The Lean Nation PODCasts
Lean Nation 7-30-10
Guest: Dave Meier - The Toyota Way filedbook + Toyota Talent Topic: Creating and sustaining a Kaizen culture
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Guest: Kenn Fischburg - President of Consumer's Interstate Corp. Topic: Lean Procurement
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Lean Nation 7-28-10
Guests: Andy Carlino + Jamie Flinchbaugh "Lean Hitchhiker's Guide" Topic: Effective Lean strategies and techniques
Read more...Lean Nation 7-27-10
Guest: Dr. John Toussaint - President + CEO Theda Care Topic: The Lean Health Care Revolution
Read more...Lean Nation 7-26-10
Guest: Harry Kenworthy - Principal QPIC LLC Topic: Bringing Lean ideas and concepts to government
Read more...Lean Nation 7-23-10
Guests: Bill Hodge + Paul bonin from UPS Topic: Importance of shipping and customer relations
Read more...Lean Nation 7-22-10
Guest: Barry Moltz - Author/Speaker Topic: Getting your business "unstuck"
Read more...Lean Nation 7-20-10
Guest: Gina Raimondo - Candidate for Rhode Island State Treasurer Topic: Lean in government, and the challenges Gina will face as potentially the next State Treasurer
Read more...Lean Nation 7-19-10
Guest: Dean Bliss - Lean Health Care Coach with the Altarum institute Topic: Lean Health Care
Read more...Lean Nation 7-16-10
Guest: Joesph DeFeo - President & CEO The Juran Institute Topic: Lean Impact + The Juran Tradition
Read more...Lean Nation 7-15-10
Guest: Don Dinero - Shingo Prize winning author, trainer, & Principal of TWI Learning Partnership Topic: The importance of the practice of "TWI", or Training Within Industry
Read more...Lean Nation 7-14-10
Guest: David Piacitelli - Top Line Systems Topic: Lean in small businesses + multigenerational companies
Read more...Lean Nation 7-13-10
Guest: Owen Blevins - VP Mid Atlantic Concrete Equiptment + VIBCO customer Topic: Lean Marketing + The Lean Journey
Read more...Lean Nation 7-12-10
Guests: Joe Dager - Owner of Business 901 Owen Blevins - VP Atlantic Concrete Equiptment + VIBCO customer Topic: Lean Marketing
Read more...Lean Nation 7-8-10
Harry Moser joins Karl for a spirited lean discussion about the benefits and need for re-shoring. Links to re-shoring information: Total Cost of Ownership Estimator Tool: email to harry.moser@comcast.net Purchasing Fair: http://www.purchasingfair.com/ Re-Shoring Library: https://www.ntma.org/eweb/dynamicpage.aspx?webcode=RSLL Re-Shoring Presentation: http://cbs2chicago.com/video/?id=70068@wbbm.dayport.com Re-Shoring Webinar: http://preview.tinyurl.com/22uhbht
Read more...Lean Nation 7-6-10
Karl returns from the long holiday weekend with an explosive lean chat.
Read more...Lean Nation 6-30-10
Leslie Taito of RIMES, sits in for Captain Karl as we head toward the holiday weekend, and her guest is none other than head of the RIMES Board of Directors and Pilgrim Screw President, Geoff Grove. They discuss business in Rhode Island, getting the most out of your employees, and so much more. These two know Rhode Island, they know Lean, and they know how it's implementation can help turn the state's economy around. Take a listen, and enjoy...
Read more...Lean Nation 6-29-10
Captain Karl and Linda K split hosting duties on the Lean Nation today, as they welcome in Dr. Keith Murray, Associate Dean of the College of Business at Bryant University. They discuss the importance of students learning outside of the classrom, and how students at Bryant are even venturing out and helping Rhode Island businesses solve some of their problems. Lean is all about education, and while Dr. Murray and Braynt University may not exactly be Lean practitioners, they're willingness to "go to the gemba" is a trait that's helping link them to Lean, along with helping aide their community and further their eduation...
Read more...Lean Nation 6-28-10
Captain Karl talks with 5-time Shingo Prize winner, McKinsey Award recipient, and "Decoding the DNA of the Toyota Production System's", Steve Spear, author of the book The High Velocity Edge, about how the select few organizations go well beyond using 'lean' just to stabilize processes, eliminate waste, and the like. These exemplars--in high tech and heavy industry, in design and production--generate and sustain unmatchable rates of broad based improvement so they run away from the field. Steve explains how they do this, how others can do the same, and why it is so important to do so, if we're to come out of the recession successfully.
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