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Chain of Learning® is the trusted leadership podcast for transformational change leaders, lean and operational excellence practitioners, and internal change agents who believe that people—not tools—are the foundation of sustainable results.
If you’re committed to continuous improvement and continuous learning, and want to build a culture where teams are capable, confident, and empowered to solve problems, innovate, and lead at every level…
Chain of Learning features conversations with some of today’s most influential thinkers and practitioners shaping the future of organizational learning, operational excellence, and change leadership.
Founder of Lean Enterprise Institue
Global Thought Leader and author of The Coaching Habit
MIT Professor and Co-author of Wiring The Winning Organization
Founder of Tripwire and IT Revolution
Episode 81 – Leaders adapt their leadership style by pausing long enough to assess what the person needs for the specific task or situation, then flexing their behavior to match that need rather than defaulting
Episode 80 – How do you build a culture of continuous improvement where people surface problems instead of hiding them? In most organizations, senior leaders are aware of only a small fraction of the problems
Episode 79 – Efficiency and cost savings aren’t what make operational excellence sustainable. People are.
The leaders who create enduring, high-performing organizations are pursuing something beyond business results. They want people to leave work
Episode 78 – Have you ever invested months in a strategy your team struggled to put into action? Or watched talented, committed people give their all and still find it difficult to work together effectively?
Episode 77 – Joy isn’t a perk. It’s a business strategy. Have you ever wondered whether work has to feel this hard? Whether the team you’ve built can actually function without you? Whether there’s a
Episode 76 – What does it take to keep a culture of continuous improvement moving forward—through pressure for results, across generations, and in a world increasingly shaped by AI?
In this final episode of
Episode 75 – Lean has always been about people. But many of us learned the tools first without fully understanding the deeper purpose behind them.
In part two of my three-part conversation with John
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 and 38. In this new
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 results. But in that focus,
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. Your thinking is still developing,
Episode 81 – Leaders adapt their leadership style by pausing long enough to assess what the person needs for the specific task or situation, then flexing their behavior to match that need rather than defaulting
Episode 80 – How do you build a culture of continuous improvement where people surface problems instead of hiding them? In most organizations, senior leaders are aware of only a small fraction of the problems
Episode 79 – Efficiency and cost savings aren’t what make operational excellence sustainable. People are.
The leaders who create enduring, high-performing organizations are pursuing something beyond business results. They want people to leave work
Episode 78 – Have you ever invested months in a strategy your team struggled to put into action? Or watched talented, committed people give their all and still find it difficult to work together effectively?
Episode 77 – Joy isn’t a perk. It’s a business strategy. Have you ever wondered whether work has to feel this hard? Whether the team you’ve built can actually function without you? Whether there’s a
Episode 76 – What does it take to keep a culture of continuous improvement moving forward—through pressure for results, across generations, and in a world increasingly shaped by AI?
In this final episode of
Episode 75 – Lean has always been about people. But many of us learned the tools first without fully understanding the deeper purpose behind them.
In part two of my three-part conversation with John
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 and 38. In this new
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 results. But in that focus,
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. Your thinking is still developing,
Katie Anderson is an award-winning author, international leadership consultant, keynote speaker, and globally recognized expert in people-centered leadership.
She is the author of Learning to Lead, Leading to Learn and host of the Chain of Learning podcast, where she explores how leaders learn their way through change by developing people and building learning cultures.
Katie has inspired and equipped tens of thousands of leaders, change practitioners, and continuous improvement professionals across 20+ countries to lead with intention, develop capability in others, and build organizations where people and performance thrive.
Chain of Learning is grounded in human-centered leadership and the principles of the Toyota Way, and enriched by Katie Anderson’s decades of experience leading transformational change across industries and continents.
Each biweekly episode helps leaders move from a culture of “doing” into a vibrant, engaged culture of continuous learning—where people and process together drive sustainable results.
The podcast draws on Katie’s work with global organizations, Fortune 500 companies, and leaders across healthcare, government, biotech, manufacturing, and nonprofit sectors, offering practical insights, reflective questions, and real-world examples leaders can apply immediately.
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