About this podcast
Since 2006, the Lean Blog Interviews podcast has featured in-depth, candid conversations with leaders, thinkers, and doers in the world of Lean and continuous improvement. Hosted by Mark Graban—author, consultant, and longtime Lean practitioner—the show explores how Lean principles are being applied across industries, including healthcare, manufacturing, startups, and more. What sets this podcast apart? We go beyond tools and buzzwords. Our guests share real-world stories of success, struggle,…
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Lean Blog Interviews: Real-World Lean Leadership Conversations in Healthcare and Beyond
About this podcast
Since 2006, the Lean Blog Interviews podcast has featured in-depth, candid conversations with leaders, thinkers, and doers in the world of Lean and continuous improvement. Hosted by Mark Graban—author, consultant, and longtime Lean practitioner—the show explores how Lean principles are being applied across industries, including healthcare, manufacturing, startups, and more. What sets this podcast apart? We go beyond tools and buzzwords. Our guests share real-world stories of success, struggle,…
Recent episodes
- 20 Years of the Lean Blog Podcast: Norman Bodek on Quick and Easy Kaizen16 Jul · 14 min
- Preconditions for Lean: Psychological Safety and Model 1 vs Model 2 Leadership with Thomas Cox and Andre DeMerchant24 Jun · 55 min
- Psychological Safety and Autonomy in a Lean Culture with Gary Peterson10 Jun · 1 h 02 min
- Jeff Liker, Twenty Years Later: The Ideas That Keep Showing Up27 May · 21 min
- Chad Diggs on Building Quality Systems, Not Heroes20 May · 59 min
- Why Most People Aren't Really Thinking -- Scott Burgmeyer on Cognitive Biases and Leadership29 Apr · 55 min
- This Is Claude. Mark Is Not Here. We Need to Talk.1 Apr · 4 min
- Creating Value Without Command-and-Control — John Rizzo21 Jan · 53 min
- Why “More” Drives Better Operations: Kathy Miller on Meaning, Optimism, and Leadership7 Jan · 54 min
- Toyota Thinking for Knowledge Work: Don Kieffer on Dynamic Work Design3 Dec 2025 · 51 min
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