Tag: Leadership

Ryan McCormack’s Operational Excellence Mixtape: October 3, 2025

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From Know-It-All to Learn-It-All: Leadership Lessons from Mistakes

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Lessons from my book The Mistakes That Make Us, plus conversations with Phillip Cantrell and Damon Lembi One of the central themes in my book, The...

Ryan McCormack’s Operational Excellence Mixtape: September 19, 2025

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Plan, Do, Check, Act… or Plan, Do, Cover Your A**? Leadership...

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Lean thinkers love their acronyms, I guess. PDCA -- Plan, Do, Check, Act -- is one of the classics. Or we could argue about...

Why “You’re Being Safe” Should Be the Norm in Every Operating...

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"I wish moments like this didn't seem so noteworthy. I wish focusing on safety and thanking people for speaking up was the norm in...

Ryan McCormack’s Operational Excellence Mixtape: September 5, 2025

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Don’t Repeat Our Mistakes: Dale Lucht’s Leadership Habits for Lean

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Scroll down for how to subscribe, transcript, and more My guest for Episode #534 of the Lean Blog Interviews Podcast is Dale Lucht, co-author of...

Fear and Futility: Two Barriers to Improvement (and How Leaders Can...

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Have you ever seen a problem at work but decided not to say anything? Maybe you were worried about the reaction (fear). Or maybe...

Lean Lessons from Japan: Mindsets, Culture, and the Challenge of Speaking...

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This article is based on my recent Catalysis webinar, "Lean Lessons from Japan: Mindsets, Culture, and the Challenge of Speaking Up." The session was...

Building Independent, Empowered Teams Through 6 Transformational Leadership Habits, with Cheryl...

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Scroll down for how to subscribe, transcript, and more My guest for Episode #533 of the Lean Blog Interviews Podcast is Cheryl Jekiel, founder of...

Kaizen Alone Isn’t Enough: Why Leaders Must Fix the System for...

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One of the most persistent misunderstandings I see about Lean is the belief that if you "just get everyone doing Kaizen," performance will steadily...

Three Ways Pressure Warps Performance Metrics–and What Leaders Must Do Instead

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Accurate data is essential in any system--for diagnosing problems, guiding decisions, and driving improvement. But when leaders react poorly to uncomfortable data, the message...
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