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  1. Virtual Tours

  2. Lean Case Study: Lighthouse for the Blind

    1. Welcome to The Lighthouse for the Blind
    2. Accessibility Sensibility
    3. Gemba at the Lighthouse
    4. Andon at the Lighthouse
    5. Black Belt Project at the Lighthouse
    6. Lean Transformation at the Lighthouse
    7. Signs of Lean at the Lighthouse

  3. Lean Case Study: Kaas Tailored

    1. A Conversation with Jeff Kaas, President of Kaas Tailored
    2. Kaas Tailored Tour Agenda
    3. What to Expect on the Kaas Tailored Tour
    4. The Gap Between Work and Hobbies
    5. How Kaas Tailored Creates High Mix, Low-Volume Flow and Pull
    6. Parts Kitting, Limited WIP, and Pull Signals at Kaas Tailored
    7. The Ring Toss Visual Pull Signal at Kaas Tailored
    8. One Piece Flow Cells at Kaas Tailored
    9. How Long-Term Hoshin Objectives Turn Into Annual Goals and Small Experiments
    10. The Visual Management System at Kaas Tailored
    11. Periodic Review of Results and Improvement of the Hoshin Process
    12. The Daily Gemba Walk at Kaas Tailored
    13. Visual Management of Status for the Process, the Day, and the Year
    14. Daily Accountability Through Team Training at Kaas Tailored
    15. Observations About Daily Accountability Processes at Kaas Tailored
    16. We Pushed Kaizen for 10 Years, Now We Pull Kaizen
    17. A Problem Solving Example in Purchasing at Kaas Tailored
    18. A Kaizen Example from Upholstery Process at Kaas Tailored
    19. A Kaizen Example from Human Resources at Kaas Tailored
    20. How Guiding Principles Engage People to Grow the Business and Themselves
    21. How to Use the Kaas Tailored Kaizen Form
    22. What's the Next Challenge for Kaas Tailored?

  4. Lean Case Study: Seating Matters

    1. Lean is Boundless. Our Journey To Northern Ireland.
    2. Seating Matters Company Overview
    3. Seating Matters Process Overview
    4. Why Lean?
    5. How Seating Matters started their Lean Journey
    6. Welcome to Seating Matters' Paradise
    7. One Piece Flow Order Processing
    8. Ordering Processing "Before Lean"
    9. 360 Degree One Piece Flow Processing
    10. Lean Cutting Process
    11. Cutting Process Value Added vs. Non Value Added
    12. Lean Upholstery: Watching vs. Seeing
    13. Introduction to Laser Cutting
    14. Lean Capital Expenditure & Quality First
    15. Order Release & Bottleneck Management
    16. Laser Printing Visual Management
    17. Future State One Piece Flow Goals
    18. Lean Sales
    19. Practicing 3S
    20. One Piece Flow Tea

  5. Lean Journey Interviews: Texas Nameplate

    1. Ron Introduces Us To Texas Nameplate Company
    2. People, Planet and Profit - Triple Bottom Line
    3. Meet Dan Crownover - A Millennial's Perspective
    4. The Texas Nameplate Process
    5. Using the iScrubber to Strip Nameplates
    6. Water Recycling System
    7. Rejuvenation of Acid
    8. Reclaiming Solvent
    9. Paperless
    10. The Real Reason Behind Sustainability

  6. Lean Case Study: In The Ditch

    1. Ron Introduces Us to 'In The Ditch'
    2. The Morning Meeting - Feud Style
    3. Ron Becomes the Guest Speaker at the Morning Meeting
    4. Director of Excitement - Platinum Status
    5. Not Just Words on the Wall
    6. The Lean Kitchenette
    7. It's Not Your Mother's Laser
    8. How to Load a Laser
    9. After You Cut It, You Bend It
    10. What a Surprise
    11. I Used to Hoard Parts
    12. Setting Up a New Work Cell
    13. The 'SidePuller' Supermarket App
    14. We know it's Waste, But it's Working for Us
    15. Cellular Flow
    16. Welcome to Paradise
    17. Shipping, Receiving and Assembly
    18. Refurbished Cell
    19. A Lot Has Changed in 4 Years
    20. It's Now Paperless
    21. Welcome to the Store
    22. Another Famous Restroom
    23. It All Comes Together

