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I'm happy to share some exciting news related to Lean and Psychological Safety. For a long time, there have been very few books directly...

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...

I'm very happy to be participating in Jared Thatcher's "Global Lean Summit" event this September in Indiana. I'll be there to network and learn, which...

I was talking recently with a trusted friend in the Lean community. He told me a story. It's certainly believable, even if it's second...

Listen: In Episode 46, Mark Graban and Jamie Flinchbaugh spend a lot of time talking about AI, but that still, as always, begins with the...

"A 'special cause' for celebration." Brian Buck, on LinkedIn TODAY marks the centennial of one of the most significant innovations in quality management: the control chart....

The other day, I read about the passing of Donald E. Peterson, who was a key CEO for Ford Motor Company in the 1980s...

Scroll down for how to subscribe, transcript, and more My guest for Episode #501 of the Lean Blog Interviews Podcast is Marcia Daszko, a speaker,...

Psychological Safety is not some nice-to-have touchy-feely concept. Psychological Safety means that you feel safe speaking up in the workplace. That could mean: Asking questions Pointing out...

This post is built around excerpts from the book The Mistakes That Make Us: Cultivating a Culture of Learning and Innovation. Read more about Toyota,...

Thanks as always to Ryan McCormack for this... there's always so much good reading, listening, and viewing shared here by him! Subscribe to get...

tl;dr: In this post, Mark challenges the common notion that speaking up in an organization is solely a matter of individual character or courage....