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Gemba Academy Podcast: Lean Six Sigma | Toyota Kata | Productivity | LeadershipGA 648 | Discovering Lean in High School with Ted Pendergrass
Most lean practitioners spend their careers trying to change the minds of adults who have been doing things the same way for decades. Ted Pendergrass decided to start earlier. Over 20 years coordinating a career technical education program at a California high school, he brought 5S, practical problem-solving, and Yellow Belt certification to students who had never heard of lean. The conversation covers what actually stuck, what surprised him, and what the rest of the lean community could do to help.
In this episode you’ll learn:
How a cabinet maker’s instinct for efficiency led...
2026-09-0337 min
Liderança Talks‘IA é como um adolescente: tem energia, mas precisa de supervisão’, explica expert em ‘lean digital’A aplicação da Inteligência Artificial (IA) nas empresas pode se transformar em desperdícios, produzir problemas, descontentar clientes e gerar riscos para os negócios – caso seja tratada como mais uma “solução mágica” em vez de estar profundamente e estrategicamente conectada ao sistema lean, modelo inspirado no método Toyota.Neste mesacast “Liderança Talks”, quem faz esse alerta e explica tudo isso é Christopher Thompson, diretor do Lean Institute Brasil (LIB) e especialista na união entre o sistema lean e IA.Expert em “lean digital”, com quase duas...
2026-08-3152 min
Startup Storytelling by Lean Rocket LabEpisode 7: The Lean Rocket Lab TeamWhat does it really take to build an entrepreneurial ecosystem from the ground up? In this episode, the Lean Rocket Lab team comes together to pull back the curtain on the full scope of what LRL does, from its roots as a high-tech manufacturing incubator and accelerator to the co-working space and entrepreneurial support hub it has grown into today. The team shares the pivotal moment during 2020 that reshaped their approach, when people from every walk of life started walking through their doors trying to launch businesses to support their families through a hard time, and how that led...
2026-07-101h 08Startup Storytelling by Lean Rocket LabMore Than Programs: Inside the Full Mission of Lean Rocket LabWhat does it really take to build an entrepreneurial ecosystem from the ground up? In this episode, the Lean Rocket Lab team comes together to pull back the curtain on the full scope of what LRL does, from its roots as a high-tech manufacturing incubator and accelerator to the co-working space and entrepreneurial support hub it has grown into today. The team shares the pivotal moment during 2020 that reshaped their approach, when people from every walk of life started walking through their doors trying to launch businesses to support their families through a hard time, and how that led...
2026-07-081h 08
WLEI - Lean Enterprise Institute’s PodcastPast, Present, and Future of Lean and AIGene Kim, DevOps leader and co-author of Wiring the Winning Organization, joins Tyson Heaton, LEI Executive Director of LeanTech/AI, and Art Smalley, Toyota veteran and LEI advisor, for a lively, enlightening, and wide-ranging conversation about artificial intelligence. They discuss how AI is forever changing the work of individuals and organizations, and explore the good, bad, and ugly of AI today and tomorrow.
One thing they all agree on: the use of AI is picking up, even among lean practitioners. Up to 80% of people in the lean community I suspect still have little to no understanding of AI (“What...
2026-07-081h 13WLEI - Lean Enterprise Institute’s PodcastPast, Present, and Future of Lean and AIGene Kim, DevOps leader and co-author of Wiring the Winning Organization, joins Tyson Heaton, LEI Executive Director of LeanTech/AI, and Art Smalley, Toyota veteran and LEI advisor, for a lively, enlightening, and wide-ranging conversation about artificial intelligence. They discuss how AI is forever changing the work of individuals and organizations, and explore the good, bad, and ugly of AI today and tomorrow.
One thing they all agree on: the use of AI is picking up, even among lean practitioners. Up to 80% of people in the lean community I suspect still have little to no understanding of AI (“What...
2026-07-081h 13
Liderança TalksEx-CEO da Alcoa explica essências e 'resistências' do lean | Coprodução Antena 1Nesta série especial do Estúdio Antena 1, mergulhamos no universo da gestão lean ao lado de nomes que fazem parte da história do Lean Institute Brasil (LIB) — referência nacional na disseminação da filosofia lean. Neste episódio, o convidado é Otávio Carvalheira, um dos mais renomados executivos do país.Foi CEO da Álcoa do Brasil, onde liderou a implementação do sistema lean, que se tornou um dos mais relevantes cases do país. E, hoje, atua em Conselhos de empresas, como a Al Cicle e a o9 Solutions, e como consultor indepen...
2026-04-2927 min
Liderança TalksComo o lean transforma a cultura das empresas | Coprodução Antena 1Nesta série especial em parceria com o Estúdio Antena 1, mergulhamos no universo da gestão lean ao lado de nomes que fazem parte da história do Lean Institute Brasil (LIB) — referência nacional na disseminação da filosofia lean.Neste episódio, o convidado é Flávio Battaglia, presidente do Lean Institute Brasil (LIB), que tem uma trajetória de mais de 25 anos dedicada ao desenvolvimento e à aplicação prática do conhecimento lean em organizações de diferentes setores e países. Battaglia compartilha os aprendizados que obteve desde sua imersão na Toyota do Brasil até sua atu...
2026-04-2930 minWLEI - Lean Enterprise Institute’s PodcastCoaching and Co-Learning — Understanding that Lean Is a Journey
This week The Management Brief kicks off an extended series on the coaching and co-learning that is occurring throughout the lean community. We’ll be exploring the benefits of mutual learning in all its forms — senior leaders with their lean coaches, be they external or internal to the organization, as well peer-to-peer relationships — that deliver more value and open avenues of understanding and growth not possible when going it alone.
Most if not all leaders are looking for guidance tailored to their positions, and that’s especially true of lean leaders seeking to transform themselves and their organizat...
2026-04-0726 minWLEI - Lean Enterprise Institute’s PodcastCoaching and Co-Learning — Understanding that Lean Is a Journey
This week The Management Brief kicks off an extended series on the coaching and co-learning that is occurring throughout the lean community. We’ll be exploring the benefits of mutual learning in all its forms — senior leaders with their lean coaches, be they external or internal to the organization, as well peer-to-peer relationships — that deliver more value and open avenues of understanding and growth not possible when going it alone.
Most if not all leaders are looking for guidance tailored to their positions, and that’s especially true of lean leaders seeking to transform themselves and their organizat...
2026-04-0726 min
Lean Made Simple: Transform Your Business & Life One Step At A Time!Your Wealth Is Hiding in Waste (Lean Transformation Reality)Ryan Tierney (Lean Made Simple) sits down with producer Alastair Luke (Attention X) shares the brutally honest truth about what’s really happening six months into the Lean transformation at Sperrin Metal.Customers haven’t seen the benefits yet.Lead times have got worse.The factory is still operationally chaotic.And it’s been the most difficult thing he’s ever done.In this open and unfiltered conversation, Ryan explains what it actually looks like when you try to transform a 63-year-old manufacturing company.🟢 What it feels like to take responsibility for 100 people overnight🟢 Why Lean sometimes makes things worse before t...
2026-03-0243 min
Lean Made Simple: Transform Your Business & Life One Step At A Time!Your Wealth Is Hiding in Waste (Lean Transformation Reality)Ryan Tierney (Lean Made Simple) sits down with producer Alastair Luke (Attention X) shares the brutally honest truth about what’s really happening six months into the Lean transformation at Sperrin Metal.Customers haven’t seen the benefits yet.Lead times have got worse.The factory is still operationally chaotic.And it’s been the most difficult thing he’s ever done.In this open and unfiltered conversation, Ryan explains what it actually looks like when you try to transform a 63-year-old manufacturing company.🟢 What it feels like to take responsibility for 100 people overnight🟢 Why Lean sometimes makes things worse before t...
2026-03-0243 minGemba Academy Podcast: Lean Six Sigma | Toyota Kata | Productivity | LeadershipGA 610 | Lean and AI in the Legal Field with Heather Underwood and Adam MarslandThis week's guests are Heather Underwood and Adam Marsland. Ron, Heather, and Adam discussed how lean is being applied in legal settings, the status quo when it comes to AI, what the future might look like, and more. An MP3 audio version of this episode is available for download here.
In this episode you'll learn:
The quotes that inspire Heather and Adam (3:44)
Their backgrounds (5:37)
The role of lean (7:36)
Examples of using lean in a legal setting (10:20)
What they're learning (13:01)
The future of AI and its effect on humanity (17:38)
Challenges as it relates to lean and AI (19:14)
What things will look l...
