Video and Audio

I hope you enjoy these video and audio recordings, and that you find them helpful for improving your understanding and practice of Lean management. Got questions? Just contact me.

Videos

Lean Leadership
Discussion on Lean Nation with Karl Wadensten on various aspects of Lean leadership. 46minutes in duration. Recorded 21 December 2011.

Lean Management
Discussion of various aspects of Lean leadership and Lean management. 8 minutes in duration. Recorded 8 March 2011.

Corporate Meeting Part 1 • Part 2 • Part 3 • Part 4
Bob speaking to 200 people at a corporate meeting. Features different aspects of Lean management and Lean leadership. 9, 6, 7, and 7 minutes in duration. Recorded spring 2011.

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Audio Interviews

LeanBlog.org Podcast #132
Bob and Mark Graban talk about the videos from 2001 that recorded the visit by Virginia Mason Medical Center personnel to The Wiremold Company in West Hartford, Connecticut. 20 minutes in duration. Posted 7 December 2011.

The Lean Nation Radio Show, Rhode Island AM790
Discussion on how to generate more Lean successes by reducing the five most common recurring errors made in most Lean transformations. 39 minutes in duration. Recorded 13 August 2010.

The Lean Nation Radio Show, Rhode Island AM790
Discussion of Lean leadership training and education for executives and managers. 38 minutes in duration. Recorded 30 April 2010.

The Lean Nation Radio Show, Rhode Island AM790
A wide-ranging discussion of Lean management and the "Respect for People" principle. 43 minutes in duration. Recorded 18 January 2010.

LeanBlog.org Podcast #77
Discussion of the newly discovered book Principles of Mass and Flow Production by Frank Woollard. Describes the importance of Woollard's work in flow production in the U.K., and how he may have influenced Kiichiro Toyoda. 23 minutes in duration. Posted 20 October 2009.

LeanBlog.org Podcast #48
Discussion of the REAL LEAN book series; the rationale and purpose for writing these books and the importance of this new information for managers and executives. 19 minutes in duration. Posted 21 July 2008.

LeanBlog.org Podcast #38
Discussion of the workbook Practical Lean Leadership. Describes how Bob first got involved with Lean, and especially, the leadership component, and how this workbook can be extremely helpful to senior managers. 23 minutes in duration. Posted 10 March 2008.

LeanBlog.org Podcast #30
Discussion of the second edition of Better Thinking, Better Results and how The Wiremold Company moved away from Lean after they were acquired in 2000. Describes what happened and why, and what others can learn from this compelling story of how to create a Lean business and prevent its dismantling. 22 minutes in duration. Posted 12 August 2007.