  7. Lean Healthcare Case Study: Franciscan Health

    1. On our way to Franciscan Health!
    2. Learn how apple sauce saves this hospital $30,000 every year
    3. How the Endoscopy department got started with Kaizen
    4. Advice for those beginning the Lean journey
    5. Standardization in the storerooms
    6. A "Leaned Out" RFA Cart
    7. Checking out the Scope Cabinet
    8. Washing the Scopes
    9. Improving Communication & Safety
    10. A day in the life of two lean thinking nurses
    11. Chest Tube travel bag kaizen
    12. An Emergency Room Physician's take on Kaizen
    13. Welcome to a Lean Thinking NICU
    14. Supply Cart Kaizen in the NICU
    15. Restocking Supplies in the NICU
    16. Baby Skin Care Kaizen in the NICU
    17. NICU Bed Kaizen
    18. Phone System Kaizen
    19. Health Unit Coordinator Visual Control Example
    20. Coffee Machine Kaizen
    21. Baby Clothes Kaizen in the NICU
    22. Emergency Blood Ordering Kaizen
    23. The Lean Pharmacy
    24. Visual Management in the Pharmacy
    25. How the Pharmacy completes hundreds of kaizens per year
    26. Interdepartmental Kaizen
    27. Using Wits over Wallet in the Pharmacy Storeroom
    28. Labeling Lorazepam Improvements
    29. Compounding Recipe Kaizen
    30. Franciscan's 2-Bin Kanban System
    31. Emergency Room Kaizen

  8. Lean Case Study: Fireblast Global

    1. Fireblast Trailer
    2. False Starting the Lean Journey
    3. Revisiting the Lean Journey
    4. It's Time to Train Employees
    5. Why Lean Failed Initially
    6. Working Through the Challenges
    7. Fireblast Morning Meeting Part 1
    8. Fireblast Morning Meeting Part 2
    9. Fireblast's Lean Journey
    10. Failing to Improve
    11. Lean in the Supply Room
    12. The Lean Leadership Team
    13. Lean Janitorial Supply Area
    14. Working in a Lean Cell
    15. Using Imagination to Improve
    16. Cell Transformation
    17. Flowing at Station 24
    18. Visual Management at Fireblast
    19. Working in Chaos Before Lean
    20. Personal Improvement
    21. Not On Board Initially
    22. Lean Fabrication
    23. Lean Fabrication (Spanish)
    24. What's it Really Like to Work Here?
    25. What's Different About Working at Fireblast?

  9. Lean Case Study: Zingerman's

    1. Zingerman's Trailer
    2. Welcome to Zingerman's Mail Order
    3. Catch the ZingTrain
    4. Hello. How Can We Help You?
    5. Professional Presents
    6. Introduction to the Sequencer
    7. Heijunka at Zingerman's
    8. The Critical Role of IT and Programming
    9. Zingerman's IT Philosophy
    10. Line Side Kanban System
    11. Prepping the Bread
    12. The Hot Station
    13. A Very Special Lunch
    14. Setting the Pace at Picking
    15. "Check," Please!
    16. Making It Look Good in Assembly
    17. Getting It All Together at Recombination
    18. Supercomputing in Packing
    19. Shipping Made Easy and a Process Recap
    20. Now Hiring, the Zingerman's Way
    21. Zingerman's Wrap Up

  10. FastCap 2014

    1. Welcome Back to Fastcap
    2. Lights, Fans, Action
    3. Morning Meeting - Part 1
    4. Morning Meeting - Part 2
    5. Morning Meeting - Part 3
    6. Morning Meeting - Part 4
    7. Morning Meeting - Part 5
    8. The 'Not So Common' Common Area
    9. The 'Infamous' Bathroom
    10. A Break Room Where You Can Eat Off the Floor
    11. Standard Cleaning Tools and Carts
    12. Detailed Assembly With Detailed Precision
    13. 'Build Cells' Within the Racking Areas
    14. Interviews and Training
    15. Laserjamb - Just Sounds Cool
    16. Injection Molding Kanban
    17. Engineered to Perfection
    18. Visual Queues and Color Codes
    19. Let Me Speak to the General Manager
    20. Can I Try?
    21. Morning Meeting - The Whole Thing
    22. Morning Meeting - Condensed Version
    23. FastCap 2014 - A 2 Minute Teaser

  11. FastCap 2012

    1. Welcome to FastCap!
    2. The Lean Kitchen
    3. The Lean Bathroom
    4. Morning Meeting Part 1
    5. Morning Meeting Part 2
    6. Morning Meeting Part 3
    7. Visual Controls & Lean Shipping
    8. The Lean Workshop
    9. U-Shaped Cells & Kanban System
    10. Kanban & Lean Culture
    11. The Lean Printing Room
    12. Pad Printing
    13. New Associates & Lean
    14. Monique
    15. Order Processing
    16. Accounts Receivable
    17. Customer Service
    18. International Sales
    19. Marketing & Graphic Design
    20. The Lean Airplane Hangar
    21. Paul Singh Interview
    22. Alexei Vetkov Interview
    23. Doug VanderWel Interview
    24. Jon Lussier Interview
    25. The FastCap Story
    26. Lean Leadership Advice

