The Lean Effect

In this episode, Art Byrne, a living legend in the field of lean has applied lean concepts in over 30 companies in 14 countries over the last 30 years. He shares how he turned around businesses using a lean strategy. He quadrupled sales, tripled net margin and raised its enterprise value by 2,500 percent in less than 10 years and cut the lead times from 48 to 5 days.

Art's favorite book is "Toyota Production System by Taiichi Ohno ", have you read it? Check out all our guests book top book recommendations here" and let us know your favorite.

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In this episode, Karyn Ross, author of six books and founding mother of 'Women in Lean,' discusses the importance of being a kind, compassionate, and empathic leader. She candidly discusses my challenges with kindness and being empathetic. Are you a masterfully kind leader? Or do you struggle as I have at times?

Karyn's favorite book is "The Book of Joy by Dalai Lama and Desmond Tutu ", have you read it? Check out all our guests book top book recommendations here" and let us know your favorite.

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Guest: Karyn Ross

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In this episode, Mike Osterling, the author of two books and a 20-year leader in Lean transformations in manufacturing, distribution, energy, financial services, and healthcare discusses value stream mapping and its significance. We also talk about the pre-and post-covid working environments and Lean deployments. We discuss what the future may hold for tools he used in the last 15months and the future of these tools in a post-Covid world.

Mike 's favorite book is "First, Break All the Rules by Marcus Buckingham ", have you read it? Check out all our guests book top book recommendations here" and let us know your favorite.

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In this episode, Chad Laux, an Associate Professor of Purdue University & a Senior Member of the American Society for Quality (ASQ), shares his 25 years of Lean experience. He discussed the differences between lean and six sigma, as well as how they complement each other. We talked about the importance of a Lean Six Sigma program when it comes to leadership and the development of high-performing employees. Chad talked about how Lean gives a methodology for keeping the customers in mind while dealing with the reality of business.

Chad's favorite book is "Creating a Lean Culture By David Man ", have you read it? Check out all our guests book top book recommendations here" and let us know your favorite.

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Guest: Chad Laux

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In this episode, Lance Mortlock, A Six Sigma Black Belt who spent more than 20 years consulting, talks about planning for the future and the lessons learned from the pandemic. We discuss other scenarios from his book "Disaster Proof". Lance conveys why resilience and scenario planning is important for any organization and how these techniques and Lean & Six sigma play a role in thriving through future unknowns.

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Guest: Lance Mortlock

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In this episode, Paul Critchley, President of New England Lean Consulting, shares why culture is more important to him than tools. Paul shares why it's important to engage with all staff when they have ideas or solutions to major problems. He also shared an $800 kaizen event that resulted in huge savings, reduction in stress level, and overtime of employees

Paul's favorite book is "How to win friends and influence people by Dale Carnegie ", have you read it? Check out all our guests book top book recommendations here" and let us know your favorite.

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Guest: Paul Critchley

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In this episode, Brion Hurley, author of "Lean Six Sigma for Good," talks about his journey from statistician to principal Lean consultant. He talks about how Lean Six Sigma is beneficial for the environment. We discuss wastes we normally don't think about such as electrical power being used when no production was happening. He discussed a range of areas for the application of statistical techniques including a carbon emission tracking system. Not only is Lean Six Sigma good for the environment it is a truly green PR story in the making!

Brion's favorite book is "The Goal by Eliyahu M. Goldratt ", have you read it? Check out all our guests book top book recommendations here" and let us know your favorite.

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In this episode, Robert Martichenko, an award-winning business author, shares his career journey that started as a postgraduate with a degree in Pure Mathematics to finding his fit in freight and logistics. He discussed why the relationship between shippers and logistics companies have been deteriorating as a direct result of the customers perceiving a lack of innovation and improvement. Robert helps us see the importance of Visual Management and the significance of high-quality data for making a good decision.

Robert's favorite book is "Thirteen Days by Robert F. Kennedy ", have you read it? Check out all our guests book top book recommendations here" and let us know your favorite.

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Guest: Robert Martichenko

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In this episode, Beau Keyte discusses the gap in knowledge inside companies and how so many don't know what to do when they experience a market or business challenge. We discuss the educational gap in universities and the inability for people to deal with change and the lack of critical thinking skills.

Beau's favorite book is "Helping by Edgar H. Schein ", have you read it? Check out all our guests book top book recommendations here" and let us know your favorite.

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Guest: Beau Keyte

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In this episode, Noura shares her story of practicing Lean for 6 years at Honeywell and Matis Aerospace. She shares with us how the enjoyment of Lean methodology triggered her to think about Lean as a career. Noura described how she worked in a Continuous Improvement roadmap as a Lean manager. We discussed the process of participative innovation. How they implemented this process and how they validated the ideas they got through this process.

Noura's favorite book is "The Goal by Eliyahu M. Goldratt ", have you read it? Check out all our guests book top book recommendations here" and let us know your favorite.

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Guest: Noura Ouled Saka

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