2025-12-1135 min
Podcast Lean Institute BrasilCom lean, TV Globo otimiza tempo, audiência e publicidadeProfissionais com super experiência na televisão brasileira têm uma série de resultados interessantes para contar sobre como aplicaram o sistema lean na produção audiovisual.É o caso de Ana Schmidt, uma das mais experientes produtoras dessa área no Brasil, que atuou e aplicou a gestão lean na produção do programa "Mais Você", da Apresentadora Ana Maria Braga, na TV Globo.E Gleiber Morato, um dos maiores especialistas em sistema lean do país, que liderou por anos a adoção do sistema lean na produção de cenários e cidades cenográf...
2025-11-2814 minWLEI - Lean Enterprise Institute’s PodcastThe Management Brief Bonus Edition | Two Lean Luminaries and Two Processes for Lean TransformationIn this special dual-release edition of The Design Brief and The Management Brief, Josh Howell, LEI President, is joined by LEI veterans Jim Morgan, Senior Advisor, and Mark Reich, Senior Coach and Chief Engineer Strategy. These two lean heavyweights discuss two fundamental lean processes that are absolutely critical to transform and grow an enterprise: lean product and process development (LPPD) and hoshin kanri.
Jim is a former Ford Global Engineering Director and Rivian Chief Operating Officer. He co-authored The Toyota Product Development System and Designing the Future, both of which elements of LPPD, a system for developing n...
2025-09-291h 05WLEI - Lean Enterprise Institute’s PodcastThe Management Brief Bonus Edition | Two Lean Luminaries and Two Processes for Lean TransformationIn this special dual-release edition of The Design Brief and The Management Brief, Josh Howell, LEI President, is joined by LEI veterans Jim Morgan, Senior Advisor, and Mark Reich, Senior Coach and Chief Engineer Strategy. These two lean heavyweights discuss two fundamental lean processes that are absolutely critical to transform and grow an enterprise: lean product and process development (LPPD) and hoshin kanri.
Jim is a former Ford Global Engineering Director and Rivian Chief Operating Officer. He co-authored The Toyota Product Development System and Designing the Future, both of which elements of LPPD, a system for developing n...
2025-09-291h 05WLEI - Lean Enterprise Institute’s PodcastImproving Patient and Caregiver Outcomes with Lean in HealthcareTwo leaders of the Cleveland Clinic’s lean improvement function — Dr. Lisa Yerian, Executive Vice President and Chief Clinical & Operational Improvement Officer, and Chad Cummings, Vice President of Lean Transformation & Continuous Improvement — speak with Josh Howell, LEI President, and Mark Reich, LEI Chief Engineer Strategy. The podcast continues our focus this month on the role of continuous improvement (CI) groups in lean management.
The Cleveland Clinic consists of 23 hospitals, 280 outpatient locations, approximately 83,000 caregivers, and nearly 16 million patient encounters annually. The vision at the not-for-profit healthcare system is to be “the best place to receive care anywhere and the best...
2025-09-2348 minWLEI - Lean Enterprise Institute’s PodcastImproving Patient and Caregiver Outcomes with Lean in HealthcareTwo leaders of the Cleveland Clinic’s lean improvement function — Dr. Lisa Yerian, Executive Vice President and Chief Clinical & Operational Improvement Officer, and Chad Cummings, Vice President of Lean Transformation & Continuous Improvement — speak with Josh Howell, LEI President, and Mark Reich, LEI Chief Engineer Strategy. The podcast continues our focus this month on the role of continuous improvement (CI) groups in lean management.
The Cleveland Clinic consists of 23 hospitals, 280 outpatient locations, approximately 83,000 caregivers, and nearly 16 million patient encounters annually. The vision at the not-for-profit healthcare system is to be “the best place to receive care anywhere and the best...
2025-09-2348 minWLEI - Lean Enterprise Institute’s PodcastThe Management Brief | Lean Improvement Group Helps Appliance Maker Reshore ProductsJosh Howell, LEI President, and Mark Reich, LEI Chief Engineer Strategy, talk with Rich Calvaruso, Senior Director of the Lean Management Office for GE Appliances. Rich — with GE for 36 years and the leader of GE Appliances’ continuous improvement (CI) group for 15 of those years — has been instrumental in driving lean thinking and practice for the company. He says the purpose of his group is to “develop people and improve process at the same time.”
GE Appliances started its first lean activities in 2005, says Rich, and applied lean to a model line and got good results that impressed leadership...
2025-09-1650 minWLEI - Lean Enterprise Institute’s PodcastThe Management Brief | Lean Improvement Group Helps Appliance Maker Reshore ProductsJosh Howell, LEI President, and Mark Reich, LEI Chief Engineer Strategy, talk with Rich Calvaruso, Senior Director of the Lean Management Office for GE Appliances. Rich — with GE for 36 years and the leader of GE Appliances’ continuous improvement (CI) group for 15 of those years — has been instrumental in driving lean thinking and practice for the company. He says the purpose of his group is to “develop people and improve process at the same time.”
GE Appliances started its first lean activities in 2005, says Rich, and applied lean to a model line and got good results that impressed leadership...
2025-09-1650 min
Lean Made Simple: Transform Your Business & Life One Step At A Time!The Lean Summit to Change your LIFE & BUSINESSRyan Tierney (Lean Made Simple) delves deep into Ireland's BIGGEST ever Lean summit, Gemba Summit at Titanic Belfast, Northern Ireland on 20th-21st October 2025.Find out more about Gemba Summit and:- Whit can be your next lean TURNING POINT- Why people are travelling from all over the world to EXPERIENCE lean- HOW you can join some of the world top lean leaders➡️ Book your GEMBA SUMMIT tickets today: https://gembasummit.com➡️ Order the book, LEAN MADE SIMPLE: 12 PROVEN STEPS FOR CREATING A VIBRANT LEAN CULTURE: https://www.leanmadesimple.com/store➡️ Book a Lean Made Simple tour: https://www.leanmadesimp...
2025-08-2521 min
Lean Made Simple: Transform Your Business & Life One Step At A Time!The Lean Summit to Change your LIFE & BUSINESSRyan Tierney (Lean Made Simple) delves deep into Ireland's BIGGEST ever Lean summit, Gemba Summit at Titanic Belfast, Northern Ireland on 20th-21st October 2025.Find out more about Gemba Summit and:- Whit can be your next lean TURNING POINT- Why people are travelling from all over the world to EXPERIENCE lean- HOW you can join some of the world top lean leaders➡️ Book your GEMBA SUMMIT tickets today: https://gembasummit.com➡️ Order the book, LEAN MADE SIMPLE: 12 PROVEN STEPS FOR CREATING A VIBRANT LEAN CULTURE: https://www.leanmadesimple.com/store➡️ Book a Lean Made Simple tour: https://www.leanmadesimp...
2025-08-2521 minWLEI - Lean Enterprise Institute’s PodcastLearnings of a Lean PioneerJim Lancaster, Owner and CEO of Lantech, talks with Josh Howell, LEI President, and Mark Reich, LEI Chief Engineer Strategy, about his lean journey and the decades-long transformation at his packaging-solutions company. Lantech, a lean pioneer, was highlighted in Jim Womack’s and Daniel Jones’ 1996 book Lean Thinking, and has steadily improved, growing the business 75% since 2020 despite economic and market factors that have derailed other companies.
Jim, author of The Work of Management, started at Lantech in high school when his father, Pat, was CEO. After college he worked in the financial industry, and then came back to Lou...
2025-07-2244 minWLEI - Lean Enterprise Institute’s PodcastLearnings of a Lean PioneerJim Lancaster, Owner and CEO of Lantech, talks with Josh Howell, LEI President, and Mark Reich, LEI Chief Engineer Strategy, about his lean journey and the decades-long transformation at his packaging-solutions company. Lantech, a lean pioneer, was highlighted in Jim Womack’s and Daniel Jones’ 1996 book Lean Thinking, and has steadily improved, growing the business 75% since 2020 despite economic and market factors that have derailed other companies.
Jim, author of The Work of Management, started at Lantech in high school when his father, Pat, was CEO. After college he worked in the financial industry, and then came back to Lou...
2025-07-2244 min
Lean Made Simple: Transform Your Business & Life One Step At A Time!My HIGH STAKES Lean challengeRyan Tierney (Lean Made Simple) sits down with podcast host Matthew Thompson to get deep into why he has made the boldest move of his life and made a high stake move that will be the ultimate test of lean.🟢 Ryan Tierney leaves his successful business to take on his biggest Lean challenge yet.🟢 Why Sperrin Metal needs more than just tools — it needed a complete culture reset.🟢 Discover the real-world pressures behind buying a struggling factory and leading from the front.🟢 This episode explores what it means to truly believe in Lean — when the stakes are high and nothing is guara...
