internationally known consultant, author, professional speaker, podcaster, and entrepreneur, discusses his podcasting journey. He explained how to avoid making the same mistakes in the future and how to transform seeming errors into opportunities. At the conclusion of the episode, we explored the difference between process and outcome.

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Guest: Mark Graban

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mark@markgraban.com

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In this episode, Data Analytics, Big Data, Machine Learning, and Legal Technology are discussed by Andrew Shapiro-Zysk, a business intelligence specialist with over 14 years of experience in the legal field with an emphasis on US immigration law. Andrew described how they use machine learning to determine the likelihood of a case and the elements that contribute to that probability.

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Guest: Andrew Shapiro-Zysk

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ashapirozysk@bal.com

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In this episode, David Veech, who has been a proud officer of the U.S. Army for 20 years now focusing on teaching, coaching, and consulting, talks about making the working environment more engaged, and efficient. He discussed the aspects that contribute to a long-term lean culture, transformation, and problem-solving culture.

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Guest: David Veech

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david.veech@leadersights.com

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In this episode, Andrew Parris, a Lean Six Sigma Master Black Belt with over 25 years of experience in NGO/humanitarian and Aerospace Development, recounts his lean journey from the beginning. He talked about the differences between aerospace and other sectors, as well as how the aerospace industry approaches process improvement. He explained how, using Lean, they were able to cut World Vision's annual expenditures in Africa by more than $1.5 million

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Guest: Andrew Parris

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In this episode, Stephen Parry, award-winning transformation leader, strategist, and author, discusses Lean, change management, and organizational transformation. He explained why Lean is not a strategy but rather a method of implementing a plan.

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Guest: Stephen Parry

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In this episode, Jeff Kass, President of Kaas Tailored and a 20-year Lean practitioner, discusses how he became interested in Lean after joining his family's business. He talked about how he implemented Lean in his first ten years vs when he realized the value of people.

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Guest: Jeff Kass

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jkaas@kaastailored.com

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In this episode, Eric Olsen, the director of Central Coast Lean, discusses his 20 years of engineering and industrial management expertise with Caterpillar, Litton, and Hewlett Packard. He highlighted the gap between academia and industry. We discussed how to make Lean techniques a habit.

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Guest: Eric Olsen

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eolsen@calpoly.edu

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In this episode, Jamie Parker, the founder of Process + Results with 17 years of multi-unit operations management experience talks about how she integrates improvement into their culture and overcomes their most pressing challenges. She talked about four quadrants; purpose, participation, performance, and progression.

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Guest: Jamie Parker

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jamie@processplusresults.com

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In this episode, Sean Fields and Michael Sanders, authors of "Quantum Lean," discuss their journeys in Lean and how they collaborated to develop Quantum Lean. Fields and Sanders summarized the necessary irony of developing groundbreaking ideology by way of a standardized system of thinking.

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Guest: Sean Fields Michael Sanders

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In this episode, David Meier, President of Lean Associate & owner of Glenns Creek Distillery with 30 plus years of experience in lean talks about the process of solving any problems. He explained why he believes the Lean journey is a metaphor for life's journey. David discussed how he balances long-term goals with short-term accomplishments.

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Guest: David Meier

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dmeier@leanassociates.com

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In this episode, Scott Burgmeyer, a thirty-year lean six sigma practitioner, talks about continuous improvement, organizational development, and talent optimization. He stated how he begins by asking, "What are you suffering with today?" Scott emphasized the use of both quantitative and qualitative data in continuous improvement.

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Guest: Scott Burgmeyer

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scott@creativesolutionsgp.com

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In this episode, David Mann, the Shingo Prize-winning author of 'Creating a Lean Culture,' who has spent almost 30 years practicing lean in a variety of sectors, discusses the behind story of writing his book and looks back on his career. He talked about the foundation required for a good lean culture. David shared how he used his advanced degree in psychology to implement lean.

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Guest: David Mann

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dmann@dmannlean.com

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In this episode, Clay Linkous, Clay With over 25 years of leadership experience, 15 of which have been in healthcare, discusses how lean may help with service quality and patient experience. He discussed the healthcare working environment and the challenges he encountered during lean implementation, as well as how he overcame them.

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Guest: Clay Linkous

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clay.linkous@gmail.com

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In this episode, Bruno Pesec, President of Pesec Global and Co-Founder of the Norwegian Lean Startup Circle, discusses how he converts corporate innovation into a viable investment after ten years of practicing lean. He talked about how innovation is about establishing new value flows for both the company and customers.

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In this episode, Bob Wallner, a true Kaizen believer with 15 years of lean expertise and 10 years in the aerospace industry, recounts his journey and professional background. He discussed Hoshin Kanri and how he applies it in a personal context. We spoke about how organizations use lean as tools or as a complete culture.