  12. Lean Case Study: Specialty Silicone Fabricators

    1. SSF Morning Meeting
    2. SSF's Lean Journey
    3. Customer-Focused Culture
    4. Cross-Training Board
    5. Point-of-Use Shadow Boards
    6. Point-of-Use Tooling
    7. Molding Chart Verification
    8. Rolling Tool Cart
    9. Flexible Cells
    10. Lean Leadership
    11. Visual Factory - Production
    12. Visual Factory - Process Development

  13. Pro CNC

    1. Kelsey Heikoop Interview
    2. Caleb Barber Interview
    3. Matt Ambrose
    4. Mobile Work Stations
    5. Inventory Control
    6. Standard Work Combination Sheets
    7. Kaizen Event

  14. Lean Journey Interviews: Lear

    1. Elie Ghazal Interview
    2. Nicole Davies Interview
    3. Glenn Pennington Interview
    4. Juan Gomez Interview
    5. Lear Factory 1
    6. Lear Factory 2

  15. Lean Case Study: NFI Industries

    1. On Our Way to NFI
    2. NFI Introduction
    3. Kaizen Wall of Fame
    4. Safety Bowling
    5. NFI Story Board
    6. Facility Audits
    7. A3 Display Board
    8. Kamishibai Board
    9. NFI's First 5S Event
    10. Mobile Productivity Board
    11. The Lean Office
    12. Kaizen Report Out
    13. The Visual Office
    14. The Lean Impact
    15. Lean Skeptic Turned Believer
    16. NFI Wrap-Up

  16. Platt Technical High School

    1. Introducing Platt Tech
    2. David Tuttle
    3. In the Principal's Office
    4. Student Problem Solving
    5. John Murphy
    6. Raul Robles
    7. Rmani Griffin
    8. Crystin Engram
    9. Jose Dominguez
    10. Touring the Shop
    11. Organizational Skills
    12. CNC Room
    13. From Blueprint to Reality
    14. Paul Hoffman, Orange Research

  17. Lean Case Study: Aluminum Trailer Company

    1. Arriving at ATC
    2. Demonstrating TWI JI
    3. Demonstrating Job Breakdown
    4. Reviewing a Job Breakdown
    5. ATC Culture
    6. Training with TWI
    7. Scheduling Training
    8. Demonstrating Training
    9. Steve's Training Experience
    10. Training Dealers
    11. Cross Training
    12. TWI Planning
    13. The Lean Desk
    14. Job Breakdowns and Dealer Training
    15. TWI Lessons Learned
    16. CEO Perspective - Part 1
    17. CEO Perspective - Part 2
    18. ATC - Full Video

  18. Lean Culture Case Study: Menlo Innovations

    1. Welcome to Menlo Innovations
    2. Meet Richard Sheridan
    3. The History Of Menlo
    4. Software Project Planning
    5. Work Authorization Board
    6. The Kick Off
    7. Measuring Work
    8. Morning Stand Up Meeting
    9. More on Rich
    10. 2-Person Teams
    11. Culture
    12. Open Book Finance Board
    13. The Interview Process
    14. Babies and Dogs
    15. High Tech Anthropology
    16. High Tech Anthropology Examples
    17. Thomas and Whitney
    18. Share the Joy
    19. Menlo Innovations - Full Video

  19. Lean Journey Interviews: CCBRT Tanzania

    1. Welcome to CCBRT and Mike Grogan
    2. The How We Make It Better Board
    3. CCBRT's Continuous Improvement Culture
    4. CCBRT Belt Program
    5. Executive Committee & CEO Action Boards
    6. Maternal Division Management Room
    7. Haika Mawalla, Deputy CEO
    8. Dr. Brenda D'Mellow

