Tag: General Motors

Rewriting the Management Gospel: Lessons from Hayes, Abernathy, and the Frontlines...

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Professors Robert H. Hayes and William J. Abernathy have harsh words about a common, if not typical style of American management: "...an overdependence on analytical...

Gerald Harris on Lean Leadership Lessons From Automotive Manufacturing, Consulting, and...

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Scroll down for how to subscribe, transcript, and more My guest for Episode #459 of the Lean Blog Interviews Podcast is my colleague, Gerald Harris,...

The NBA’s Steph Curry, the Taguchi Loss Function, and Deming’s Funnel...

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The Wall Street Journal published a fascinating article back in November 2020: Stephen Curry's Scientific Quest for the Perfect Shot The links I've used should allow...

Telling People to Be Courageous vs. Making it Safe to Speak...

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I saw an interesting post on Linkedin recently, with a list of rules for a Kaizen Event team. It's a solid list but one...

Lean Coach Brian Buck’s Favorite Mistake

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My friend Brian Buck is the most recent guest on the "My Favorite Mistake" podcast series, Episode 112: Coach Brian Buck's Darkest Moment in a...

Sabrina Moon’s “Favorite Mistake”: Leading With Shame

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Today's episode of "My Favorite Mistake" is another one that Lean practitioners will especially like. My guest, Sabrina Moon, talks about how she (unfortunately) learned...

Episode #6 of the “Lean Whiskey” Podcast: Speyside Scotch, Remembering Lee...

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After the last episode with guest host Paul Critchley, I'm once again joined by Jamie Flinchbaugh for another "Lean Whiskey" podcast. In Episode 6 of...

On Boeing, GM, and Hospitals… and Epic Battles Between Reality and...

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Yesterday's blog post was about a situation (with my podcast hosting service) that triggered memories of my time at General Motors in 1995. Today's...

My Blog Had The 18-Hour Flu: Thoughts on Downtime and Management...

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So I think things are back to normal after a somewhat stressful day of wondering why my blog "broke." Unlike some web/blog outages and...