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What does being a leader mean to you? What is your strategy in creating people-centered and innovative cultures? How do you approach problem solving? I’m thrilled to host Elisabeth Swan...
How can organizations create cultures of continuous improvement? How can we overcome the reasons many lean and agile transformations fail? How can individuals come together in alignment to create value...
How can growing businesses use lean principles to drive sustainable growth? How can entrepreneurs create businesses that deliver superior customer value and reach “unicorn” status by removing inhibitors to scale...
What does operational excellence mean? How can leaders create a culture of continuous improvement? And what does leadership really mean and look like? In his book The Façade of Excellence:...
I am excited to continue my author interview series with longtime friend and colleague, Ken Pilone, who’s written an a great introductory book on lean transformation called Lean Leadership on...
As leaders and continuous improvement practitioners, we’re committed to creating a people-centered learning organization. But how? Most importantly, by creating the right culture – one that is connected through systems...
Recently I recorded my 6th episode of the Gemba Academy Podcast with host Ron Pereira when we were together in person at the Association for Manufacturing Excellence (AME) 2022 conference...
How is GE’s CEO Larry Culp leading with lean to turnaround the company? It was an incredible honor to not only hear Larry Culp, the CEO of General Electric and...
How can you easily apply scientific thinking to everyday problems and strategic challenges? And how can you better coach others to think? How can you apply the Toyota Kata improvement...
In mid-2022, I was invited by the Brazilian business school Grupo Voitto to give a virtual keynote at their annual international leadership conference, the QP Summit 2022, to speak about...
As leaders and continuous improvement practitioners, we’re committed to learning and to creating a “learning organization”. But how? Any leader seeking to create a learning organization must cultivate both the...
The podcast episode that inspired Larry Culp, CEO of GE, to read and recommend my book Learning to Lead, Leading to Learn: Lessons from Toyota Leader Isao Yoshino on a...
“Have a great day!” If you’re a subscriber of my newsletters or have received emails from me, you are familiar with my standard salutation to
“What have you learned since publishing ‘Learning to Lead, Leading to Learn’?” This is a question that I’ve been asked frequently the past nearly twelve
What is the point of asking questions if you already know the answer? One of the questions that I get asked all the time is:
How does your purpose inspire you to be the leader you want to follow? How can “playing offense” transform you from a manager into a
I have a question for you today: are you asking questions with intention to hear what someone else has to think — or you offering
What’s your biggest problem with problem solving? I’ve been asked many questions recently about how leaders at all levels can more effectively solve problems —
Do your improvement efforts stick, or do you find yourself solving the same problem over and over again? In his new book The Wheel of
Do you jump to solutions? One of the biggest problems we have in problem-solving is our habit to jump to solutions without really understanding what
How often does your organization, your team, or even yourself take intentional time to check, to reflect, to study, and to learn, on the progress
If you were to write down the 10 most important principles that you live by, what would they be? This is your credo. Why is
What does the word “kaizen” mean to you? You likely know the word kaizen to mean “continuous improvement” or just “improvement”. Perhaps you first heard
How patient and intentional are you? I don’t know about you, but oftentimes I find it incredibly difficult to be patient or to slow down.
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