  20. Lean Case Study: Techno Aerospace

    1. Arriving at Techno Aerospace
    2. Juan Pablo, CEO
    3. Hoshin Kanri (Policy Deployment) Brought to Life
    4. Gain Sharing
    5. Saul Camargo, Techno Aerospace Founder & Chairman
    6. Mini Companies & Value Streams
    7. "Not Angry, Motivated"
    8. Creating a New Way of Doing Business
    9. Auditing Using the T-Board
    10. 5S Auditing
    11. Additional 5S Information
    12. The Art of Polishing (in English)
    13. The Art of Polishing (in Spanish)
    14. Cells & Cross Training
    15. Techno's Kanban System
    16. Setup Reduction in Action
    17. Takt Capability
    18. 5S Auditing in the Office
    19. All Employees Meeting
    20. Practicing 3P
    21. Jewel Box or BHAG?
    22. Wrap up with the Techno Aerospace CEO

  21. Lean Journey Interviews: West Texas A&M University

    1. Ron Gets a "Walk On"
    2. Bryan Glenn - Director of Purchasing & Inventory Services
    3. J. Patrick O'Brien - President
    4. Getting Donor Money Faster
    5. Keeping Your Place in Line
    6. Making Money Faster
    7. Meet Me at "The Club"

  22. Lean Journey Interviews: Daman Products

    1. Daman Products Trailer
    2. A Brief History of Daman Products
    3. How Lean Made It Worse
    4. Be Careful What You Call It
    5. It's a Great Team, They Help You Out
    6. Management Style - Command and Control vs. Team Leaders
    7. Selling Daman Products
    8. The Sense of Ownership
    9. I've Never Been Treated So Nice
    10. Things Got a Lot Worse Before Getting Better
    11. Award-Winning Improvement
    12. Basically, We Help People
    13. Offering Financial Wellness
    14. A Place for Everything
    15. I Have a Lot of Trust in the Operator
    16. Apparently, It's a Good Place to Work
    17. Driven From the Top
    18. We Are People-Driven
    19. Trust the Employees
    20. Excited About Coming to Work
    21. I Feel Needed
    22. What Happens When I Pull the Last Piece Off the Shelf?
    23. My Favorite Part is the People
    24. Yeah, I've Heard That Before
    25. Everybody Helps Each Other Out
    26. One Silo for the Customer
    27. What Happens When We Get Bigger
    28. This is Your Part of the Business. Run it.
    29. I Remember My Very First Mistake
    30. Wrap Up with Larry Davis
    31. Daman Products Wrap Up - Part 2

  23. Virtual Tours - Government

  24. Lean Municipal Government Forum 2017

    1. Lean Municipal Government Forum 2017 Introduction Guide
    2. Grand Rapids City Manager Opening Remarks
    3. Grand Rapids Deputy City Manager
    4. Lean Philosophy - Steve Kane
    5. Hands-on Lean - Alen Ganic
    6. An Introduction to A3 Thinking in Government - Captain Brad Brown
    7. Fire Department Tour
    8. Water Department Tour

  25. Lean Case Study: The City of Grand Rapids

    1. City of Grand Rapids - Why Lean?
    2. A Sneak Peek of a Morning Meeting
    3. A Tour of Alen's Office
    4. Visual Management - Alen's Standard Work Board
    5. Visual Management - Performance Measurements
    6. The Audit Checklist
    7. Visual Management - Time To Order
    8. Employee's First Introduction to Lean
    9. Red Tagging at the city of Grand Rapids
    10. A 5S Opportunity
    11. A Noticeable Improvement - Cost Reduction
    12. Stock In A Box
    13. The Motor Fleet Stockroom
    14. Inventory Recycling
    15. Kaizen Part 1 - The Kaizen Board and Quick Explanation
    16. Kaizen Part 2 - The Before
    17. Kaizen Part 3 - The After
    18. Kaizen Part 4 - The New Process
    19. Grand Rapids Conclusion

  26. Lean Case Study: Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS)

    1. Meet the Federal Government - CMS
    2. Bad Processes Will Beat Good People Everytime
    3. Empowering Employees
    4. Government vs. the Private Sector
    5. Project Based to Culture Transformation
    6. Got a Problem? Call Kara
    7. How Do You Balance Your Time & Work?
    8. Lean Has Legs
    9. Go Forth and Do Great Things
    10. Huddle Board Status
    11. Applying Lean to Information Systems
    12. How is Lean Going to Work in the Government?
    13. Using a Status Sheet
    14. Running My Own Project
    15. It's More Than Tools
    16. The Standard Huddle
    17. Our Role is to "Allow" Lean
    18. An Opportunity to Change
    19. Kanban Boards
    20. Fed Biz Lean
    21. I Feel Like a Lean Cheerleader
    22. Support from the Top
    23. A Review of Our Time at CMS