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Guest: Bob Wallner

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In this episode, Alfred Angerer, Professor of Healthcare Management with 15 years of lean experience discusses lean healthcare and the impact of digital health on healthcare management. He talked about how reducing waste allows doctors and nurses to spend more time with their patients. Alfred discussed why he feels that deploying tiny tools is necessary rather than cultural changes in lean healthcare.

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In this episode, The author of "Becoming the Supervisor," Hugh Alley, who has 25 years of experience in Lean, including 20 years as a frontline leader, explains how he reduced collection time by 85 percent in four months, wait time by 50 percent in five months, and increased plant throughput by 75 percent in five months using existing staff and facilities. Not to mention how he improved a company's delivery time from 8 months to merely 6 weeks.

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In this episode, Oscar Roche, who has been practicing TWI and Lean for over a decade in Australia, New Zealand, the United States, and Southeast Asia, shares his experiences working with organizations on TWI and Toyota kata projects. He talked about the value of scientific thinking as well as two practice patterns that we may utilize to improve two skills at the same time.

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In this episode, Adam Lawrence, who has over 30 years of expertise in process improvement activities and has guided over 300 Kaizen events in a variety of industries throughout the world, explains why he thinks Lean is the most entertaining, engaging, and exciting way to improve. He discussed how he engages and empowers teams to solve complex business problems in a sustainable way.

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In this episode, Mark Graban, an internationally recognized consultant, author, professional speaker, podcaster, and entrepreneur talks about Lean management, continuous improvement, statistical methodology, and people-centered leadership approaches. We discuss the "pursuit of perfection" and the importance of setting goals if we want to put into practice the principle that "Nobody should be injured at work".

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In this episode, Art Byrne, a living legend in the field of lean has applied lean concepts in over 30 companies in 14 countries over the last 30 years. He shares how he turned around businesses using a lean strategy. He quadrupled sales, tripled net margin and raised its enterprise value by 2,500 percent in less than 10 years and cut the lead times from 48 to 5 days.

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In this episode, Karyn Ross, author of six books and founding mother of 'Women in Lean,' discusses the importance of being a kind, compassionate, and empathic leader. She candidly discusses my challenges with kindness and being empathetic. Are you a masterfully kind leader? Or do you struggle as I have at times?

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In this episode, Mike Osterling, the author of two books and a 20-year leader in Lean transformations in manufacturing, distribution, energy, financial services, and healthcare discusses value stream mapping and its significance. We also talk about the pre-and post-covid working environments and Lean deployments. We discuss what the future may hold for tools he used in the last 15months and the future of these tools in a post-Covid world.

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Guest: Mike Osterling
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In this episode, Chad Laux, an Associate Professor of Purdue University & a Senior Member of the American Society for Quality (ASQ), shares his 25 years of Lean experience. He discussed the differences between lean and six sigma, as well as how they complement each other. We talked about the importance of a Lean Six Sigma program when it comes to leadership and the development of high-performing employees. Chad talked about how Lean gives a methodology for keeping the customers in mind while dealing with the reality of business.

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Guest: Chad Laux

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In this episode, Lance Mortlock, A Six Sigma Black Belt who spent more than 20 years consulting, talks about planning for the future and the lessons learned from the pandemic. We discuss other scenarios from his book “Disaster Proof”. Lance conveys why resilience and scenario planning is important for any organization and how these techniques and Lean & Six sigma play a role in thriving through future unknowns.

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Guest: Lance Mortlock

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In this episode, Paul Critchley, President of New England Lean Consulting, shares why culture is more important to him than tools. Paul shares why it's important to engage with all staff when they have ideas or solutions to major problems. He also shared an $800 kaizen event that resulted in huge savings, reduction in stress level, and overtime of employees

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Guest: Paul Critchley

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In this episode, Brion Hurley, author of "Lean Six Sigma for Good," talks about his journey from statistician to principal Lean consultant. He talks about how Lean Six Sigma is beneficial for the environment. We discuss wastes we normally don't think about such as electrical power being used when no production was happening. He discussed a range of areas for the application of statistical techniques including a carbon emission tracking system. Not only is Lean Six Sigma good for the environment it is a truly green PR story in the making!

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Guest: Brion Hurley

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In this episode, Robert Martichenko, an award-winning business author, shares his career journey that started as a postgraduate with a degree in Pure Mathematics to finding his fit in freight and logistics. He discussed why the relationship between shippers and logistics companies have been deteriorating as a direct result of the customers perceiving a lack of innovation and improvement. Robert helps us see the importance of Visual Management and the significance of high-quality data for making a good decision.

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Guest: Robert Martichenko

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In this episode, Beau Keyte discusses the gap in knowledge inside companies and how so many don't know what to do when they experience a market or business challenge. We discuss the educational gap in universities and the inability for people to deal with change and the lack of critical thinking skills.