2025-07-2128 min
Lean Made Simple: Transform Your Business & Life One Step At A Time!My HIGH STAKES Lean challengeRyan Tierney (Lean Made Simple) sits down with podcast host Matthew Thompson to get deep into why he has made the boldest move of his life and made a high stake move that will be the ultimate test of lean.🟢 Ryan Tierney leaves his successful business to take on his biggest Lean challenge yet.🟢 Why Sperrin Metal needs more than just tools — it needed a complete culture reset.🟢 Discover the real-world pressures behind buying a struggling factory and leading from the front.🟢 This episode explores what it means to truly believe in Lean — when the stakes are high and nothing is guara...
2025-07-2128 min
Lean Made Simple: Transform Your Business & Life One Step At A Time!How ROLLS ROYCE does LEAN | Let's Talk Lean PodcastIn this episode of Lets Talk Lean, Ryan Tierney (Lean Made Simple) and Paul Blahyj (Toyota Lean Management Centre) sit down with Aiden Rogers from Rolls Royce, one of the world's most prestigious brands to dig deep into how they do lean.✅ Aiden Rogers shares how Rolls-Royce shifted from tool-driven fixes to culture-led continuous improvement.✅ Learn how a 100-year family legacy at Rolls-Royce shaped Aiden’s leadership vision.✅ Discover the power of “fix what bugs you” as a culture-builder, not just a process tool.✅ Real-world Lean examples — from silicon cases to digital tracking — making massive impact on the shop floor.✅ A behind-t...
2025-07-1432 min
Lean Made Simple: Transform Your Business & Life One Step At A Time!🌍 Inside Europe’s Leanest Nations | Let's Talk Lean PodcastIn this episode of Lets Talk Lean, Ryan Tierney (Lean Made Simple) and Paul Blahyj (Toyota Lean Management Centre) sit down with lean officials Phil Catherwood (Welsh Government), Robert Hernan (Enterprise Ireland) and John McClune (Invest Northern Ireland) to talk what it takes to bring lean to the nations.🌍 Three national leaders share how Ireland, Wales, and Northern Ireland are driving lean transformation at scale.🌍 Why site visits, clusters, and exemplars are more powerful than PowerPoints — and how they’re used to spread Lean thinking.🌍 A behind-the-scenes look at how national Lean programs are structure...
2025-07-1430 min
Lean Made Simple: Transform Your Business & Life One Step At A Time!The Future of Lean Is Here | Let’s Talk Lean PodcastIn this episode of Lets Talk Lean, Ryan Tierney (Lean Made Simple) and Paul Blahyj (Toyota Lean Management Centre) sit down with Make UK mentor Mike Dimmack and lean apprentice Ruby Handley to discuss the future of lean in the UK and beyond.✅ Meet Ruby, a passionate Lean apprentice reshaping how we think about manufacturing at just 20 years old.✅ Discover how Make UK trains the next generation of engineers through hands-on Lean learning.✅ Why common sense, not complexity, is the key to great Lean thinking.✅ Hear why apprenticeship routes are gaining serious...
2025-07-1427 min
Lean Made Simple: Transform Your Business & Life One Step At A Time!How ROLLS ROYCE does LEAN | Let's Talk Lean PodcastIn this episode of Lets Talk Lean, Ryan Tierney (Lean Made Simple) and Paul Blahyj (Toyota Lean Management Centre) sit down with Aiden Rogers from Rolls Royce, one of the world's most prestigious brands to dig deep into how they do lean.✅ Aiden Rogers shares how Rolls-Royce shifted from tool-driven fixes to culture-led continuous improvement.✅ Learn how a 100-year family legacy at Rolls-Royce shaped Aiden’s leadership vision.✅ Discover the power of “fix what bugs you” as a culture-builder, not just a process tool.✅ Real-world Lean examples — from silicon cases to digital tracking — making massive impact on the shop floor.✅ A behind-t...
2025-07-1432 min
Lean Made Simple: Transform Your Business & Life One Step At A Time!🌍 Inside Europe’s Leanest Nations | Let's Talk Lean PodcastIn this episode of Lets Talk Lean, Ryan Tierney (Lean Made Simple) and Paul Blahyj (Toyota Lean Management Centre) sit down with lean officials Phil Catherwood (Welsh Government), Robert Hernan (Enterprise Ireland) and John McClune (Invest Northern Ireland) to talk what it takes to bring lean to the nations.🌍 Three national leaders share how Ireland, Wales, and Northern Ireland are driving lean transformation at scale.🌍 Why site visits, clusters, and exemplars are more powerful than PowerPoints — and how they’re used to spread Lean thinking.🌍 A behind-the-scenes look at how national Lean programs are structure...
2025-07-1430 min
Lean Made Simple: Transform Your Business & Life One Step At A Time!The Future of Lean Is Here | Let’s Talk Lean PodcastIn this episode of Lets Talk Lean, Ryan Tierney (Lean Made Simple) and Paul Blahyj (Toyota Lean Management Centre) sit down with Make UK mentor Mike Dimmack and lean apprentice Ruby Handley to discuss the future of lean in the UK and beyond.✅ Meet Ruby, a passionate Lean apprentice reshaping how we think about manufacturing at just 20 years old.✅ Discover how Make UK trains the next generation of engineers through hands-on Lean learning.✅ Why common sense, not complexity, is the key to great Lean thinking.✅ Hear why apprenticeship routes are gaining serious...
2025-07-1427 min
Lean Made Simple: Transform Your Business & Life One Step At A Time!Toyota's CULTURE PLAYBOOK exposed | Let’s Talk Lean PodcastIn this episode of Lets Talk Lean, Ryan Tierney (Lean Made Simple) and Paul Blahyj (Toyota Lean Management Centre) sit down with Toyota HR General Manager Liam Holmes to talk all things culture and people at the world's best manufacturer.🔴 Discover how Toyota develops not just cars, but careers – from the production line to leadership.🔴 Liam shares a 30-year journey of people-first principles and Lean culture.🔴 Learn the structured training system that gets results and builds loyalty.🔴 See why emotional intelligence matters just as much as engineering skill.🔴 Find out how Toyota pr...
2025-06-2323 min
Lean Made Simple: Transform Your Business & Life One Step At A Time!Toyota's CULTURE PLAYBOOK exposed | Let’s Talk Lean PodcastIn this episode of Lets Talk Lean, Ryan Tierney (Lean Made Simple) and Paul Blahyj (Toyota Lean Management Centre) sit down with Toyota HR General Manager Liam Holmes to talk all things culture and people at the world's best manufacturer.🔴 Discover how Toyota develops not just cars, but careers – from the production line to leadership.🔴 Liam shares a 30-year journey of people-first principles and Lean culture.🔴 Learn the structured training system that gets results and builds loyalty.🔴 See why emotional intelligence matters just as much as engineering skill.🔴 Find out how Toyota pr...
2025-06-2323 min
Lean Made Simple: Transform Your Business & Life One Step At A Time!ZERO to 15,000 shipments per week with LEAN | Let’s Talk Lean PodcastIn this episode of Lets Talk Lean, Ryan Tierney (Lean Made Simple) and Paul Blahyj (Toyota Lean Management Centre) sit down with former Premier League footballer Thomas Robson Kanu about his journey as an international soccer star turned SME owner and lean practitioner.Premier League to Entrepreneur – Thomas shares how a career-threatening injury became the unlikely spark for a functional wellness brand.Snapped Knee to Secret Weapon – Hear the story behind the homemade turmeric blend that changed his life and career.Scal...
2025-06-1624 min
Lean Made Simple: Transform Your Business & Life One Step At A Time!ZERO to 15,000 shipments per week with LEAN | Let’s Talk Lean PodcastIn this episode of Lets Talk Lean, Ryan Tierney (Lean Made Simple) and Paul Blahyj (Toyota Lean Management Centre) sit down with former Premier League footballer Thomas Robson Kanu about his journey as an international soccer star turned SME owner and lean practitioner.Premier League to Entrepreneur – Thomas shares how a career-threatening injury became the unlikely spark for a functional wellness brand.Snapped Knee to Secret Weapon – Hear the story behind the homemade turmeric blend that changed his life and career.Scal...