  27. Lean Showcase: State of Connecticut

    1. Ron is Introduced to LeanCT
    2. LeanCT Program Director, Alison Fisher
    3. Connecting with LEI, Dr. Darlene Dumont
    4. Governor Malloy Kicks Off 2016 Lean Showcase
    5. 2016 Lean Showcase - Department of Motor Vehicles
    6. 2016 Lean Showcase - Commission on Human Rights and Opportunities
    7. 2016 Lean Showcase - Department of Transportation
    8. 2016 Lean Showcase - Connecticut State Police
    9. 2016 Lean Showcase - Department of Housing
    10. 2016 Lean Showcase - Department of Labor
    11. 2016 Lean Showcase - Office of the Secretary of State
    12. Ron meets Connecticut's original Lean Leader
    13. 2016 Lean Showcase - Office of Policy and Management
    14. 2016 Lean Showcase - Department of Public Health
    15. 2016 Lean Showcase - Department of Revenue Services
    16. 2016 Lean Showcase - Department of Banking
    17. 2016 Lean Showcase - Department of Consumer Protection
    18. Ron and Alison summarize the trip

  28. Connecticut Department of Energy and Environmental Protection

    1. Department of Energy and Environmental Protection Commissioner Klee
    2. DEEP Guides Us Through VSM
    3. DEEP Sparks Energy Effeciency
    4. DEEP Digs Into Underground Storage
    5. DEEP Lures in the Fisheries
    6. DEEP's Lean Coordinator
    7. DEEP Gets Charged Up

  29. Connecticut Office of Policy and Management

    1. Office of Policy and Management Secretary and Deputy Secretary
    2. OPM Talks IT and LEAN
    3. OPM Looks Through the Rear View Mirror

  30. Connecticut Department of Social Services

    1. Department of Social Services 'Leanopoly'
    2. DSS Launches an Ambitious Project
    3. DSS Helps Those in Need

  31. Connecticut Department of Correction

    1. Department of Correction Deputy Commissioner Cepelak
    2. DOC Risk Reduction Earned Credit
    3. DOC Offender Identification Process
    4. DOC Community Release Process
    5. DOC Spending Money Right
    6. DOC Offender Property

  32. Connecticut Department of Administrative Services

    1. Department of Administrative Services Commissioner Currey
    2. DAS Director of Procuerment
    3. DAS Manager Asks, Is Lean Just Another Program?
    4. DAS Spreads Lean Thinking
    5. DAS HR Lean Fanatic

  33. Events

  34. KataCon5

    1. Gemba Academy's Kata Journey with Ron Pereira
    2. Developing & Utilizing Human Capabilities by Practicing Scientific Thinking with Mike Rother
    3. The Toyota Way and Toyota Kata - Learning Over 48 Years with Jeffrey Liker
    4. The Path to Toyota
    5. The Toyota Way 4P Systems Model
    6. The Model Line Approach to Lean Deployment
    7. Lessons Learned from Applying Toyota Kata to Lean Transformations
    8. You Can’t Ride My Bike - Deliberate Practice of New Routines
    9. How NicePak Practices Toyota Kata with Tim Hall
    10. NEA Baptist Memorial Hospital's Journey to Developing a Robust Management System with Brad Parsons
    11. How Novo Nordisk Used Kata to Engage People with Renata Marques
    12. 4 Ways Physicians Are Experimenting With Toyota Kata with Michael Lombard
    13. Using Kata to Develop Frontline Leadership at FAST Global Solutions with Sam Wagner
    14. The Improvement Kata with Beth Carrington and Oscar Roche
    15. Improvement Kata Step 1 - Get the Direction or Challenge
    16. Improvement Kata Step 2 - Grasp the Current Condition
    17. Improvement Kata Step 3 - Establish the Target
    18. Improvement Kata Step 4 - Experiment Toward the Target Condition
    19. Coaching Kata - The Role of the Coach
    20. Coaching to a New Threshold of Knowledge with Brandon Brown
    21. Non-Verbal Communication in the Coaching Kata with Scott Laundry and Mike Rother
    22. Using Elements of Non-Verbal Communication in the Coaching Kata
    23. How to Teach Coaches to Use Non-Verbal Communication
    24. Non-Verbal Communication and the Second Coach's Role
    25. Preparing the Learner's Mind During Kata Coaching
    26. How to Tell If the Learner Is Ready for the Next Target Condition
    27. The Kata Coach as Teacher, Learner, and Improver with Tilo Schwarz
    28. Kata Coaching to Develop Common Goals with Dave Seabrook
    29. Continuous Improvement and Technology with Jeff Roussel
    30. Improvement Kata and A3 Thinking with Oscar Roche
    31. Why Root Cause Analysis Is Rarely Done Well
    32. The A3 as a Method to Create a Pattern of Thinking
    33. Facts, Data, Emotions, and Testing at the Threshold of Knowledge
    34. Developing Leaders for Continuous Improvement with Mark Rosenthal

