What Cannot Be Grown Must be Mined - What is Lean in Mining with Laura Mottola and Mark Reich | WLEI - Lean Enterprise Institute's Podcast Podcast

Shook & Womack discuss the creation of the books Learning to See and Managing to Learn: 20 years ago the book Learning to See was published, bringing with it the concept of Value Stream Mapping. Now 20 years later the book is still a best seller and Value Stream Mapping is the cornerstone of lean thinking. Jim Womack, the publisher of the b... by WLEI - Lean Enterprise Institute's Podcast

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The Lean Farm and Sharing Your Gift Live from the 2018 Lean Transformation Summit: Live from the 2018 Lean Transformation Summit in Nashville, Jim Womack interviews Ben Hartman, author of the Lean Farm, Joel Daly General Manager Veada Industries, and Aluminum Trailer CEO/Owner Steve Brenneman. You’ll hear how lean thinking was shared f... by WLEI - Lean Enterprise Institute's Podcast

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Coachable: Creating the Environment for Effective Coaching: December 23, 2019 Featuring: Deborah McGee and Jeff Smith As this series continues to explore the implications and dynamic of “coaching” in a business environment, Jeff Smith reveals the importance of the learning environment for impactful coaching. Jeff... by WLEI - Lean Enterprise Institute's Podcast

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What Cannot Be Grown Must be Mined - What is Lean in Mining with Laura Mottola and Mark Reich: "If it cannot be grown, then it must be mined." Practically everything around you exists because of mining. From phones, to computers, to cars, to glasses, to your belt buckle, they all are made from mined resources. Laura Mottola has taken lean thinki... by WLEI - Lean Enterprise Institute's Podcast

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Lean Accounting Panel Discussion with Art Byrne, Jean Cunningham, Jim Huntzinger, Nick Katko, and Mike DeLuca: Many lean thinkers find the traditional accounting reporting completely out of alignment with the new lean management system. Part of PDCA is checking outcomes to help identify next steps, but if the financial language of business is not reliable to prov... by WLEI - Lean Enterprise Institute's Podcast

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Port to Plate, Lean Changes the Restaurant Industry with Legal Sea Foods' Executive Chef Rich Vellante: Can the restaurant industry change they way they've worked for decades? Legal Sea Foods has been on their lean journey for a few years and lean has influenced everything from the second that fish is caught right up until their guest has left the restaura... by WLEI - Lean Enterprise Institute's Podcast

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Amazon and Buffet Tackle the Healthcare Tapeworm with Eric Buehrens and Chet Marchwinski: A few weeks ago Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos, Berkshire Hathaway CEO Warren Buffet, and JPMorgan Chase CEO Jamie Dimon announced that they are forming their own company to combat the costs and issues with healthcare in the US. Eric Buehrens sat down with LEI's... by WLEI - Lean Enterprise Institute's Podcast

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Designing the Future Jim Morgan Talks Passion with 2015 Ford Mustang Chief Engineer, Dave Pericak - A WLEI Special: In this special edition series, Designing the Future. Jim Morgan talks with Dave Pericak, the Chief Engineer of the 2015 Ford Mustang. Pericak was featured in A Faster Horse, a documentary exploring the ins and outs of designing world's most popular sp... by WLEI - Lean Enterprise Institute's Podcast

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Tracey and Ernie Richardson with John Shook Live at the Lean Transformation Summit: Tracey and Ernie Richardson, authors of the Toyota Engagement Equation join John Shook on the main stage at the Lean Transformation Summit in Nashville. by WLEI - Lean Enterprise Institute's Podcast

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Fighting Poverty with Lean Product/Process Development at MIT D-Lab: D-Lab at MIT is using LPPD thinking to help solve problems in the developing world, and are truly making the world a better place for all those involved. Today Kendra Leith, Associate Director for Research, at D-Lab joined LEI’s Communication’s director ... by WLEI - Lean Enterprise Institute's Podcast

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What’s the Problem: An Interview with GE Appliances' Rich Calvaruso on Solving Problems through Improving the Work: Rich Calvaruso of GE Appliances, a Haier Company, sits down with Matt Savas to talk about problem-solving. How does GE Appliances develop people through problem-solving? And how has the company's emphasis on hands-on problem-solving impacted its culture.... by WLEI - Lean Enterprise Institute's Podcast

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Coachable: Insights and approaches to situational leadership: Join my conversation with Art Smalley as he walks us through two models for situational leadership and coaching. Hersey, Blanchard & Johnson’s examination of leadership (and coaching) styles relative to learner (and performer’s) behavior, from the book M... by WLEI - Lean Enterprise Institute's Podcast

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Four Types of Problems, author Art Smalley digs in on problem solving: Author Art Smalley joins Chet Marchwinski to discuss problem solving and his new book Four Types of Problems from reactive trouble shooting to creative innovation. by WLEI - Lean Enterprise Institute's Podcast

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Alan Mulally, former Ford and Boeing CEO sits down with Jim Morgan to discuss Leadership, Designing the Future Special: “It seemed nothing short of a miracle could save Ford Motor Company in the mid 2000s. Ford didn’t receive a miracle, but it did get something just as valuable: Alan Mulally.” (Daniel Miller, The Motley Fool, May 2015) In this podcast, Alan shares: His... by WLEI - Lean Enterprise Institute's Podcast

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Building A Fearless Organization: An interview with Harvard Business School Professor Amy Edmondson: How can one create a safe workplace where all employees are encouraged and expected to take ownership of their work? How can one build simple mechanisms to enable individuals to ask healthy questions and challenge each other? Harvard Business School Pro... by WLEI - Lean Enterprise Institute's Podcast

