All Episodes

Episode 193. How hard should we push kanban

Episode 192. If this lean stuff seems easy, you're probably not doing it

Episode 191. Hope is not a stratagy

Episode 190. Kindergartens are the gold standard of lean manufacturing

Episode 189. Tool Libraries, So hot right now

Episode 187. Thinking about work in the shower

Episode 186. Only you can prevent overproduction

Episode 185. Changing Pace

Episode 184. Inventory is a reservoir of problems

Episode 183. Is Quality Free

Episode 182. What even is an SOP anyway?

Episode 181. 1st rule of Kanban. We don't talk about Kanban

Episode 180. Before you say you can’t do something…TRY IT

Episode 179. Getting high on dimensional space

Episode 178. The slow yes and the fast no

Episode 177 Muda Killer

Episode 176. Tricks of the Trade

Episode 175. Success has 1000 fathers, failure has one mother

Episode 174. Mom didn't use MRP

Episode 173. Only performance is reality

Episode 172. Craft?

Episode 171. That was some beautiful waste

Episode 170. Outrunning your headlights

Episode 169. Systems Need To Be Permeable

Episode 168. Is The Juice Worth The Squeeze

Episode 167. How to get rid of things

Episode 166. Too often we fail to question the function of existing machinery

Episode 165. "Command + Arrow" "Option + Arrow" Add shift to highlight

Episode 164. More Dopamine Hits Per Minute

Episode 163. Sh**ty Lean

Episode 162. Not generating defects is more important than finding defects

Episode 161. A bad system will beat a good person every time

Episode 160. If you don't have time to do it right, when will you have time to do it over?

Episode 159. Don't let a good crisis go to waste

Episode 158. Shigeo Shingo your Ops

Episode 157. I heard you like shelves, so I put some shelves on your shelves

Episode 156. The Ambiguous Cube

Episode 155. Observation is the mother of improvement

Episode 154. You can't fall out of bed if you sleep on the floor

Episode 153. Overproduction

Episode 152. Tool Organization

Episode 151. Why Are We Here

Episode 150. The Job Shop Problem

Episode 149. Play is the highest form of research

Episode 148. The biggest room in the world

Episode 147. Don't water your weeds

Episode 146. Local Optima from Local Information

Episode 145. The stuff we teach works only in organizations that have people in them

Episode 144. Expediting is like a Narcotic

Episode 143. Products nobodony wants, products we don't need

Episode 142. Data Entry Sux

Episode 141. Focus is not saying no to bad ideas, it's saying no to good ideas

Episode 140. Small signs, the sign of a good time?

Episode 139. It's important to remember that everything comes to an end

Episode 138. Home Kitchen Kanban Fail

Episode 137. Don't conflate stable with static

Episode 136. Kanban fail, and what to do

Episode 135. The point that we collect the cash

Episode 134. Increase your inventory

Episode 133. Metaphors are trash

Episode 132. Stoplights vs roundabouts

Episode 131. The effect of visibility never ceases to amaze

Episode 130. Do Better

Episode 129. We use the edge case as an excuse to not start

Episode 128. Everything that has already happned must have been inevitable

Episode 127. Do what you've done, Get what you've got

Episode 126. Comprehension vs Control

Episode 125. Make your workplace into a showcase

Episode 124. Is Lean a Team Sport

Episode 123. If you have time for Improvement, then you might be dead

Episode 122. - When solving problems, dig at the roots instead of just hacking at the leaves.

Episode 121. The inconspicuous standard worksheet

Episode 120. Lean paradox. Hold more of the right inventory to hold less overall inventory

Episode 119. What's 1/2 of 1/2 of 1/2 of 1/2?

Episode 118. Do you believe in silver bullets?

Episode 117. A bad system will beat a good person every time

Episode 116. Is there anyone else up there?

Episode. 115 There are many experts on how things have be done up to now

Episode. 114 - Welcome to the rant corner

Episode 113. Is Lean Snake Oil?

Episode 112. Is it Innefective or Unreliable, that is the question

Episode 111. A corporation is an Organism

Episode 110. There are so many men who can figure costs, and so few who can measure value

Episode 109. Are we the man in the arena?

Episode 108. Waste vigilantes

Episode 107. PFEP

Episode 106. Buckets vs. Barcodes

Episode 105. All the nice bits in the right place

Episode 102. Continuous improvement is not about the things you do well

Episode 101. General Chaos

Episode 100. The most effective way to improve productivity is to eliminate work

Episode 99. Leverage is your friend

Episode 98. One Bite At A Time

Episode 97. Our Visual Cortex is Badass

Episode 96. Improvement usually means doing something that we have never done before

Episode 95. The lean echochamber

Episode 94. Adaptable to Change

Episode 93. Lean culture, how do?

Episode 92. Robot painting inbound

Episode 91. Convenience will be the end of the world