The Mistakes That Make Us is a recipient of the Shingo Publication Award from the Shingo Institute!Hi :A few years ago, I received one of the most unexpected Christmas gifts imaginable.Charles Desneuf shared a short PDF eBook he had created about Pro...
Scroll down for how to subscribe, transcript, and more My guest for Episode #540 of the Lean Blog Interviews Podcast is Don Kieffer–executive consultant, former Vice President of Operational Excellence at Harley-Davidson, founder of ShiftGear Work De...
We love comparisons. It feels responsible. Analytical. “Data driven.” But most of the time, it's not. Let's look at an example that aired on TV recently–what I call “Schrödinger's Metric.” Depending on which pair of data points you choose, the metric...
Listen: Check out all episodes on the My Favorite Mistake main page. My guest for Episode #330 of the My Favorite Mistake podcast is Debra Clary, a leadership strategist, researcher, and executive coach with more than four decades of experience at or...
Last year, my friend (and long-time fellow blogger) Tim McMahon from the A Lean Journey blog sent me a set of questions he's asked various Lean practitioners over the years. His goal is simple but valuable: create reflection, encourage dialogue, a nd...
The Mistakes That Make Us is a recipient of the Shingo Publication Award from the Shingo Institute!Hi :A lot of fresh material is up on my blog and podcasts, all circling around a core theme: how real learning happens when systems support people—not...
The Mistakes That Make Us is a recipient of the Shingo Publication Award from the Shingo Institute!Hi :As we head into fall, I have space to take on a few new coaching and advisory clients.If you're leading change and facing challenges like:A Lean jo...
The Mistakes That Make Us is a recipient of the Shingo Publication Award from the Shingo Institute!Hi :Lean Solutions Summit - Special PriceI’m excited to share that I’ll be speaking at the 2025 Lean Solutions Summit in Detroit, September 24–26.This...
The Mistakes That Make Us is a recipient of the Shingo Publication Award from the Shingo Institute!Hi :Today is the fifth anniversary of my podcast "My Favorite Mistake"!! I am celebrating that, and the start of American football season, with a speci...