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Guest: Beau Keyte

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In this episode, Noura shares her story of practicing Lean for 6 years at Honeywell and Matis Aerospace. She shares with us how the enjoyment of Lean methodology triggered her to think about Lean as a career. Noura described how she worked in a Continuous Improvement roadmap as a Lean manager. We discussed the process of participative innovation. How they implemented this process and how they validated the ideas they got through this process.

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Guest: Noura Ouled Saka

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In this episode, Dan Markovitz shares his story spanning over 15 years practicing Lean in a range of industries in the United States and Europe. As the author of three Lean books, he shares the stories behind his books. Dan talked through how he made the connection between Lean and time management. He also shares why he thinks the biggest Lean successes are in private companies.

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Guest: Dan Markovitz

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In this episode, Brice shares his story of being a 21 year old Managing Director in his family's furniture business and the early trials and tribulations of introducing Lean. He walks us through how he creates a motivating environment, the latitude to try a better way and the need to not punish poor outcomes but praise the process.

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Guest: Brice van der Post

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In this episode, Eric Brechner shares how he managed development for Xbox, Windows, and Azure engineering services and the Xbox.com websites. He told us about his transformation from writing hard code to leading a team. We discussed how they ran self-directed multidisciplinary teams who worked together shoulder to shoulder, how they breakdown into individual tasks, and how they fit together with those individual tasks as a whole. Finally, he shared challenges he faced to deploy agile into a software development company.

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Guest: Eric Brechner

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In this episode, Alex Kurm walks us through his 20 years of practicing lean in a range of industries from nuclear engineering, food manufacturing, logistics, banking, pharmaceuticals, and finally as a lean consultant. He shares what he recently learned through his virtual deployment of lean in a logistics and warehouse company. We discussed the benefits he noted in virtual over on site sessions. He also discussed how to improve overall process effectiveness thus improving quality, risk management, compliance, bottom-line financial results and overall customer satisfaction.

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In this episode, Wakeel shared with us his versatile career journey in different industries including IT, Textile, HCM, Logistics, and more. He walks us through his journey from the first time he looked up what Lean meant on Google to being a Lean expert. We discussed why culture is important for lean implementation. He walks us through understanding the culture, and how he focuses on the individual to drive the change needed.

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Guest: Wakeel Ghoorbin

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In this episode of panel discussion, we shared our experiences, successes, failures, challenges and point of views to help newer people who’re trying to develop their skills in lean. We discussed culture, sustainability, consistency and its importance from each other’s point of views.

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In this episode, Vinod shared with us his 30years of experience in Quality Control including 10 years of practicing Six Sigma in Manufacturing. He demonstrated where Lean, Six Sigma, or both of them should apply. We discussed from the difficulties of Lean implementation to the attitude of permanent & temporary workers in the workplace.

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In this episode, Emily Hart walks us through her 7 years of experience practicing Lean Six Sigma in the medical field. She talks about why Lean in healthcare is as valuable as it is in any other industry. We discussed the impact of Lean on patients and staff. Through her journey, you hear how Emily works to be a support system for the organization. You will hear why Lean Six Sigma is important in every hospital if you want a culture change that may be uncomfortable but creates a better employee and customer experiences

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In this episode Jason M. Haines talks with us about closing the gap between frontline workers and management. We discuss helping the team see and engage Lean as a toolset that helps them in their role. We also discuss why he likes to start with Lean and move to a Six Sigma approach if and when needed.

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In this episode Kiran Kachela takes us on a fascinating walk through her Lean journey, from seeing Lean in action at Mcdonalds for the first time to taking on government waste. We discuss working with both formal and informal leadership in an effort to plant pockets of people pursuing the perfect Lean process in some of the most bureaucratic waste filled government organizations from hospitals to prisons.

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Guest: Kiran Kachela

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In this episode Ria Joubert discusses people, processes and some silly KPIs in everything from the mining sector to service businesses. We look at what behaviors matter? What do we want to achieve? and how do we get the team on board?

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In this episode Stieneke Ijdema walks us through her evolution from kindergarten teacher to Lean farmer on her expanding dairy farm. She discussed transitioning her fellow farmers from the tried and tested into the untested waters of gemba walks, spaghetti diagrams, KPIs and regular white board meetings.

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In this episode Azan Sarwar talks with us about the give and take of continuous improvement in the garment sector as organizations transition from how things have always been done to implementing Lean and Six Sigma to compete in the current global landscape. We touch on line balancing, KPI, quality of data and balancing priorities, the challenges of a Lean culture versus lean tools and the process of implementation of new ideas for continuous improvement.

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Guest: Azan Sarwar

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In this episode James La Trobe Bateman: talks us through the concept of response time, an idea that was inspired by the book “The Goal'' by Eliyahu Goldratt. James walks us through the business's innate ability to deliver value in a timely manner. We discuss being able to know what customers value and the costs and consequences of large runs on lead time.