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Mindfulness and Leading with Respect with Mike Orzen and John Shook: Author and and LEI faculty member Mike Orzen discuss connecting with people through leading with respect with John Shook. The conversation primarily focuses on what mindfulness is and how it fits in with lean thinking and practice. Mike also gives some ... by WLEI - Lean Enterprise Institute's Podcast

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Dying for a Paycheck? Must work be toxic for employees, and how can a more sustainable approach emerge?: In his new book Dying for A Paycheck, Stanford University Graduate School of Business Professor Jeffrey Pfeffer argues that there is an overwhelmingly compelling case to be made that the workplace profoundly affects human health and wellbeing, and that t... by WLEI - Lean Enterprise Institute's Podcast

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What’s the problem: A conversation with Pat Greco on transforming education through rapid problem solving: Pat Greco In 2011, Dr. Pat Greco began as the superintendent of the Menomonee Falls School District in Wisconsin. She faced no shortage of problems: a suspension rate seven times higher than the state average, performance gaps across income and race, cos... by WLEI - Lean Enterprise Institute's Podcast

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What’s the Problem: A conversation with Matt Lovejoy on how LEI is trying to create more lean thinkers coming out of university: How do we create more Lean Thinkers? That is the problem we address in today’s podcast with Matt Lovejoy, Chairman of Lovejoy Industries and LEI board member. Matt - along with former LEI executive, John O’Donnell – is spearheading a new initiative: the ... by WLEI - Lean Enterprise Institute's Podcast

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My Personal Turning Point: Reflecting on a Decade as a Lean Coach: Josh Howell shares his decade-end reflections, focusing on why he left Starbucks in 2013. His reasons may surprise you. He also interrogates the question, “If a company discontinues a formal lean initiative, or lean program, or lean team, does that mean ... by WLEI - Lean Enterprise Institute's Podcast

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Closing the Learning Gap with Steven Spear: Today's podcast features a conversation about closing learning gaps between LEI's CEO Eric Beuhrens and Steve Spear. Steve is author of a few works key to understanding lean. There’s “Decoding the DNA of the Toyota Producing System” and “Learning to Lea... by WLEI - Lean Enterprise Institute's Podcast

47 min listen

What’s the Problem: An interview with medical oncologist and CEO of Instituto de Oncologia do Vale (IOV), Dr. Fred, on reducing the cancer burden: Dr. Carlos Frederico Pinto (aka ‘Dr. Fred’) is a medical oncologist and CEO of Instituto de Oncologia do Vale (IOV), one of Brazil’s top oncology clinics. There are few problems more important than the one Dr. Fred and IOV are trying to solve: reducing t... by WLEI - Lean Enterprise Institute's Podcast

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Lean in the Time of Coronavirus: In times of crisis, lean offers a stable approach to healthy work. Furthermore, as Jim Womack notes in this podcast with Tom Ehrenfeld, foundational lean practices such as just-in-time supply chains are not—and have never been—liabilities in a time such ... by WLEI - Lean Enterprise Institute's Podcast

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On the Job with Ron Kelner, President and COO of the Deublin Company: Ron describes the Deublin Company's business system built with lean thinking that puts human development at the center by WLEI - Lean Enterprise Institute's Podcast

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Designing the Future: A WLEI Podcast with Rivian CEO RJ Scaringe and COO Jim Morgan: If you do not yet know the company Rivian you will undoubtedly know it very soon.In 2019 Rivian made waves in the auto industry by announcing two “electricadventure vehicles”, the R1T – an electric pickup truck - and the R1S - an electricSUV. Both vehicl... by WLEI - Lean Enterprise Institute's Podcast

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Coachable: A Model Story, Coaching Work Improvement: January 27, 2020 Featuring: Deborah McGee and Bryant Sanders As this series continues to explore the implications and dynamic of “coaching” in a business environment, Bryant Sanders models the mindset and techniques for coaching work improvement to devel... by WLEI - Lean Enterprise Institute's Podcast

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How to Develop Emotional Agility At Work: A Conversation with Susan David: Regardless of how well you track tangible metrics in your workplace, neglecting underlying emotions has enduring costs, says Susan David, author of the best-selling book Emotional Agility. Many performance gaps are partly caused by human factors—underlyi... by WLEI - Lean Enterprise Institute's Podcast

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What’s the Problem: Andrew Lingel Discusses Transforming a Family Business through Knowledge, Grit, and Outrage: Andrew Lingel, President of United Plastic Fabricating, discusses leading lean transformation of a family business through knowledge, grit, and outrage. by WLEI - Lean Enterprise Institute's Podcast

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Making Lean Stick and Avoiding Flatlining: A Conversation with Mark Deluzio, Art Byrne, and Jim Womack: The long-term success of companies like Danaher, Fortive, Herman Miller, Parker Hannifin and many others, have all validated the power of lean thinking and practice. But if that’s the case, why aren’t there more exemplars? And why do so many companies ei... by WLEI - Lean Enterprise Institute's Podcast

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Preventing Problems by Thinking Upstream: A Talk with Author Dan Heath: “We should shift more of our energies upstream personally, organizationally, nationally, and globally. We can and we should stop dealing with the symptoms of problems again and again, and start fixing them." So writes author Dan Heath in his terrific new... by WLEI - Lean Enterprise Institute's Podcast

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What Cannot Be Grown Must be Mined - What is Lean in Mining with Laura Mottola and Mark Reich

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