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Jesus, Sex and PoliticsBonus Episode : Roman Economics & The CrucifixionAs we enter into the Easter Weekend Micah invites economist Jim Huntzinger into the studio to talk about the world economic conditions that set the stage in the Roman Empire for the crucifixion of Jesus.
2025-04-1827 min
Shingo Principles PodcastEpisode 34: The Foundational Skills of a Continuous Improvement CultureIn today's dynamic business environment, the ability to adapt and evolve is crucial. In this podcast, Jim Huntzinger, founder of Lean Frontiers will explore the essential building blocks for cultivating a robust culture of continuous improvement within your organization. We will dive into the foundational skills that lay the groundwork for fostering a culture where continuous improvement is not just a practice but a way of thinking.To learn more about this topic, please visit: https://shingo.org/the-foundational-skills-of-a-continuous-improvement-culture/.
2024-03-1731 min
Gemba Academy Podcast: Lean Six Sigma | Toyota Kata | Productivity | LeadershipGA 518 | Building a Culture of Continuous Improvement with Jim HuntzingerThis week's guest is Jim Huntzinger. Ron and Jim discussed what it means to build a culture of continuous improvement, what the future of continuous improvement looks like, and more. An MP3 audio version of this episode is available for download here.
In this episode you'll learn:
The quote Jim likes (2:38)
His background (3:13)
About KataCon 2024 and other upcoming events (6:53)
What a continuous improvement culture looks like (8:53)
The commonality of having a hypothesis (11:53)
The foundational skills to building a continuous improvement culture (13:34)
Ron's horse and cart analogy (19:27)
Why it's important to share this knowledge (23:41)
What Jim thinks the future of continuous i...
2024-03-0732 minJesus, Sex and PoliticsDoes America Have A King? An Interview with Historian Jim HuntzingerDoes America have a king? The answer may surprise you. Historian, economist and author for TownHall.com, Jim Huntzinger, joins the guys in the studio to discuss the truth about what the Founders and the framers of our Constitution believed about who really is the "king of America." Arm yourself with The Truth! You won't want to miss this episode!
2024-02-0949 min
2024-01-3032 min
Agile.FM141- Jim HuntzingerJoe has a book “Agile Kata” in the making, if you like to be the first to know when it launches, please visit www.agilekatabook.com.KataCon10 in Indianapolis April 9-10, 2024Transcript: Agile F M radio for the agile community. [00:00:05] Joe Krebs: Thank you for tuning in to another episode of Agile FM. I'm here today with Jim Huntzinger, who is speaking with me about behavioral patterns. We'll talk a little about the history of Kata. This is the Agile Kata series on Agile FM. So my goal is to bring you...
2024-01-2323 min
The Lean Solutions PodcastTraining Within Industry with Jim HuntzingerIn this episode Jim Huntzinger and I discuss TWI, Toyota Kata, and their relation.
What You'll Learn:
1. What is TWI?
2. Why is Toyota Kata important?
3. What is the relationship between TWI and Toyota Kata?
4. Why are TWI and Kata foundational skills?
5. Are TWI and Kata more than just front-line skills?
6. What role does coaching play in these fundamental skills?
About the Guest: Jim Huntzinger began his career as a manufacturing engineer with Aisin Seiki, a Toyota Group c...
2023-10-0336 min
People Solve ProblemsJim Huntzinger: Evolution of Lean - Lean FrontiersIn a thought-provoking episode of the People Solve Problems Podcast, host Jamie Flinchbaugh has an engaging conversation with Jim Huntzinger, Founder and President of Lean Frontiers. Jim's background is in manufacturing, engineering, and the lean enterprise. Jim's understanding and experience provide listeners with a wealth of knowledge applicable to a wide range of professional fields. The conversation begins with Jim sharing a detailed overview of the history and evolution of problem-solving techniques. Tracing the journey from the era of World War II's Training Within Industry (TWI) program, to the genesis of the Toyota Production System, and finally...
