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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 56 – Do you find yourself racing from meeting to meeting, rushing through tasks, or filling every silence with your own voice? In our doing-oriented culture, pausing feels uncomfortable—even counterproductive. Yet left unchecked, our
Episode 55 – How do you motivate, coach, or lead someone younger—without sounding critical, nagging, or controlling? We’ve all heard the stereotypes: “Young people don’t care.” “They’re entitled.” “They can’t take feedback.” But what if
Episode 54 – Recently I joined my friend and business coach Betsy Jordyn for not just one, but two conversations, about positioning for impact as a consultant, coach, or lean practitioner. Betsy and I met
Episode 53 – Ikigai is one of the hottest buzzwords in leadership and personal development. When you think of ikigai, what do you envision? Is it the popular Venn diagram that claims to help you
Episode 52 – What’s the #1 frustration most lean and continuous improvement practitioners face? It’s something that I bet you’ve felt too, no matter how passionate you are about the work, no matter what you
Episode 51 — It’s a problem I’ve seen over and over again—and I bet you have too. Organizations invest thousands of dollars and countless hours into lean, Six Sigma, and other continuous improvement training programs.
Episode 50 – Change the culture! That’s exactly what longtime Toyota leader Isao Yoshino was tasked with during one of the most famous business transformations in history—NUMMI—Toyota’s joint venture with General Motors in the 1980s.
Episode 49 – When you encounter challenges or setbacks, and it feels like things just aren’t going your way, it’s easy to get caught into a downward negative spiral. But could simple mindset shifts change
Episode 48 – You’re implementing the tools. Making the improvements. Delivering the project results. But the same problems keep resurfacing and you’re left wondering: What’s missing? In this episode of Chain of Learning, Josef Procházka,
Episode 47 – A global economic crisis is dragging down sales. Departments are working in silos and leaders at all levels are arguing about priorities. Managers are too busy to coach their teams. You might
Episode 56 – Do you find yourself racing from meeting to meeting, rushing through tasks, or filling every silence with your own voice? In our doing-oriented culture, pausing feels uncomfortable—even counterproductive. Yet left unchecked, our
Episode 55 – How do you motivate, coach, or lead someone younger—without sounding critical, nagging, or controlling? We’ve all heard the stereotypes: “Young people don’t care.” “They’re entitled.” “They can’t take feedback.” But what if
Episode 54 – Recently I joined my friend and business coach Betsy Jordyn for not just one, but two conversations, about positioning for impact as a consultant, coach, or lean practitioner. Betsy and I met
Episode 53 – Ikigai is one of the hottest buzzwords in leadership and personal development. When you think of ikigai, what do you envision? Is it the popular Venn diagram that claims to help you
Episode 52 – What’s the #1 frustration most lean and continuous improvement practitioners face? It’s something that I bet you’ve felt too, no matter how passionate you are about the work, no matter what you
Episode 51 — It’s a problem I’ve seen over and over again—and I bet you have too. Organizations invest thousands of dollars and countless hours into lean, Six Sigma, and other continuous improvement training programs.
Episode 50 – Change the culture! That’s exactly what longtime Toyota leader Isao Yoshino was tasked with during one of the most famous business transformations in history—NUMMI—Toyota’s joint venture with General Motors in the 1980s.
Episode 49 – When you encounter challenges or setbacks, and it feels like things just aren’t going your way, it’s easy to get caught into a downward negative spiral. But could simple mindset shifts change
Episode 48 – You’re implementing the tools. Making the improvements. Delivering the project results. But the same problems keep resurfacing and you’re left wondering: What’s missing? In this episode of Chain of Learning, Josef Procházka,
Episode 47 – A global economic crisis is dragging down sales. Departments are working in silos and leaders at all levels are arguing about priorities. Managers are too busy to coach their teams. You might
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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