  35. 2018 Lean Systems Summit

    1. Raye Wentworth, New Balance, Keynote
    2. Kevin Hancock, Hancock Lumber, Keynote

  36. TWI Summit - 2017

    1. Job Instruction and Brain Science with Roger Bilas
    2. Job Methods - A Path to Engage in Daily Frontline Improvement
    3. Woodbridge and the Global Journey on TWI - JI
    4. How Kata is Being Used to Deploy TWI at Baptist Memorial Healthcare
    5. Lean - Developing People Who Can and Will Solve Problems Daily
    6. Cummins TWI Journey
    7. How To Instruct - Using TWI JI
    8. Communicating the Value of TWI to CEO's and the HR Team

  37. Iowa Lean Conference 2015

    1. 2 Second Lean: by Paul Akers
    2. Lean from the Heart: by Karl Wadensten

  38. Lean Leadership Week 2015

    1. Jamie Flinchbaugh - Leading Lean as an Operating System
    2. Michael Ballé - Lead with Respect
    3. Mike Wroblewski - Leadership in Sustaining a Kaizen Culture
    4. Brian Maskell - 15 Behaviors of Lean Executives
    5. Mike Wroblewski - Creating a Kaizen Culture
    6. Lori Siwik - Lean Risk Management
    7. Kim Barnas - Moving Beyond Heroics Using Lean Thinking
    8. Brian Maskell - Solving the Standard Cost Problem
    9. Sam MacPherson - The Obeya: The Secret to Achieving Lean Management System Excellence
    10. Joe Murli - The Lean Management System
    11. Jacob Stoller - Core Beliefs: The Defining Element of Lean Leadership
    12. Orry Fiume - Understanding the Role of Lean Leadership
    13. Bob Miller - Leader Lead Culture
    14. Cheryl Jekiel - How I Develop Leaders
    15. Bill Waddell - People, Process, Prosperity (18:18)

  39. Steve Kane - Becoming a Lean Leader and Implementing a Customer-Focused Culture

    1. Trailer
    2. Discovering the Reality of Lean Leadership
    3. Discovering a New Leadership Style
    4. Changing from Managers to Leaders
    5. Lean Tools vs. Lean Humanity
    6. Creating an Effective Culture
    7. Questions on the Real World
    8. More Q&A

  40. Mike Wroblewski at Siouxland Lean

    1. Mike Wroblewski (Part 1)
    2. Mike Wroblewski (Part 2)
    3. Mike Wroblewski (Part 3)
    4. Mike Wroblewski (Part 4)
    5. Mike Wroblewski (Part 5)
    6. Mike Wroblewski (Part 6)
    7. Mike Wroblewski (Part 7)
    8. Mike Wroblewski (Full Version)

  41. Denny Van Zanten at Siouxland Lean

    1. Denny Van Zanten (Part 1)
    2. Denny Van Zanten (Part 2)
    3. Denny Van Zanten (Part 3)
    4. Denny Van Zanten (Part 4)
    5. Denny Van Zanten (Part 5)
    6. Denny Van Zanten (Part 6)
    7. Denny Van Zanten (Part 7)
    8. Denny Van Zanten (Full Version)

  42. Creating a Kaizen Culture with Jon Miller

    1. Jon Miller (Part 1)
    2. Jon Miller (Part 2)
    3. Jon Miller (Part 3)
    4. Jon Miller (Part 4)
    5. Jon Miller (Part 5)
    6. Jon Miller (Part 6)
    7. Jon Miller (Part 7)
    8. Jon Miller (Full Version)

  43. Siouxland Lean Conference - 2014

    1. Daktronics - Rejoice the wins, Rebuild after the losses and Remember the scars
    2. Burgess Health Center - Why Huddle
    3. Mercy Medical Center - Building Consensus before Walls

  44. Siouxland Lean Conference - 2015

    1. Mary Vermeer Andringa - Making a Real Impact in a Progressing World
    2. Jim Fitzpatrick - Driving Improvement in Patient Care Outcomes
    3. Brad Van Berkel - Facilitator Tools for Kaizen Improvement Activities
    4. Dale Zevenbergen - Lean from Business to Academia or Non-Profit