2023-08-0222 min
Augmented OpsEpisode 113: The Business Model of Lean with Jim HuntzingerAugmented reveals the stories behind the new era of industrial operations, where technology will restore the agility of frontline workers.
Jim Huntzinger, President of Lean Frontiers, joins us in this episode for a deep dive into the lean business model and all things lean accounting. We explore value stream versus product costing, the importance of lean coaching, the principles of Toyota Kata, and how these strategies can drive processes improvement and product development simultaneously. Throughout the conversation, we examine the value of transforming traditional business practices and the potential impact on organizational decision-making and growth.
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2023-05-0334 min
The Lean Solutions PodcastLean Accounting Management with Jim HuntzingerIn this episode, I talked with Jim Huntzinger about the importance of Lean Accounting Management within any organization. Jim helps listeners dig into their own accounting systems to ensure they are making decisions based on correct costing data.
What You'll Learn:
How did you get involved with lean accounting?
How did the Lean Accounting Summit come into being?
How do lean accounting and process development connect?
What work still needs to be accomplished in these areas?
What else can process development impact?
About the Guest:
Jim Huntzinger began his career as a manufacturing en...
2022-06-2835 min
The Lean EffectJim Huntzinger: (EP 103) Lean accounting- what it is and why it's different from traditional accounting?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. Jim's favorite book is "Profit Beyond Measure by Anders Broms and H. Thomas Johnson", have you read it? Check out all our guests book top book recommendations here" and let us know your favorite. https://theleaneffectpodcast.com/ h...
2022-06-2250 minJesus, Sex and PoliticsHebrew Economics : Was Jesus a Socialist? : An Interview with economist, Jim HuntzingerYou hear it everyday... "Capitalism is bad and just makes the rich richer while steamrolling the average person". But is that really the case? Dive into this episode to hear Micah and Nathan discuss the concept of "Hebrew Economics" with nationally published economics writer, Jim Huntzinger. Jim has written extensively on the concept of the Hebrew God being the creator of capitalism. Jim has been published on TownHall.com and The Christian Post. Don't let the Left convince you Jesus was a socialist. He most certainly was and is not.
2022-03-2841 min
The Lean Solutions PodcastLean Accounting with Jim HuntzingerThis week on the podcast, I’m speaking with Jim Huntzinger. Jim is the founder of Lean Frontiers and has also launched new business in the free market healthcare arena through several virtual lean and free market healthcare events and the United in Care Summit. He is also the author of several books.
In this episode, Jim and I talk about the relevance of Lean accounting and how TWI fits into the Lean business model.
What You’ll Learn This Episode:
The start of Lean Frontiers
Jim’s background in Lean
Lean accounting- what it is...
2021-12-2143 min
Connecting the DotsJim Huntzinger and LEAN AccountingJim Huntzinger is the President and Founder ofLean Frontiers, Inc., which develops knowledge and learning communities on theLean Enterprise for business and industry. With a background and experience inmanufacturing and operations, he has also extensively researched the historyand development of American manufacturing and also published several books onthe lean business model, manufacturing history, and economics.'Link to claim CME credit: https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/3DXCFW3CME credit is available for up to 3 years after the stated release dateContact CEOD...
2021-11-0432 min
Lean Leadership for Ops ManagersDimensions of Coaching & the Lean Coaching Summit with Jim Huntzinger | Bonus May 2021Coaching is such a critical skill and behavior for leaders, so I'm thrilled to join the lineup for Lean Frontier’s Virtual 2021 Lean Coaching Summit. But coaching isn't one dimensional. In fact, Jim Huntzinger, Founder and President of Lean Frontiers, shares different perspectives, angles and applications of Lean coaching and how conversations with John Shook about these different dimensions led to the birth of the Lean Coaching Summit. What You’ll Learn from this EpisodeHow years of casual conversations led to the Lean Coaching SummitWhy you should attend a Summit dedica...