2025-06-1624 min
Lean Made Simple: Transform Your Business & Life One Step At A Time!WOMEN in Manufacturing: Breaking the stigma | Let’s Talk Lean PodcastIn this episode of Lets Talk Lean, Ryan Tierney (Lean Made Simple) and Paul Blahyj (Toyota Lean Management Centre) sit down with lean PhD Alisha Gibbons.Find out:- What its like being a woman in manufacturing- How can Toyota and others make lean cool- Attracting young people into lean for the future- Is lean really mean?➡️ Work with TOYOTA LEAN MANAGEMENT CENTRE: https://tlmc.toyotauk.com➡️ Order the book, LEAN MADE SIMPLE: 12 PROVEN STEPS FOR CREATING A VIBRANT LEAN CULTURE: https://www.leanmadesimple.com/store➡️ Book a Lean Made Simple tour: https://www.leanmadesimple.com/book-a-tour
2025-06-0331 min
Lean Made Simple: Transform Your Business & Life One Step At A Time!INSIDE TOYOTA: Toyota veteran talks lean | Let’s Talk Lean PodcastIn this episode of Lets Talk Lean, Ryan Tierney (Lean Made Simple) and Paul Blahyj (Toyota Lean Management Centre) sit down with Totota senior manager Simon Rowley.Find out:- the three behaviors that all Toyota employees much do- how many times do they stop the line each week?- what its like living lean beyond the workplace- how Toyota finds their next senior employees➡️ Work with TOYOTA LEAN MANAGEMENT CENTRE: https://tlmc.toyotauk.com➡️ Order the book, LEAN MADE SIMPLE: 12 PROVEN STEPS FOR CREATING A VIBRANT LEAN CULTURE: https://www.leanmadesimple.com/store➡️ Book a Lean Made Simple tour: https...
2025-06-0330 min
Lean Made Simple: Transform Your Business & Life One Step At A Time!How TOYOTA transformed my SME | Let’s Talk Lean PodcastIn this episode Ryan Tierney (Lean Made Simple) and Paul Blahyj (Toyota Lean Management Centre) sit down with Oliver Conger from British Rototherm.Find out:- What its like working with Toyota to teansform an SME- How to be auccess in apllied AI to lean manufacturing- What is the best investment Oliver ever made?➡️ Work with TOYOTA LEAN MANAGEMENT CENTRE: https://tlmc.toyotauk.com➡️ Order the book, LEAN MADE SIMPLE: 12 PROVEN STEPS FOR CREATING A VIBRANT LEAN CULTURE: https://www.leanmadesimple.com/store➡️ Book a Lean Made Simple tour: https://www.leanmadesimple.com/book-a-tour
2025-06-0324 min
Lean Made Simple: Transform Your Business & Life One Step At A Time!WOMEN in Manufacturing: Breaking the stigma | Let’s Talk Lean PodcastIn this episode of Lets Talk Lean, Ryan Tierney (Lean Made Simple) and Paul Blahyj (Toyota Lean Management Centre) sit down with lean PhD Alisha Gibbons.Find out:- What its like being a woman in manufacturing- How can Toyota and others make lean cool- Attracting young people into lean for the future- Is lean really mean?➡️ Work with TOYOTA LEAN MANAGEMENT CENTRE: https://tlmc.toyotauk.com➡️ Order the book, LEAN MADE SIMPLE: 12 PROVEN STEPS FOR CREATING A VIBRANT LEAN CULTURE: https://www.leanmadesimple.com/store➡️ Book a Lean Made Simple tour: https://www.leanmadesimple.com/book-a-tour
2025-06-0331 min
Lean Made Simple: Transform Your Business & Life One Step At A Time!INSIDE TOYOTA: Toyota veteran talks lean | Let’s Talk Lean PodcastIn this episode of Lets Talk Lean, Ryan Tierney (Lean Made Simple) and Paul Blahyj (Toyota Lean Management Centre) sit down with Totota senior manager Simon Rowley.Find out:- the three behaviors that all Toyota employees much do- how many times do they stop the line each week?- what its like living lean beyond the workplace- how Toyota finds their next senior employees➡️ Work with TOYOTA LEAN MANAGEMENT CENTRE: https://tlmc.toyotauk.com➡️ Order the book, LEAN MADE SIMPLE: 12 PROVEN STEPS FOR CREATING A VIBRANT LEAN CULTURE: https://www.leanmadesimple.com/store➡️ Book a Lean Made Simple tour: https...
2025-06-0330 min
Lean Made Simple: Transform Your Business & Life One Step At A Time!How TOYOTA transformed my SME | Let’s Talk Lean PodcastIn this episode Ryan Tierney (Lean Made Simple) and Paul Blahyj (Toyota Lean Management Centre) sit down with Oliver Conger from British Rototherm.Find out:- What its like working with Toyota to teansform an SME- How to be auccess in apllied AI to lean manufacturing- What is the best investment Oliver ever made?➡️ Work with TOYOTA LEAN MANAGEMENT CENTRE: https://tlmc.toyotauk.com➡️ Order the book, LEAN MADE SIMPLE: 12 PROVEN STEPS FOR CREATING A VIBRANT LEAN CULTURE: https://www.leanmadesimple.com/store➡️ Book a Lean Made Simple tour: https://www.leanmadesimple.com/book-a-tour
2025-06-0324 minWLEI - Lean Enterprise Institute’s PodcastLean Product Development for Tech Entrepreneurs: A Conversation with Sandrine Olivencia on Building Smarter StartupsIn this episode of the WLEI Podcast, we speak with Sandrine Olivencia, author of Build to Sell: The Lean Secret to Crafting Irresistible Products, co-founder of Taktique Academy, and partner at Lean Sensei Partners. This is the second time Sandrine has joined us on the WLEI podcast, and in this particular conversation, we discuss why lean product and process development principles are crucial for entrepreneurs in today’s rapidly shifting market demands.
The conversation explores:
How Sandrine found her way to lean and agile and how early work by lean product and process development thinkers Al Ward...
2025-05-2930 minWLEI - Lean Enterprise Institute’s PodcastLean Product Development for Tech Entrepreneurs: A Conversation with Sandrine Olivencia on Building Smarter StartupsIn this episode of the WLEI Podcast, we speak with Sandrine Olivencia, author of Build to Sell: The Lean Secret to Crafting Irresistible Products, co-founder of Taktique Academy, and partner at Lean Sensei Partners. This is the second time Sandrine has joined us on the WLEI podcast, and in this particular conversation, we discuss why lean product and process development principles are crucial for entrepreneurs in today’s rapidly shifting market demands.
The conversation explores:
How Sandrine found her way to lean and agile and how early work by lean product and process development thinkers Al Ward...
2025-05-2930 min
Podcast Lean Institute BrasilLean melhora processos de sinistros na MAG SegurosEmpresas do setor de Seguros estão descobrindo que... seguro é ser lean!É o que vem acontecendo na MAG, empresa referência em seguros e previdência, uma das mais tradicionais do Brasil, com quase 200 anos de operações.Há pouco mais de um ano, a MAG começou a adotar o sistema lean.E mesmo em pouco tempo de implementação, já vem sentindo os primeiro resultados, principalmente na área de pagamento de sinistros.No podcast, Marco Antônio Giorgetti, diretor Executivo de Operações da MAG, detalha essas e outras transformações.
2024-10-0808 min
The Lean Lounge with Jeff GrayThe Lean Lounge Episode 20: The Right Way to Lean!Jeff is in the lounge and shares his awesome experience during the Global Lean Summit and the visit to the Toyota Material Handling operation in Columbus, IN. The visit re-enforced and solidified how the team at Lean Revisions along with other Lean colleagues and practitioners have had enormous success within many industries as they follow the world-renowned Toyota Lean Management “Guide to Sustainable Process Improvement”. This is a must listen to session for anyone looking to go Lean, be Lean, and stay Lean. Jeff walks listeners through Toyota’s Code Values, Weak Point Management, Adrenaline Room, and much more.
2024-09-3038 min
Lean Made Simple: Transform Your Business & Life One Step At A Time!OFFICIAL BOOK LAUNCH: 12 Proven Principles for Creating a VIBRANT Lean CultureWelcome to Lean Made Simple, a podcast about transforming your business — and life — one step at a time.
In this very special episode, Ryan Tierney from Seating Matters officially launches his new book Lean Made Simple: 12 Proven Principles for Creating a Vibrant Lean Culture.
Along the way, he and Producer Matt talk about:
- What inspired Ryan decide to write this one of a kind book?
- Why is a vibrant Lean culture so important?
- Can Lean succeed without a vibrant Lean culture?
- How a vibrant Lean culture can...
2024-09-0233 min
Lean Made Simple: Transform Your Business & Life One Step At A Time!OFFICIAL BOOK LAUNCH: 12 Proven Principles for Creating a VIBRANT Lean CultureWelcome to Lean Made Simple, a podcast about transforming your business — and life — one step at a time.
