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Katie Anderson has been published and featured in major media outlets and is a frequent contributor to media publications including Forbes and IndustryWeek.

2025

Industry Week: The Doer Trap: How Leaders Get Stuck and How to Break Free – April 2025

Industry Week: The Real Meaning of Kaizen – February 2025

Forbes: Assuming Your Team Doesn’t Care? Think Again – January 2025

2024

2023

2022

2021

Printing Alliance CI Newsletter: Break the Telling Habit and Make an Impact – December 21, 2021

The Lean Mag: Solve More Problems By Asking Better Questions: The Impact of Breaking Your Telling Habit – November 9, 2021

Yahoo Finance: Author Katie Anderson Launches Audiobook of ‘Learning to Lead, Leading to Learn: Lessons From Toyota Leader Isao Yoshino on a Lifetime of Continuous Learning’ – July 14, 2021

Markets Insider: Business Insider: Author Katie Anderson Launches Audiobook of ‘Learning to Lead, Leading to Learn: Lessons From Toyota Leader Isao Yoshino on a Lifetime of Continuous Learning’ – July 14, 2021

Market Watch: Author Katie Anderson Launches Audiobook of ‘Learning to Lead, Leading to Learn: Lessons From Toyota Leader Isao Yoshino on a Lifetime of Continuous Learning’ – July 14, 2021

The Lean Mag: What is Your Leadership Credo? – May 19, 2021

Lean Construction Blog: What is the Secret to Creating a Culture of Learning? – May 5, 2021

2020

2019

Target Magazine (Association for Manufacturing Excellence): Helping Leaders Learn How to Develop People – Summer 2019

2018

The Lean Post: “Roll”-ing Out Lean at Kura Sushi – November 2018

2017

The Lean Post: When A3s Get Personal – September 2017

The Lean Post: Do You Practice Routine Personal Development? – August 2017

The Lean Post: Developing Better Habits Through A3 Thinking – April 2017

2016

The Lean Post: Summit Reflections: Knowing What You Need to Improve – September 2016

2015

2014

The Lean Post: How To Get Out of the Habit of Telling” – October 2014 (Translated into Portuguese and published in Brazil. Read my blog post about this.)

The Lean Post: Building Capability, Transforming Organizations – August 2014

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