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Guest: James La Trobe Bateman

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In this episode Scott Follet talks with us about working through the emotional side of decision making. We look at dealing with bad attitudes and naysayers. We explore the upside to rewarding, or at least not disciplining a $140,000 error made with the best of intentions. We also look at the value of me showing my children my terrible chainsaw chair and why is sits on my dinner table in all its horrible glory.

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Guest: Scott Follett

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In this episode Raivis Menesis talks with us about working at Amazon driving Lean initiatives and then working to implement Lean in small businesses in his home country of Latvia. He introduces us to Amazon's evolving improvement culture of testing and implementation and the challenges of Latvia's view of Lean and the status quo.

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In this Episode Reagan Pannell talks to us about seeing a companies new Lean culture being sustained years after he left. He walks us through the process and benefits of moving the person who is the biggest roadblock and converting them into the biggest Lean promoter.

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Guest: Reagan Pannell

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In this Episode Japan Trivedi walks through his self discovery of Lean. He teaches us how we can all use common sense to be a Lean leader in our current role! Japan shares insights on getting team members out of their comfort zones to help them buy into a Lean transformation. He points out the need to create habits in yourself and in the team you are working with to help develop a Lean culture that will endure on its own.

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Guest: Japan Trivedi

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In this episode Ed Surber walks us through the key areas he focuses on including why he believes you need to fill your business with problem solvers. We also discuss key areas such as the need for small wins and the relationship between Lean tools and Lean culture and how to plan at all levels of the organization.

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Our guest: Ed Surber

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In this episode Patrick Adams talks to us about servant leadership, the need for humility in Lean leadership to ensure you uncover the Iceberg of ignorance and how being excessively productive in your “Silo” can be detrimental to the organisation.

Also pay attention as there was one question that Patrick asked that started a fundamental change in habits and culture in one organisation he worked with that we can all use.

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Our guest: Patrick Adams

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In this episode Chhavi Raj talks us through her first year practicing Lean in the banking industry with HSBC. She walks us through her struggles with communicating with all stakeholders the value of Lean and the “Value stream” and how it can drive out waste and help design processes that increase customer satisfaction.

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Our guest: Chhavi Raj

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In this episode Attila talks to us about practicing Lean and Six Sigma, shedding light on problems, eradicating the zero failure culture and what it takes to innovate and drive change in both rough waters and when business is smooth sailing.

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Our guest: Attila Dobai

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In this episode Nandha Kumar talks to us about applying Lean in the Banking system in India. We talk through how he works to foster a Lean culture in the service industry to ensure the improvements are continuous and not a one time event.

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Our guest: Nandha Kumar

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In this episode Alex Cano talks with us about the value of diversity and developing and communicating a vision as well as the challenges and joys of running a successful worldwide project.

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Our guest:Alex Cano

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In this episode Mike Carnell walks us through the lessons and best practices he has learned over 30 plus years of business leadership. From change management and getting alignment with teams at all levels to setting goals to getting buy in with both formal and informal leaders.

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Our guest: Mike Carnell

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In this episode Jon Baker talks about engaging front line workers, to have them quickly identify waste and remove it from the process, increasing employee satisfaction and driving out costs. He talks through the challenges of walking into a command and control culture and how he has seen those companies move toward an engaged Lean culture.

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Our guest: Jon Baker

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In this episode Amanda brings us on her Lean journey from the oil fields to the Antarctic.

She walks us through getting engagement, meeting goals and objectives and the importance of small wins and momentum.

Her fresh look at how to address business issues will have you looking at your processes. From how to rank opportunities to choose the next project. To how she took the set back of a natural disaster to leapfrog her clients progress. Using this huge challenge to identify the waste in the process that has been holding them back for years!

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Our guest: Amanda Zimmerman

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In this episode James La Trobe Bateman shares a fascinating introduction to Lean thinking as he started his work life with a product that has a short shelf life, that was naturally pulled by the customer and could not be inventoried.

He shares his take on response time, costs and the customer's view of value and how removing the waste can actually drive sales and customer satisfaction.

James shares his thoughts on teaching Lean tools and the need to coach and cultivate a Lean culture.

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Our guest: James La Trobe Bateman

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In this episode, Joseph Fryer talks through culture, conflicts, mentorship, and getting thrown into the deep end, and making the best of every opportunity while you have the time and the license.

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In this episode Marcel Staats walks us through his Lean journey and shows us how focusing on customer value and removing waste can increase sales as it did in one of his projects.

Marcel Staats, currently living in Brazil but moving to Canada in a few months. He is a Metallurgical engineer, scrum master and lean six sigma black belt. He has been working in process improvement for about 4 years. In those years He developed projects in manufacturing and services areas, helping companies to achieve better positions and results.

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