2021-05-1119 min
The Patriot CauseCan Thanksgiving Unite AmericaAmerica is the greatest nation in the world and many people from other countries know this. Do You? What are you thankful for? Stand Up, Show Up and Speak up for the blessing that our Holy God has given to us.
Lincoln and Thanksgiving: The Origin of an American Holiday
Prager University
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N1m5gUSRyTc
Rundown of the House seats Democrats, GOP flipped on Election Day
The Hill
https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/525504-rundown-of-the-house-seats-democrats-gop-flipped-on-election-day
The Most Stupid Peo...
2020-11-1927 min
Lean Coffee Talk (formerly known as Lean Whiskey)Show Firsts: 3 People (Jim Huntzinger), 2 Pours, 3 KeynotesMark 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 they aren’t groundbreaking firsts, but it was new for our show.
Jim Huntzinger joined us after an aborted attempt in March for Jamie to do an in-person epi...
2020-07-091h 23
WLEI - Lean Enterprise Institute’s PodcastLean Accounting Panel Discussion with Art Byrne, Jean Cunningham, Jim Huntzinger, Nick Katko, and Mike DeLucaMany lean thinkers find the traditional accounting reporting completely out of alignment with the new lean management system. Part of PDCA is checking outcomes to help identify next steps, but if the financial language of business is not reliable to provide good information for evaluation and decision making, sustainment of good experiments is at risk. Is there a better way? Yes, according to the five panelists on this week’s podcast.
Additional Articles:
How lean accounting promotes lean in the organization
Profit and Cost At Toyota
Cost Saving is Tired--Value Creation is Hot!
Real Number book
The...
2019-11-1833 minWLEI - Lean Enterprise Institute’s PodcastLean Accounting Panel Discussion with Art Byrne, Jean Cunningham, Jim Huntzinger, Nick Katko, and Mike DeLucaMany lean thinkers find the traditional accounting reporting completely out of alignment with the new lean management system. Part of PDCA is checking outcomes to help identify next steps, but if the financial language of business is not reliable to provide good information for evaluation and decision making, sustainment of good experiments is at risk. Is there a better way? Yes, according to the five panelists on this week’s podcast.
Additional Articles:
How lean accounting promotes lean in the organization
Profit and Cost At Toyota
Cost Saving is Tired--Value Creation is Hot!
Real Number book
The...
2019-11-1833 min
KaiNexus: Continuous Improvement, Leadership, and MoreKataCon5 and TWI Summit - Lean FrontiersMark Graban, of KaiNexus, chats with Jim Huntzinger and Dwayne Butcher of Lean Frontiers about their upcoming events, KataCon 5 and the TWI Summit, being held in Savannah, GA. Learn more at http://www.leanfrontiers.com/skillsweek/
2019-01-2811 min
Lean Blog Interviews - Healthcare, Manufacturing, Business, and LeadershipJim Huntzinger on Deflation, Lean Management & Lean AccountingJoining me for Episode #258 is a many times returning guest, Jim Huntzinger, the President and Founder of Lean Frontiers (check out Episodes 8, 15, 33, 196, and 251, his with Russ Scaffede). Jim has written two eBooks, The Roots of Lean: Training Within Industry: The Origin of Japanese Management & Kaizen and Deflation: The Road to Prosperity. We'll talk about that second book and topic in the podcast today. We're also going to talk about Lean Accounting and Lean Management, the related topics at the upcoming Summits in San Antonio later this month. I hope you can join us, as I'll be giving a talk...
2016-08-0145 minLean Blog Interviews - Healthcare, Manufacturing, Business, and LeadershipJim Huntzinger & Russ Scaffede on Lean LeadershipEpisode #251 is a bit different in that it's audio shared by the good folks at Lean Frontiers. They recently hosted a webinar where Jim Huntzinger, founder and president of Lean Frontiers asked questions that answered by Russ Scaffede about Lean leadership. See their other webinars here. Russ has a lot of great wisdom and experience to share, so I asked Jim if I could share it here. Russ is a big part of the upcoming event - The Summit on Lean Leadership, which is being produced by Lean Frontiers. It's being held June 21-22 in Charlotte. You can save 25...
