Tag: Culture
Ryan McCormack’s Operational Excellence Mixtape: November 1, 2024
Thanks, as always, to Ryan McCormack for this. He always shares so much good reading, listening, and viewing here! Subscribe to get these directly...
Lean Failure Explained: When Command-and-Control Leadership Sabotages Success
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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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
"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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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...
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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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...
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?
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...
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...
The Power of Learning from Mistakes: Insights from ‘Lean Hospitals’ and...
I've been writing about learning from mistakes for a long time, including my previous books before my latest, The Mistakes That Make Us. This...
The 5 Most Controversial Ideas in The Mistakes That Make Us
In writing The Mistakes That Make Us: Cultivating a Culture of Learning and Innovation, I wanted to challenge the way we think about mistakes,...