  45. Lean Kanban NA - Lean Startup

    1. Risk Modeling for Lean Startup Teams - Sam McAfee
    2. Growing an Innovative Culture - Joanne Molesky
    3. Imagining Lean Biotech - D.J. Kleinbaum
    4. Modern Analytics: How to Think About Event Data - Michelle Wetzler
    5. Creating a Sustainable Lean Startup - William Pietri
    6. Think Anew, Act Anew - Dave Snowden

  46. Lean Kanban NA - Lean Applied

    1. Choosing by Advantages - Hal Macomber
    2. Taking the Risk out of High-Risk Endeavors - Digby Christian
    3. Using Systems Thinking to (re) Create Education - Trace Pickering
    4. Using Kata to Address Wicked Problems in Safety - Will Lichtig
    5. Reinterpreting Lean to Reduce Conflicts - Gregory Howell
    6. Decision Making Across Time and Space: Lessons from NASA - Kathleen Mosier

  47. Lean Kanban NA - Evolving Product Management

    1. From Fragile to Agile: The Four Roles of Product Management - Steve Johnson
    2. Product Management and Systems Thinking - Arne Roock
    3. Lean Application Lifecycle Management - Dave West
    4. Black Swan Farming Using Cost of Delay - Joshua Arnold & Özlem Yüce
    5. Demystifying Agile Product Management - Rich Mironov
    6. Wiki Management: The Future of Management - Rod Collins

  48. Lean Kanban NA - Kanban

    1. Values, Agendas, and Change: Kanban's Bigger Picture - Mike Burrows
    2. Indefinite Unsustainable Pace - Eric Green
    3. The Inner Game of Kanban - Russell Healy
    4. Moving Thousands of People to Kanban in 16 Months - Koren, Yaholom, Yeret
    5. Leadership as a Design Problem - Frode Odegard
    6. Improving Lean Kanban in Large Distributed Teams - Luke Hohmann

  49. Lean Kanban NA - Managing Risk

    1. The Impact of Agile Quantified - Larry Maccherone
    2. New Methods for Minimizing Risk During Product Development - Chris Shinkle
    3. Risk Reduction Metrics for Agile Organizations - Dan Greening
    4. 21st Century Risk Management - Dennis Stevens
    5. Understanding Risk, Impediments and Dependency Impact - Troy Magennis
    6. Decisions, Commitments and Real Options - Jabe Bloom

  50. Lean Kanban NA - Beyond Budgeting

    1. Beyond Budgeting: An Agile Management Model and Case Study - Bjarte Bogsnes
    2. Moving Beyond Budgets to Create More Agile, Adaptive Organizations - Steve Player
    3. Why HOLT CAT Eliminated Budgets and How It Made Us Successful - Gretchen Stepke
    4. Using Self-Directed Teams to Engage and Empower - Doug Kirkpatrick
    5. Eliminating Budgets to Enable Lean Management - Kevin Meyer
    6. Beyond Cost Transparency: Developing and Applying IT Cost Knowledge - Steve Adams

  51. Printers & Imaging Association

    1. Introduction to PPS & Quick Changeover
    2. A Culture of Lean
    3. Practical Problem Solving - The First Steps
    4. Setting Targets
    5. Root Cause and 5 Whys
    6. Introducing Hansei
    7. Simulation Review
    8. Introducing Quick Changeover
    9. The 8 Steps of Quick Changeover

  52. Interviews & Webinars

  53. Lean Leader Interviews

    1. Greg Wright
    2. Amgad Shafik
    3. Dan Fisher
    4. Brian Rotsaert
    5. Jeff Miller on Gemba Academy
    6. Jeff Miller

  54. Lean Thinker Interviews

    1. Chris Schrandt
    2. Kent Bradley
    3. Stephen Gorse Interview
    4. Brad Schmidt
    5. Kent Bradley - Leveraging Lean Beyond Manufacturing
    6. Stephen Gorse - Leader Standard Work
    7. Karen Martin
    8. Dan Markovitz - AME 2013
    9. Michael Bremer
    10. Jim Huntzinger
    11. Cedric Brown on Lean Implementation
    12. Chet Marchwinski on Lean
    13. Drew Locher on Lean Culture
    14. Drew Locher on Value Stream Mapping
    15. Jerry Solomon on Lean Accounting
    16. Karen Martin on Transformation
    17. Mike Osterling on A3 Thinking
    18. Dan Markovitz - AME 2015
    19. Norbert Majerus - AME 2015