In this very special episode, Ryan Tierney from Seating Matters officially launches his new book Lean Made Simple: 12 Proven Principles for Creating a Vibrant Lean Culture.
Along the way, he and Producer Matt talk about:
- What inspired Ryan decide to write this one of a kind book?
- Why is a vibrant Lean culture so important?
- Can Lean succeed without a vibrant Lean culture?
- How a vibrant Lean culture can...
2024-09-0233 min
Lean Made Simple: Transform Your Business & Life One Step At A Time!This POSTMAN will change the way you think about lean forever | Matt SimsMatt Sims is founder of the Ever-So-Lean podcast and a world renowned leadership and lean coach & consultant. He dropped in to the Lean Made Simple studio and shared incredible takeaways from his lean journey.
In this episode, Ryan and Matt caught up with him to talk about:
• His time as the "Lean Postman"
• How he helped Amazon transform its warehouses
• How he is teaching kids as young as 8 years old about lean
• The one this he wants for young people
Check it out!
Links:
• Mat...
2024-08-1127 min
Lean Made Simple: Transform Your Business & Life One Step At A Time!This POSTMAN will change the way you think about lean forever | Matt SimsMatt Sims is founder of the Ever-So-Lean podcast and a world renowned leadership and lean coach & consultant. He dropped in to the Lean Made Simple studio and shared incredible takeaways from his lean journey.
In this episode, Ryan and Matt caught up with him to talk about:
• His time as the "Lean Postman"
• How he helped Amazon transform its warehouses
• How he is teaching kids as young as 8 years old about lean
• The one this he wants for young people
Check it out!
Links:
• Mat...
2024-08-1127 minWLEI - Lean Enterprise Institute’s Podcast40 Years of Lean Observation: a Conversation with Art ByrneIn this episode of the WLEI podcast, LEI speaks with prolific author and business leader Art Byrne.
During the discussion, Art shares his decades-long journey leading lean transformation, from running kaizen events with the first wave of ex-Toyota consultants in the US to leading manufacturer Wiremold to record profitability.
For a decade, Art wrote 100 "Ask Art" columns, answering the lean community's most pressing questions. He has compiled the best of those into a new book, The Lean Turnaround Answer Book: 40 Years of Lean Observation.
Our conversation covered:
The transformative impact of implementing the...
2024-08-061h 14WLEI - Lean Enterprise Institute’s Podcast40 Years of Lean Observation: a Conversation with Art ByrneIn this episode of the WLEI podcast, LEI speaks with prolific author and business leader Art Byrne.
During the discussion, Art shares his decades-long journey leading lean transformation, from running kaizen events with the first wave of ex-Toyota consultants in the US to leading manufacturer Wiremold to record profitability.
For a decade, Art wrote 100 "Ask Art" columns, answering the lean community's most pressing questions. He has compiled the best of those into a new book, The Lean Turnaround Answer Book: 40 Years of Lean Observation.
Our conversation covered:
The transformative impact of implementing the...
2024-08-061h 14
追光的她Ep0 当Lean In Shanghai想做一档播客05:14 我们和Lean In Shanghai的故事从何开始。15:00 Lean In Shanghai的十年之路。19:50 在Lean In Shanghai收获影响力与感动的真实瞬间大集合。39:40 十年之后，当我们再谈“向前一步”（Lean in）的时候我们在谈论什么？50:40《追光的她》缘起以及我们对她的期望。本期声音来自：Carol，食品饮料创新咨询，加入Lean In Shanghai 8年Peggy，战略与商业分析，加入Lean In Shanghai 5年Jojo，社会影响力创新与投资，加入Lean In Shanghai 1年
2024-07-191h 11
Lean Made Simple: Transform Your Business & Life One Step At A Time!Why Lean Fails…In this episode, Ryan Tierney unveils the hidden key to lean success: Focusing on People Development. He shares enlightening experiences and practical advice on:
How ignoring people development causes lean initiatives to fail
The critical mistake of seeing lean as merely physical changes
How to build a thriving people development system
Learning the true essence of lean from Yellotools
Starting every day with a purpose-driven morning meeting
Encouraging employees to pursue their dreams and start new ventures
Implementing three simple steps to cultivate a lean culture focused on people
Check it out!
https://www...
2024-03-2523 min
Lean Made Simple: Transform Your Business & Life One Step At A Time!Why Lean Fails…In this episode, Ryan Tierney unveils the hidden key to lean success: Focusing on People Development. He shares enlightening experiences and practical advice on:
How ignoring people development causes lean initiatives to fail
The critical mistake of seeing lean as merely physical changes
How to build a thriving people development system
Learning the true essence of lean from Yellotools
Starting every day with a purpose-driven morning meeting
Encouraging employees to pursue their dreams and start new ventures
Implementing three simple steps to cultivate a lean culture focused on people
Check it out!
https://www.leanmadesimple...
2024-03-2523 min
Lean PortlandE25: Lean for Community Projects with Maria Grzanka, Dominic Stokes and Matt HorvatAt the 2023 Lean Global Connection virtual conference held in late November, Maria Grzanka, Dominic Stokes and Matt Horvat share their experiences setting up and participating within Lean Portland.
They discuss project examples of teaching Lean to nonprofits in the Portland area, and what they learned and benefitted from those experiences. There is also a video of the presentation you can watch at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nwoRBFyN8_8
There were numerous presentations provided during this event, so you can check out all of them in the links below.
2024-02-1826 minWLEI - Lean Enterprise Institute’s PodcastBuilding a Problem-Solving Culture: Insights from Barton Malow’s Lean UniversityIn this episode of the WLEI Podcast, we speak with Jill Katic and Grace Eovaldi from Barton Malow, a major construction company that has recently seen significant growth. Jill and Grace share how they've been working to foster a culture of problem solving throughout Barton Malow, principally through a program dubbed Lean University.
During the conversation we dive into the following:
Lean Principles and A3 Problem-Solving: Exploring Lean University's five-day training program, which introduces participants to lean principles and the A3 problem-solving method over a three-month period.
Problem Identification and Analysis: How Jill and G...
2023-12-1238 minWLEI - Lean Enterprise Institute’s PodcastBuilding a Problem-Solving Culture: Insights from Barton Malow’s Lean UniversityIn this episode of the WLEI Podcast, we speak with Jill Katic and Grace Eovaldi from Barton Malow, a major construction company that has recently seen significant growth. Jill and Grace share how they've been working to foster a culture of problem solving throughout Barton Malow, principally through a program dubbed Lean University.
During the conversation we dive into the following:
Lean Principles and A3 Problem-Solving: Exploring Lean University's five-day training program, which introduces participants to lean principles and the A3 problem-solving method over a three-month period.
Problem Identification and Analysis: How Jill and G...
2023-12-1238 minLean PortlandE24: The 8 Nelson Rules for Detecting Out of Control Conditions in a Statistical Process Control (SPC) Chart - Lean Portland Happy Hour - July 2023When using Statistical Process Control (SPC) charts to monitor your process, you are comparing your current data to historical data to determine if the process is similar or different. The basis for this decision lies in the Western Electric Rules (now called Nelson Rules) for detecting out of control conditions.
For example, if you detect 6 consecutive data points going upwards from the previous data point, that is considered a trend, and the process should be stopped to investigate if there is a problem or not.
Brion Hurley, Lean Six Sigma Master Black Belt with Business...
2023-10-031h 05
Lean Made Simple: Transform Your Business & Life One Step At A Time!Improve Your Business by 600% | Paul Akers | 2-Second LeanPaul Akers is the founder of FastCap: a multi-million dollar company he and his wife started in their garage 13-years ago.
Along the way he’s established himself as an internationally renowned lean thinker, educator, and practitioner as well as being the author of the hugely influential book: 2-Second Lean.
In today’s episode we talk about:
What 2-Second Lean is and how it can improve your business by 600%
Why companies who do lean properly dwarf their competition
The best kept secret of Japanese powerhouses like Toyota & Lexus
Books he’s read 10+ times
The import...
2023-08-2935 min
Lean Made Simple: Transform Your Business & Life One Step At A Time!Improve Your Business by 600% | Paul Akers | 2-Second LeanPaul Akers is the founder of FastCap: a multi-million dollar company he and his wife started in their garage 13-years ago.
Along the way he’s established himself as an internationally renowned lean thinker, educator, and practitioner as well as being the author of the hugely influential book: 2-Second Lean.
In today’s episode we talk about:
What 2-Second Lean is and how it can improve your business by 600%
Why companies who do lean properly dwarf their competition
The best kept secret of Japanese powerhouses like Toyota & Lexus
Books he’s read 10+ times
The import...
