Dr. Gregory Jacobson is the CEO of KaiNexus, a software company focused on promoting the spread of continuous improvement ideas.  Greg graduated from Washington University in St Louis in 1997 with a BS in Biology.  He attended Baylor College of Medicine from 1997 to 2001.  From 2001 to 2004, he completed a residency in Emergency […]

Michael Ballé, Ph.D., is a business researcher and consultant and has studied lean transformation for the past 15 years. He is Associate Researcher at Télécom ParisTech and the co-founder of the French Lean Institute (www.institut-lean-france.fr) and the Projet Lean Enterprise (www.lean.enst.fr). With his father, Freddy, he coaches CEOs and senior executives in using lean to […]

Brad Frank is President of Tulsa Tube Bending.  The company is the recognized national industry leader.  Brad holds a Bachelor’s Degree in Systems Engineering and a MBA from the University of Tulsa.  Brad has published numerous trade articles, has been quoted by the Wall Street Journal, and has spoken on a variety of business topics […]

Today’s guest is Brian Maskell. Brian is President of BMA, Inc. a Lean Accounting and Consulting Practice with offices in Cherry Hill, NJ. BMA Inc. focuses on lean accounting and lean business systems because their experience is that lean transformation is not sustainable if the old management methods, tools, and ideas are not also transformed […]

Paul Akers is founder and president of FastCap LLC, based in Bellingham, WA. FastCap is an international product development company founded in 1997 with over 2000 distributors worldwide. A prolific inventor, Paul holds US and international patents. His company, FastCap, launches approximately 20 new innovative products per year and has won business of the year […]

Today’s guest is Ron Pereira. Ron is a Co-Founder and Partner of Gemba Academy, LLC a training and e-learning organization that provides high quality online and DVD based training for individuals and groups globally. Ron is also the host of The Gemba Academy Podcast which airs weekly and features some of the brightest minds […]

Today’s guests are Tracey and Ernie Richardson, Owners of Teaching Lean, Inc. Tracey and Ernie share their Lean experience which is over 25 years each and started at Toyota Motor Manufacturing in Kentucky. They both have experience starting in manufacturing and production and both have experience with Lean in non production environments as well including HR and […]

Dave Ferguson is our first change agent we’ve interviewed on Lean Leadership Podcast that doesn’t have a Lean or Six Sigma Background.  However, I didn’t want the listeners of Lean Leadership Nation to miss what Dave has to share because Dave is an expert in Leadership. Dave is an internationally recognized executive coach, mentor, speaker, […]

Mark Hamel is a Shingo Award winning author, blogger, Lean Enterprise Institute Faculty Member, and Chief Operating Officer and Partner of The Murli Group, a Lean training and coaching organization working globally in Healthcare, Transactional, and Industrial sectors. Mark’s pre-consulting career encompassed executive and senior positions within operations, strategic planning, business development and finance. His […]

Keith Gardner is the President of E-MRI. E-MRI is a training and consulting firm that specializes in helping clients create value and improve their business performance by generating process and operational improvements. Keith has been consulting and training in the area of quality and productivity improvement for the past seventeen years. During that time, he […]