2016-05-2631 min
Lean Leadership PodcastEpisode 034: Jim Huntzinger - How to Get Better Results From Lean by Participating In Lean CommunitiesToday's guest is Jim Huntzinger. Jim began his career as a manufacturing engineer with Aisin Seiki (a Toyota Group company and manufacturer of automotive components) when they transplanted to North America to support Toyota. Over his career he has also researched at length the evolution of manufacturing in the United States with an emphasis on lean’s influence and development. In addition to his research on TWI, he has extensively researched the history of Ford’s Highland Park plant and its direct tie to Toyota’s business model and method of operation. Huntzinger is the President and Founder of Lean F...
2016-04-0530 min
The WhiskyCast Tasting PanelWhiskyCast Virtual Tastings: September 2014September is Bourbon Heritage Month, and this month's panel is tasting what else...Bourbons. Justin Victor and John DeYoung joined us via Skype, while Dan Huntzinger was in the studio with Mark Gillespie to taste the Jim Beam Signature Craft Quarter Cask Finished Bourbon, the 2014 Four Roses Limited Edition Small Batch, and the 23-year-old Elijah Craig Single Barrel. We also have another whisky club to honor as this month’s Whisky Club of the Month, too!
2014-10-0237 minLean Blog Interviews - Healthcare, Manufacturing, Business, and LeadershipPatrick Graupp, Training Within Industry (TWI) in HealthcareMy guest today for Episode 202 is Patrick Graupp, co-author of the excellent book Getting to Standard Work in Health Care: Using TWI to Create a Foundation for Quality Care, co-authored with Martha Purrier from Virginia Mason Medical Center. If you're brand new to the Training Within Industry (TWI) model, you might want to first listen to Episode 196, with Jim Huntzinger, on “What is TWI?“
Patrick is also a senior master trainer with the TWI Institute. His other publications include the book The TWI Workbook: Essential Skills for Supervisors, a Shingo Research and Professional Publication Prize Recipient for 2007 and Implementi...
2014-06-1334 minLean Blog Interviews - Healthcare, Manufacturing, Business, and LeadershipJim Huntzinger, What is TWI (Training Within Industry)?My guest for episode 196 is Jim Huntzinger, founder of Lean Frontiers. Today, we're talking about the Training Within Industry methodology and his new website WhatIsTWI.com.
We are discussing topics including what a typical TWI “journey” looks like for an organization, how TWI is such a fundamental Lean concept/method, and some examples of how TWI is helping organizations in various industries, including healthcare. What's the latest in the seven years since our first podcast on this topic?
For a link to this episode, refer people to www.leanblog.org/196.
Previous podcasts an...
2014-03-1833 minLean Blog Interviews - Healthcare, Manufacturing, Business, and LeadershipJim Huntzinger, Trends in Lean Accounting and the SummitEpisode 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.
2007-11-1825 minLean Blog Interviews - Healthcare, Manufacturing, Business, and LeadershipInterview with Jim Huntzinger on ”Training Within Industry” *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, and why the program is being bought back in the United States and in lean circles.
Jim is also organizing a Training Within Industry Summit, June 5-6 of 2007. Check the Show Not...
2007-01-0722 minLean Blog Interviews - Healthcare, Manufacturing, Business, and LeadershipOvercoming Accounting Challenges in Lean Transformation: A Discussion on Lean Accounting - LeanBlog Podcast Featuring Jim Huntzinger *Show notes: https://www.leanblog.org/8
Remastered June 2021
Here is LeanBlog Podcast #8, an interview with Jim Huntzinger, the President of the Lean Accounting Summit.
In this Podcast, we will talk about the notion of “Lean Accounting” and some of the ways that traditional cost accounting and managerial accounting can come into conflict with our lean transformation efforts.
You might think, “I'm an engineer, what do I need to know about accounting?” But trust me, you need to learn about this topic so you can understand what drives some of the decisions your manage...
2006-11-0124 min