2023-08-2935 min
Podcast Lean Institute BrasilLean no Bradesco: “Hoje, nossas entregas são baseadas no lean digital”, resume diretora de TINão é à toa que o Bradesco, um dos mais importantes bancos do Brasil, é hoje também referência em lean digital.Nesse podcast exclusivo do Lean Institute Brasil (LIB), Cristina Pinna, diretora de TI do Bradesco, explica como vem ocorrendo essa jornada, os resultados e por que, hoje, mais de 80% das entregas de valor do banco tem como base o lean digital.Quer se aprofundar em transformação lean digital no setor bancário?O LIB e a Bookman estão lançando o livro “Dominando a disrupção digital - como as empresas vencem...
2022-10-1708 minLean PortlandE23: Calculating Financial Benefits for Improvement Projects - Lean Portland Happy Hour - July 2022After making improvements to your processes, a best practice is to calculate the benefits to the organization. Calculating financial benefits is an important part of building momentum for improvement with upper management. However, this can be confusing for those not familiar with financial data, and is not done very often in organizations.
Brion Hurley will discuss commonly used methods for capturing financial impacts of process improvement work.
The 5 categories are:
• Income Statement
• Cash Flow
• Growth
• Avoidance
• Soft Savings
We will define each category, go through a few e...
2022-07-131h 11WLEI - Lean Enterprise Institute’s PodcastExploring the Continued Relevance of Lean, A Best of PodcastThe global pandemic coupled with profound structural economic shifts are two daunting challenges reinforcing the need for a powerful method of framing and facing crucial problems today. Over the past year, our monthly podcast WLEI has aired conversations with Jim Womack, Dan Jones, Karen Gaudet, and other thought leaders exploring the power of lean—and adjacent schools of thought—as a source of promising countermeasures.
Lean can help people face problems both large (reviving healthy enterprise in this economy) and small (clarifying tangible ways to create workplaces that respect their workers). Thinkers such as Dan Heath discussed the po...
2021-02-2238 minWLEI - Lean Enterprise Institute’s PodcastExploring the Continued Relevance of Lean, A Best of PodcastThe global pandemic coupled with profound structural economic shifts are two daunting challenges reinforcing the need for a powerful method of framing and facing crucial problems today. Over the past year, our monthly podcast WLEI has aired conversations with Jim Womack, Dan Jones, Karen Gaudet, and other thought leaders exploring the power of lean—and adjacent schools of thought—as a source of promising countermeasures.
Lean can help people face problems both large (reviving healthy enterprise in this economy) and small (clarifying tangible ways to create workplaces that respect their workers). Thinkers such as Dan Heath discussed the po...
2021-02-2238 min
Podcast Lean Institute Brasil“Lean é ideal para entender cliente e focar no que ele quer”, diz gerente lean da NestléEx-participante do Programa Prático de Formação Lean, Gisele Chimara de Souza, gerente lean da Nestlé, acredita que o sistema lean é a gestão mais eficiente para se conseguir entender o que o cliente quer e assim trabalhar com foco total nesse propósito.No podcast, Gisele explica a importância da gestão lean, fala sobre lean digital e avalia o Programa Prático de Formação Lean, do Lean Institute Brasil.#lean #gestão #treinamento #podcast #leaninstitutebrasil
2021-02-0506 min
American Lean Weekday: Leadership | Lean Culture & Intrapreneurship | Lean Methods | Industry 4.0 | Case StudiesWhat to Include in Your Lean Training - Part 4Since it is near the end of the year and your company might consider Lean training, I thought I’d give you an early present and cover what to include in your Lean training. This is not an exhaustive list- I’m breaking the topics up over several weeks.Up to this point, we have covered 12 other Lean topics- Lean History, VA vs. NVA, the 8 wastes, 6S, Current state and future state VSM’s, waste walks, PICK chart, RIE’s, A3’s, setting up an LPO and developing a Master Plan and RIE report-outs.If you cover...
2020-12-3006 minAmerican Lean Weekday: Leadership | Lean Culture & Intrapreneurship | Lean Methods | Industry 4.0 | Case StudiesHow to Engage Employees during your Lean TransformationEmployee engagement is going to make or break you on your Lean transformation. For those that are interested in a successful Lean Transformation, I have a secret for you. Lean is about changing the culture of your organization. Ask yourself, how do I turn my employees into daily problem solvers? One success indicator of employee engagement is having them drive the transformation effort within your company, but how do you get there? Here are five ways to engage employees during your Lean transformation.First, let’s talk about what the end state looks like. Ideally, you have de...
2020-12-2905 minAmerican Lean Weekday: Leadership | Lean Culture & Intrapreneurship | Lean Methods | Industry 4.0 | Case StudiesTopics to Include in Your Lean Training- Part 3Since it’s near the end of the year and your company might consider Lean training, I thought I’d give you an early present and cover topics to include in your Lean training. This is not an exhaustive list- I’m breaking the topics up over several weeks.If you cover these topics, I know you will have a very solid start in educating employees on Lean topics that will benefit your company immensely! It’s helpful to add workshops for many of these topics to keep people excited and engaged when we can all get into a tra...
2020-12-2304 minAmerican Lean Weekday: Leadership | Lean Culture & Intrapreneurship | Lean Methods | Industry 4.0 | Case StudiesTopics to Include in Your Lean Training- Part 1Since it’s near the end of the year and your company might consider Lean training for next year, I thought I’d give you an early present and cover what to include in your Lean training. This is not an exhaustive list and I’m going to break this up over several weeks. I'll cover more topics through the end of the year. So stay tuned!If you cover these topics, I know you will have a very solid start in educating employees on Lean topics that will benefit your company immensely! It’s helpful to add workshop...
2020-12-0904 minAmerican Lean Weekday: Leadership | Lean Culture & Intrapreneurship | Lean Methods | Industry 4.0 | Case StudiesFour Steps to a Successful Lean TransformationOver the thirty years that I have been honored to work with companies, I have seen fantastic, mind-blowing results from Lean efforts. I have also seen companies lose interest after a short time. They treat their Lean innovation like a Book of the Month Club or get frustrated from a lack of results. Some organizations become paralyzed and never begin their Lean Innovation. To me, that is the worst situation of all.I would like to share some gotchas I have seen.Companies make their Lean Innovation more complicated than it needs to be. They gather too...
2020-12-0205 minAmerican Lean Weekday: Leadership | Lean Culture & Intrapreneurship | Lean Methods | Industry 4.0 | Case StudiesElements of a Lean CultureI’m sure preparing for 2021 is on the minds of many organizations this time of year. Given the strange year it has been, I’m sure we all want to move on from 2020. I have seen companies “decide” they want to implement Lean in the next year when they do their annual planning. What I rarely hear is we need to develop a culture that supports Lean efforts. To get you thinking along those lines, here are some elements of a lean culture.It starts at the topAny successful business or cultural transformation starts at the top. ...
2020-12-0104 minAmerican Lean Weekday: Leadership | Lean Culture & Intrapreneurship | Lean Methods | Industry 4.0 | Case StudiesTip for Being Grateful During Your Lean JourneyUndertaking a business transformation is difficult. After all, who are the only people who like change? Wet babies. Depending upon where you start, it can take a lot of heavy lifting from many people in the organization. It’s easy to get caught up conducting “activities” on a weekly or monthly basis, which is why it’s important to slow down, reflect, and be grateful during your Lean journey.Henry Ford recognized the value of bringing people together to accomplish work and make improvements so a business could last multiple generations. He realized the opportunity to work together, rea...
2020-11-2504 min
Podcast Lean Institute BrasilFundador do Lean Institute Brasil explica “lean turnaround”: porque, princípios e passos básicosO complexo contexto atual pode exigir das empresas um lean turnaround.De forma resumida, significa uma transformação radical nas mentalidades e práticas, nos processos, produtos e serviços. Além de interações totalmente distintas com o mercado e, principalmente, com os clientes.A avaliação é do professor José Roberto Ferro, fundador do Lean Institute Brasil, reconhecido como um dos maiores especialistas no tema.Nesse podcast, o professor Ferro explica por que as empresas precisam de um lean turnaround, que conceitos e práticas lean são essenciais nesse processo e quais são os...
