WLEI - Lean Enterprise Institute’s Podcast
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The global pandemic coupled with profound structural economic shifts are two daunting challenges reinforcing the need for a powerful method of framing and facing crucial problems today. Over the past year, our monthly podcast WLEI has aired conversations with Jim Womack, Dan Jones, Karen Gaudet, and other thought leaders exploring the power of lean—and adjacent schools of thought—as a source of promising countermeasures.
Lean can help people face problems both large (reviving healthy enterprise in this economy) and small (clarifying tangible ways to create workplaces that respect their workers). Thinkers such as Dan Heath discussed the power of solving problems completely--but more importantly, preventing them from happening in the first place. Author/coach Karen Gaudet explained how a disciplined system of standard work can create a workplace that is resilient enough to respond to unimaginable tragedy.
And while tackling external problems is vital, many individuals also noted the need for lean to squarely face its own challenges. Jim Womack addressed the perennial misunderstandings attributed to lean when things fall apart. Mark Deluzio led a conversation with Art Byrne and Jim Womack about the struggle to spark meaningful lean adoption. And Dan Jones proposed powerful ways of rethinking lean for the future.
These talks provide a wealth of insights for you to apply as practical tips—and ways to think deeper about your lean journey.
Building A Fearless Organization: An interview with Harvard Business School Professor Amy Edmondson
What’s the Problem: An Interview with GE Appliances' Rich Calvaruso on Solving Problems through Improving the Work
On the Job: One Pathologist's Path an interview with Dr. Lisa Yerian of the Cleveland Clinic
What Cannot Be Grown Must be Mined - What is Lean in Mining with Laura Mottola and Mark Reich
Alan Mulally, former Ford and Boeing CEO sits down with Jim Morgan to discuss Leadership, Designing the Future Special
Four Types of Problems, author Art Smalley digs in on problem solving
Designing the Future Jim Morgan Talks Passion with 2015 Ford Mustang Chief Engineer, Dave Pericak - A WLEI Special
Leadership at the Gemba with Scott Heydon and John Shook
Closing the Learning Gap with Steven Spear
Port to Plate, Lean Changes the Restaurant Industry with Legal Sea Foods' Executive Chef Rich Vellante
Leadership, Building Consensus, and Embracing Culture with Dr. Kiame Mahaniah and John Shook
Mindfulness and Leading with Respect with Mike Orzen and John Shook
Is Lean Thinking Japanese Culture? Jim Womack and Matt Savas Discuss What They Saw While Touring Toyota in Japan
Fighting Poverty with Lean Product/Process Development at MIT D-Lab
The Lean Farm and Sharing Your Gift Live from the 2018 Lean Transformation Summit
Tracey and Ernie Richardson with John Shook Live at the Lean Transformation Summit
Amazon and Buffet Tackle the Healthcare Tapeworm with Eric Buehrens and Chet Marchwinski
Shook & Womack discuss the creation of the books Learning to See and Managing to Learn
Lean and Tesla with John Shook and Jim Womack
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