Tag: Culture

Ryan McCormack’s Operational Excellence Mixtape: December 13, 2024

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Ryan McCormack’s Operational Excellence Mixtape: November 15, 2024

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Ryan McCormack’s Operational Excellence Mixtape: November 1, 2024

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Lean Failure Explained: When Command-and-Control Leadership Sabotages Success

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How Often Does This Happen? It's a story I've heard too many times. An organization spends years, even decades, entrenched in a top-down, command-and-control culture....

Jacob Stoller on Productivity Reimagined and Lean’s Role in Growth [Podcast]

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Scroll down for how to subscribe, transcript, and more My guest for Episode #517 of the Lean Blog Interviews Podcast is Jacob Stoller, a journalist,...

Leadership Failure: How Refusing to Be Wrong Hurts Teams and Innovation

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"I am never, ever wrong." That's a statement that should disqualify an applicant from ANY leadership position. True leadership isn't about projecting infallibility--it's about fostering a...

Jenn Christison: Lessons in Even Better Leadership, Lean Thinking, and Organizational...

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Scroll down for how to subscribe, transcript, and more My guest for Episode #516 of the Lean Blog Interviews Podcast is Jenn Christison, founder and...

When Going to the Gemba Goes Wrong: How to Avoid an...

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In the Lean methodology, we often talk about the importance of "going to the gemba" (or "genba"-- the place where the real work happens....

Insights from ‘Leading Excellence’: Brad Jevons and Stephen Dargan on Adaptive...

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Scroll down for how to subscribe, transcript, and more My guests for Episode #512 of the Lean Blog Interviews Podcast are two of three co-authors...

Join Me for An “Ask Us Anything” Event on Psychological Safety...

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I'm excited to invite you to join me on August 21st for a special webinar titled "Ask Us Anything! Psychological Safety and Continuous Improvement."...

We’ve Stopped Punishing People for Mistakes. Now What?

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In many organizations, moving away from a culture of punishment when mistakes are made is a significant leap forward. It signals a shift toward...

A Monthly Bonus for Zero Injuries in the Factory — What...

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A friend of mine--with a long history of Lean and Toyota Production System knowledge and practice--recently shared a troubling story about a relative who...
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