2020-11-0408 minAmerican Lean Weekday: Leadership | Lean Culture & Intrapreneurship | Lean Methods | Industry 4.0 | Case StudiesFour Steps for a Successful Lean TransformationThere are four simple steps I have road-tested over the years that will make your Lean transformation easier and successful! Follow these for success.Vision- Develop your unique Lean Game PlanEmployee training camps- Train employees on Lean topicsExecute the Lean Game Plan- Conduct Rapid Improvement Events (RIE's)Half time adjustments- measure and adjustRate and Review HereMore show notes are hereSchedule a free 1/2 call with Tom Reed.Buy the Lean Game Plan Follow me on Twitter@dailyleancoachJoin me on Linked In
2020-11-0405 minAmerican Lean Weekday: Leadership | Lean Culture & Intrapreneurship | Lean Methods | Industry 4.0 | Case StudiesLean Accounting Helps you Keep Better ScoreLean accounting may not sound very exciting, but this podcast episode with Jerry Solomon brings all kinds of energy and excitement!Jerry shares how he moved from an accounting role into VP of Operations roles and shares the struggles of getting business performance information that employees can use to make improvements.These are some key points taken from my interview with Lean accounting expert Jerry Solomon. I was asked to move from the COO position to running operations. What a difference. I went from being a provider of information to a consumer and saw som...
2020-10-3016 minAmerican Lean Weekday: Leadership | Lean Culture & Intrapreneurship | Lean Methods | Industry 4.0 | Case StudiesReplay- MD Engineering Uses Lean to Improve Cash Flow to GrowOne of the key elements on my American Lean Weekday podcast is the weekly interviews that I conduct with companies on their Lean Journey. These companies are from various industries and are all different sizes. I have interviewed leaders from family-owned businesses to multi-national organizations. These are keynotes from a conversation with MD Engineering.MD Engineering founded in 1999 and located in Corona, California is a nationally recognized leading producer and distributor of quality machined products providing parts to the military, industrial and commercial manufacturers worldwide. They are a leading supplier of complex machined parts, assemblies, and “buy comple...
2020-10-2313 minAmerican Lean Weekday: Leadership | Lean Culture & Intrapreneurship | Lean Methods | Industry 4.0 | Case StudiesKeep Your Lean Journey Moving ForwardOne of Henry Ford’s sayings is that “Coming together is the beginning, keeping together is progress and working together is a success.” Grand words from a great Lean influencer. The tendency might be to put off your Lean activities given the current environment. I believe it’s more important than ever to keep your Lean journey moving forward!I still coach companies and lead Rapid Improvement Events in today’s environment. We all wear masks and stay six feet from each other as much as possible. We can still use our most important attribute- our brains to solve proble...
2020-10-2104 minAmerican Lean Weekday: Leadership | Lean Culture & Intrapreneurship | Lean Methods | Industry 4.0 | Case StudiesDigitize your Lean Efforts to Increase Employee EngagementGiven the impact to supply chain performance that many manufacturers have felt do to the pandemic, it's become important to speed up the use of technology. Implementing more technology as part of Industry 4.0 will allow you to take on larger improvement activities. Here are some tips you can implement to digitize your lean efforts.Tip 1 - Digitize your Lean FrameworkMuch operational excellence and Lean improvements involve pen and paper. Clipboards, stopwatches, times studies. Calendars of events printed and placed in a PMO- Project Management Office for all to see.One limitation of thi...
2020-10-0104 minAmerican Lean Weekday: Leadership | Lean Culture & Intrapreneurship | Lean Methods | Industry 4.0 | Case StudiesOncore - Quit Making your Lean Transformation so HardCompanies make their Lean transformation too complicated. They spend too much time collecting data, they put the success in the hands of a few people and they measure the wrong KPI's for success.Here are four steps you can take to have success in your Lean transformation:Establish your companies vision and True North - Understand where the waste is in your business - Develop your Lean Game Plan.Train the employees on Lean concepts.Follow the Lean Game Plan - Have events as scheduled.Half time adjustments- measure and adjust....
2020-09-2506 minAmerican Lean Weekday: Leadership | Lean Culture & Intrapreneurship | Lean Methods | Industry 4.0 | Case StudiesLearn what the Kettering Health Network does to Stay Lean 1. Tell us about yourself and your company Chris Luckett, Industrial, and Systems Engineering Degree. I have worked in various industries throughout my 20+ years. I am the Network Manager of Process Excellence for Kettering Health Network in Dayton Oh. Kettering Health Network is a faith-based award-winning healthcare system of 10 hospitals, 10 emergency departments, and 120 outpatient facilities serving southwest Ohio. With nearly 13,000 employees and 2,100 physicians and ~2B Revenue per year. Emergency Care, Cancer Care, Orthopedic Surgery and Rehab, Neuro & Stroke Care, and Heart Care. Our calling card is to provide improvement science and best practice throughout the NW.
2020-09-1114 minAmerican Lean Weekday: Leadership | Lean Culture & Intrapreneurship | Lean Methods | Industry 4.0 | Case StudiesLean Efforts Pay off - Gaining Boeing as a CustomerOne of the key elements on my American Lean Weekday podcast is the weekly interviews that I conduct with companies using Lean principles to improve. These companies are from various industries and are all different sizes. I have interviewed leaders from family-owned businesses to multi-national organizations. This podcast can be found here. It is episode 136 on the American Lean Weekday podcastKV Engineering is a family-owned machine shop located in Santa Ana, California and primarily supports the Aerospace and Defense industry. Established in 1984 starting with one manual mill in a garage, they have grown into a 22,000 square foot...
2020-08-2106 minAmerican Lean Weekday: Leadership | Lean Culture & Intrapreneurship | Lean Methods | Industry 4.0 | Case StudiesSingles will Drive your Lean Gains- W Machine Uses Small Wins to Drive Employee EngagementIt's baseball season. At least for now in the COVID19 era. While we all think we need to hit home runs on the Lean journey- you don't. Hear how W Machine Works used small wins to drive their employee engagement!This week on American Lean Weekday, I interview W Machine works who have been on a continuous improvement journey since 2005.One of the key elements on my American Lean Weekday podcast is the weekly interviews that I conduct with companies on their Lean Journey. These companies are from various industries and are all different sizes. I hav...
2020-08-0706 minAmerican Lean Weekday: Leadership | Lean Culture & Intrapreneurship | Lean Methods | Industry 4.0 | Case StudiesUnited Airlines Maintenance Crew Embraces LeanOne of the key elements on my American Lean Weekday podcast is the weekly interviews that I conduct with companies on their Lean Journey. These companies are from various industries and are all sizes. I have interviewed leaders from family-owned businesses to multi-national organizations. You can find the podcast here. It is episode one hundred and seven of the American Lean Weekday podcast.United Airlines has been on their Lean journey since at least 2004. This is an interview with a retired United mechanic who shares his experience with all of us. Larry Reece was in the or...
2020-07-1708 minAmerican Lean Weekday: Leadership | Lean Culture & Intrapreneurship | Lean Methods | Industry 4.0 | Case StudiesRV Supplier Stays Lean to Keep up with DemandOne of the key elements on my American Lean Weekday podcast is the weekly interviews that I conduct with companies on their Lean Journey. These companies are from various industries and are all different sizes. I have interviewed leaders from family-owned businesses to multi-national organizations.Lippert Component Inc. (LCI) in Goshen, Indiana world’s leading supplier of highly engineered products for the leisure and mobile transportation industries. LCI employs roughly 9000 employees throughout 70 locations worldwide. They have annual sales greater than $2.5 Billion dollars. These are some key points taken from my interview with the Director of Lean Manu...
2020-07-1014 minAmerican Lean Weekday: Leadership | Lean Culture & Intrapreneurship | Lean Methods | Industry 4.0 | Case StudiesWhat American Lean Means to MeAs we approach the Fourth of July- America's Independence Day, I want to reflect on why I chose the name American Lean for my business and American Lean weekday for my podcast. It is very personal for me.When I was an Industrial Engineering student at Huffy bicycle in Celina, Ohio we hired Arthur Anderson (now Accenture) to come and provide some consulting for us. At the end of their time there, they presented their report-out and suggested that we embrace this new manufacturing methodology being used in Japan called Lean manufacturing.This was the la...
2020-07-0304 minAmerican Lean Weekday: Leadership | Lean Culture & Intrapreneurship | Lean Methods | Industry 4.0 | Case StudiesLevel Five Leadership in LeanLevel Five Leadership: The PinnacleWhether we are talking about a businessman, a football coach, or a teacher; there is one thing they all have in common…they are leaders. But what level of leadership are they? How do they treat their employees? What do they think about results and deadlines?Every leader operates at his/her level. According to John C. Maxwell, there are five levels. In his book, “The 5 Levels of Leadership,” he describes five leadership levels that lead to a phase of leadership maturity. For the past few weeks, we have looked at the ot...
