
Has Lean Really Failed? — Or Are We Asking the Wrong Question? (Part 1 of 3)
Episode 74 – Has lean failed? That question led to one of the most downloaded conversations on Chain of Learning — my two-part discussion with Jim Womack in episodes 37
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Episode 74 – Has lean failed? That question led to one of the most downloaded conversations on Chain of Learning — my two-part discussion with Jim Womack in episodes 37

Episode 73 – The way you’re leading transformation may be getting in the way of the culture you’re trying to create. As change leaders and practitioners, we care deeply about

Episode 72 – The messy middle is part of the learning process. It’s the point where what worked before no longer fully fits—but what comes next is not yet clear.

Episode 71 – Caring can easily turn into carrying. It happens so naturally we often don’t notice it. Someone brings us a problem. We care. We want to help. And

Episode 70 – What happens when the decisions leaders make are increasingly disconnected from the work itself? In a world of AI, automated dashboards, and remote work, it’s easy to

Episode 69 – You’re being told to use AI. But have you stopped to think about which tool you actually need to do your best work?Leaders and change practitioners everywhere

Episode 68 – What changes when leaders stop learning alone and begin learning together? Much of today’s leadership development focuses on individual insight—reading, listening, and personal reflection. Yet many of

Episode 67 – You can be deeply committed to lifelong learning—and still find your influence narrowing as a change leader. Many of us in continuous improvement, Lean leadership, Agile, or

Episode 66 – Why sustainable change starts with how leaders show up? For many leaders, there’s a moment when doing great improvement work—or having the right answers—no longer moves the

Episode 65 – Learning is rarely the problem. Most change leaders and improvement practitioners I work with are deeply committed to learning. They’re curious. They invest in themselves. They read

Episode 64 – What if the reason leading your organization’s transformation feels heavy isn’t the work itself—but how you’re showing up as a change leader? If you’re a change leader,

Episode 63 – When organizations talk about sustainability, good intentions are rarely the problem. Execution is. For many leaders, sustainability still gets reduced to end-of-the-line solutions—like recycling—rather than addressed as
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