  55. Webinars

    1. Why isn't Lean Working? - with Jamie Parker
    2. Mike Wroblewski - Visual Management: What Good Looks Like
    3. Mark Graban - Putting the Continuous Back Into Continuous Improvement
    4. Mark Graban - Using SPC to Make Better Management Decisions
    5. Mike Wroblewski - A Day in the Life of a Lean Supervisor
    6. Dan Markovitz - A Factory of One
    7. Bob Emiliani - A Leader's Role in Lean Success
    8. Mark Hamel - Kaizen: From System to Principle Driven
    9. Bob Emiliani - Lean for Higher Education
    10. Mike Micklewright - The Relationship Between Dr. Deming's and Toyota Way's Principles
    11. Mark Graban & Gregory Jacobson - A Doctor's Perspective on Kaizen in Healthcare
    12. Matthew May - The Laws of Subtraction
    13. Mark Graban - Stories of the Eight Types of Waste in Healthcare
    14. Mark Graban and Gregory Jacobson - Leadership Behaviors
    15. Steve Kane - Accountability Through Visual Management
    16. Michael Lombard - 10 Lessons from Practicing Toyota Kata
    17. Karen Martin - Value Stream Mapping: From Tool to Management Practice
    18. Matthew May - The Lean Learning Loop Canvas
    19. Mark Graban and Gregory Jacobson - Congratulations! You Have Lots of Employee Ideas! Now What?
    20. Matthew May - The Play-To-Win Strategy Formulation Canvas
    21. Steven Kane - Employee Engagement Through Autonomous Teams
    22. Robert Hafey - Lean Safety: The Safe Path to Lean
    23. Richard Sheridan - Build a Workplace People Love by Adding Joy

  56. Author Interviews

    1. Karen Martin - The Outstanding Organization
    2. Karen Martin - Value Stream Mapping
    3. Richard Sheridan - Joy, Inc.
    4. Mark Graban - Lean Hospitals
    5. Mark Graban - Healthcare Kaizen

  57. Extended Interviews

  58. Audience Q&A with Jeff Kaas

    1. How Many Kaizens Do People Do Per Year at Kaas Tailored?
    2. How Do People Buy-In to the Process as They Rotate Through Jobs?
    3. Is the Kaizen Mentor the Same as the Manager?
    4. How Did You Start Doing Daily Team Training Sessions?
    5. How Do You Take Your Kaizen and Turn It Into Team Training?
    6. How Did You Deal with People Who Resisted?
    7. Do You Find the Tours You Offer Distracting?
    8. What Suggestions Do You Have for Getting Started with Team Training?
    9. How Do You Manage Skepticism?
    10. How Do You Prevent Spin When Kaizens Require Cooperation Across the Organization?
    11. Did You Invent the Task Kanban Board?
    12. What Suggestions Do You Have to Keep People Improving?
    13. How Do You Manage Interruptions During the Day?
    14. Where Do the Creative Design People Work?
    15. How Do You Get Everyone to Participate?
    16. How Do You Handle Disagreements Between Co-Workers Over Kaizen Ideas?
    17. How Do You Help ESL or Foreign Language Employees Understand Kaizen?
    18. How Difficult Was It to Implement a Kaizen System?
    19. How Are Kaizen Ideas Submitted and Approved?
    20. Is It Easier to Practice Kaizen as a Small Company?
    21. What Factors Determine Standard Work?
    22. How Often Do You Do Tours at Kaas Tailored?
    23. Have You Experienced Employee Turnover Due to New Ways of Thinking?
    24. How Do You Manage Customers Who Don't Share Your Philosophy?
    25. Question and Answer with Jeff Kaas (Full Version)

  59. Reflections on 25 Years of Lean

    1. Calling it Lean
    2. Learning to See
    3. Lean Management Behaviors
    4. Starting with Purpose
    5. Lean Healthcare
    6. Lean Government
    7. The Great Stagnation
    8. Lean Startups
    9. Lean NGOs
    10. Lean Shoring
    11. Final Thoughts

  60. Masaaki Imai on Lean

    1. Masaaki Imai on Lean: Part 1
    2. Masaaki Imai on Lean: Part 2
    3. Masaaki Imai on Lean: Part 3
    4. Masaaki Imai on Lean: Part 4
    5. Masaaki Imai on Lean: Part 5

  61. Jean Cunningham on Lean Accounting

    1. Lean Accounting Introduction
    2. The Effect of Lean Accounting on Owners, Auditors, and Executives
    3. The Difference Between Traditional and Lean Accounting
    4. When and How to Implement Lean Accounting
    5. How to Overcome Resistance to Lean Accounting
    6. Extending Lean into HR and IT
    7. Supplemental: Lean Education Advancement Foundation