2020-06-0805 minAmerican Lean Weekday: Leadership | Lean Culture & Intrapreneurship | Lean Methods | Industry 4.0 | Case StudiesElkay Manufacturing Improves their Supply Chain with LeanOne of the key elements on my American Lean Weekday podcast is the weekly interviews that I conduct with companies on their Lean Journey. These companies are from various industries and are all different sizes. I have interviewed leaders from family-owned businesses to multi-national organizations. This podcast can be found here. It is episode seventy-seven of the American Lean Weekday podcast. Ron shares how Elkay improves its supply chain with Lean.Elkay Manufacturing is headquartered in Downers Grove, Illinois, and is celebrating its 100th anniversary this year! They employ roughly 3,500 employees across 29 locations worldwide.These are s...
2020-06-0510 minAmerican Lean Weekday: Leadership | Lean Culture & Intrapreneurship | Lean Methods | Industry 4.0 | Case StudiesSetting up Your Lean Promotion OfficeYour organization has developed current state and future state value stream maps. You have identified waste opportunities that exist and have laid out your quarterly Lean Game Plan. Now it is time to set up your Lean Promotion Office. This is the “war room” or headquarters for all your lean communication, planning, and Rapid Improvement Events.I realize there are thousands of ways to set up a Lean Promotion Office but I would like to provide you with some examples I have seen work well.1. Set it up in a Plan, Do, Check, Act formatEa...
2020-06-0304 minAmerican Lean Weekday: Leadership | Lean Culture & Intrapreneurship | Lean Methods | Industry 4.0 | Case StudiesDeveloping Your Lean Game PlanLast week I talked about developing a future state Value Stream Map. After you have developed what you want the organization to look like in the future, now comes the hard work of moving toward that future state. That calls for developing your Lean Game Plan.I believe there is a simple way to ensure you will have a successful Lean Innovation- one that involves true culture change. This entails developing your own Lean Game Plan one quarter at a time. To keep it simple, focus on four steps in your Lean Game Plan.1. Define your...
2020-05-2704 minAmerican Lean Weekday: Leadership | Lean Culture & Intrapreneurship | Lean Methods | Industry 4.0 | Case StudiesLevel Two Leadership in LeanLevel Two Leadership – Permission – You Can’t Lead People Until You Like People John Maxwell, in his book “The 5 Levels of Leadership” writes that this leadership level is about the human relationships that the leader has built up around him. Making the shift from Level 1 leadership -Position to Level 2 leadership- Permission is a person’s first real step into leadership.Leadership is influence, and when a leader learns to function on the Permission level, everything changes. This is where people do more than merely comply with orders. They start to follow. And they do so because they...
2020-05-1806 minAmerican Lean Weekday: Leadership | Lean Culture & Intrapreneurship | Lean Methods | Industry 4.0 | Case StudiesLean in a Printed Circuit Board Company that sees Huge SavingsOne of the key elements on my American Lean Weekday podcast is the weekly interviews that I conduct with companies on their Lean Journey. These companies are from various industries and are all different sizes. I have interviewed leaders from family-owned businesses to multi-national organizations.NeoTech in Longmont, Colorado is a contract manufacturer that primarily supports the Aerospace and Defense industry. NeoTech is the combination of Natel, EPIC Technologies added in 2013 and OnCore Manufacturing which was purchased in 2015.Locations include California, Nevada, Ohio, Colorado, Illinois, Massachusetts, Mexico, and China. The Longmont location has about 150 employees acro...
2020-05-1508 minAmerican Lean Weekday: Leadership | Lean Culture & Intrapreneurship | Lean Methods | Industry 4.0 | Case StudiesLevel One Leaders in LeanResearch states that "46% of all improvement initiatives fail because of lack of leadership."1 Having too many Level One Leaders will kill your Lean transformation. Here is how to identify them!Much has already been written on Lean Leadership. Jim Womack and John Shook at the Lean Enterprise Institute (LEI) describe the evolution of leadership models as going from ‘Do it my way’ (old Dictator style) to ‘Do it your way’ (1980s Empowerment style) to ‘Follow me … and let’s figure this out together’ (Lean style).This week’s blog focuses on the ‘Do it my way’ style, John Maxwe...
2020-05-1105 minAmerican Lean Weekday: Leadership | Lean Culture & Intrapreneurship | Lean Methods | Industry 4.0 | Case StudiesHow to Increase Your Confidence as a Lean CoordinatorWhat if you are the employee assigned to guide your companies Lean journey but you have little experience? Here is how you can increase your confidence.1. Have Confidence in your Lean AbilitiesIn our minds, we believe that we have to know everything there is to know about Lean before we can confidently deliver results. We overcomplicate things. Increase confidence with the decision to be confident in what you are doing. This is a choice that you make every day. Choose to have confidence!The reality is you have to be one page ahead...
2020-05-0505 minAmerican Lean Weekday: Leadership | Lean Culture & Intrapreneurship | Lean Methods | Industry 4.0 | Case StudiesFive Levels of Leadership Applied to LeanWhen talking about Lean, people often focus on the process management part. They focus on value stream mapping and try to improve processes while neglecting to update leadership and management systems. The lean leadership model is based on one crucial belief – the leader’s goal is to raise new leaders. To do that, leaders must become teachers and coaches. A good roadmap is a book- The 5 Levels of Leadership.In his book, “The 5 Levels of Leadership” John Maxwell details the concept of 5 levels of leadership. The levels represent stages in leadership development starting with being the boss who people...
2020-05-0404 minAmerican Lean Weekday: Leadership | Lean Culture & Intrapreneurship | Lean Methods | Industry 4.0 | Case StudiesKeep Better Score with Lean AccountingLean accounting may not sound very exciting, but this podcast episode with Jerry Solomon brings all kinds of energy and excitement!Jerry shares how he moved from an accounting role into VP of Operations roles and shares the struggles of getting business performance information that employees can use to make improvements.These are some key points taken from my interview with Lean accounting expert Jerry Solomon. I was asked to move from the COO position to running operations. What a difference. I went from being a provider of information to a consumer and saw som...
2020-05-0116 minAmerican Lean Weekday: Leadership | Lean Culture & Intrapreneurship | Lean Methods | Industry 4.0 | Case StudiesMastermind Groups Can Speed Up Your Lean ResultsFor many middle-market organizations, they want to speed up their Lean Transformation as quickly as possible, but they don’t have experienced Lean professionals on their staff. A great way to speed up a new Lean coordinator's learning is to encourage them to join Mastermind groups.I led Mastermind groups in the late nineties consisting of four companies within different industry segments and we conducted round-robin Rapid Improvement Events (RIE) at these four companies. Each month one company would host a Rapid Improvement Event at their location with Lean coordinators from each of the other three companies as par...
2020-04-2704 minAmerican Lean Weekday: Leadership | Lean Culture & Intrapreneurship | Lean Methods | Industry 4.0 | Case StudiesMD Engineering's Lean Journey Helped them Free Cash to GrowOne of the key elements on my American Lean Weekday podcast is the weekly interviews that I conduct with companies on their Lean Journey. These companies are from various industries and are all different sizes. I have interviewed leaders from family-owned businesses to multi-national organizations. These are keynotes from a conversation with MD Engineering.MD Engineering founded in 1999 and located in Corona, California is a nationally recognized leading producer and distributor of quality machined products providing parts to the military, industrial and commercial manufacturers worldwide. They are a leading supplier of complex machined parts, assemblies, and “buy comple...
2020-04-2413 minAmerican Lean Weekday: Leadership | Lean Culture & Intrapreneurship | Lean Methods | Industry 4.0 | Case StudiesHow to Overcome Imposter Syndrome as a Lean Leader1. Establish a vision for your Lean transformationThis helps drive alignment and support. Develop a management system and share the vision with the entire organization. Employees will get behind the change effort then they can see there is a vision for change.2. Select a few KPI's to measure the businessThere is a saying in Lean that is very important- measure what matters. Don't go to the KPI smorgasbord when developing your KPI's. Keep them simple, and don't use so many that you confuse the organization. Develop KPI's that employees can impact through their p...
2020-04-2004 min
Lean PortlandEp 5: Lean Brain Thinking with Brock HusbyAbout the presentation
Left brain thinking. Right brain thinking. How do our brain functions impact our Lean practices? Continuous improvement implies continuous change. How do our ingrained habits influence our actions? There is an increasing awareness and incorporation of psychology and neuroscience in business and leadership reading; how and which of these concepts have you integrated into your Lean practice?
You can watch the video of the presentation at: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5EBEoiWaTtw
Brock Husby, PH.D., P.E.
2019-01-1533 min