The official podcast of the Lean Enterprise Institute.
Episodes
Wednesday Jul 18, 2018
Wednesday Jul 18, 2018
Can the restaurant industry change they way they've worked for decades? Legal Sea Foods has been on their lean journey for a few years and lean has influenced everything from the second that fish is caught right up until their guest has left the restaurant.
Legal Sea Foods' Executive Chef, Richard Vellante sat down with LEI's Senior Coach, Josh Howell to talk about some of the changes and experiments that have taken place at several of Legal Sea Food's locations.
Tuesday Jun 12, 2018
Tuesday Jun 12, 2018
Two things to think about. Challenges and Culture.
Challenges shape who we are. I think we can all look at who we are and remember a few key challenges we’ve faced and how they have changed us and the way we view things. It certainly helps shape us as leaders.
Dr. Kiame Mahaniah, CEO of the Lynn Community Health Clinic.
Born in the Congo, raised in Switzerland, educated in the US, Kiame faced remarkable challenges, was immersed in multiple cultures, and has come out of all as a remarkable, yet humble leader that is focused on building consensus instead of being a top down iron fisted CEO.
Dr. Mahaniah was kind enough to sit down with LEI’s Chairman, John Shook to talk about growing up in different cultures, from the Congonese to the Quakers, and how he became a CEO in an organization trying to become lean, and helped keep that movement going. Which is something that typically ends lean’s progress in an organization.
Tuesday May 22, 2018
Tuesday May 22, 2018
Author and and LEI faculty member Mike Orzen discuss connecting with people through leading with respect with John Shook.
The conversation primarily focuses on what mindfulness is and how it fits in with lean thinking and practice. Mike also gives some great tips on staying focused when you catch yourself getting distracted.
Tuesday May 08, 2018
Tuesday May 08, 2018
Jim Womack interviews Matt Savas about a recent trip to Toyota Motor Kyushu, Japan.
Matt and Jim share their observations on how Toyota has countermeasured their aging workforce by being clever and not replacing resect with robots.
Monday Apr 23, 2018
Monday Apr 23, 2018
D-Lab at MIT is using LPPD thinking to help solve problems in the developing world, and are truly making the world a better place for all those involved.
Today Kendra Leith, Associate Director for Research, at D-Lab joined LEI’s Communication’s director to share more about how D-Lab works and some of the great projects they are working on.
To learn more about D-Lab at MIT and the great projects they are working on visit d-lab.mit.edu.
To hear from Kendra Leith in person join us this June 19-20 at the Designing the Future Summit in Traverse City, Michigan. There you’ll not only hear Kendra but you’ll also hear from the chief engineers of the 2015 Ford Mustang, 2019 Toyota Avalon, as well as how lean product and process development applies Software development, energy creation, healthcare and more.
To learn more about this event go to lean.org/designfuture2018
Tuesday Apr 10, 2018
Tuesday Apr 10, 2018
Live from the 2018 Lean Transformation Summit in Nashville, Jim Womack interviews Ben Hartman, author of the Lean Farm, Joel Daly General Manager Veada Industries, and Aluminum Trailer CEO/Owner Steve Brenneman.
You’ll hear how lean thinking was shared from one person to another in very different industries, and the amazing changes that took place.
Wednesday Mar 28, 2018
Wednesday Mar 28, 2018
Tracey and Ernie Richardson, authors of the Toyota Engagement Equation join John Shook on the main stage at the Lean Transformation Summit in Nashville.
Thursday Mar 22, 2018
Thursday Mar 22, 2018
A few weeks ago Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos, Berkshire Hathaway CEO Warren Buffet, and JPMorgan Chase CEO Jamie Dimon announced that they are forming their own company to combat the costs and issues with healthcare in the US.
Eric Buehrens sat down with LEI's Communications Director, Chet Marchwinski to discuss this new organization, and talk about some of the challenges they may face and offering some advice.
Wednesday Mar 14, 2018
Wednesday Mar 14, 2018
20 years ago the book Learning to See was published, bringing with it the concept of Value Stream Mapping. Now 20 years later the book is still a best seller and Value Stream Mapping is the cornerstone of lean thinking. Jim Womack, the publisher of the book sits down with John Shook one of the book's authors to talk about what it took to make such a pioneering publication.
John and Jim also discuss the book Managing to Learn which explored A3 creation and coaching.
Wednesday Mar 14, 2018