All episodes
Episode 90. Take the long view
Episode 89. Zen and the art of making SOP's
Episode 88. Sink your teeth into adversity
Episode 87 - Successful launch, but at what cost?
Episode 86. Boring is not always boring
Episode 85. Is this even Flow bro?
Episode 84. Standardize: anything that prevents the problem from reoccurring
Episode 83. Flow is faster, who woulda thought?
Episode 82. Improvement whiplash
Episode 81. Jidoka, but seriously how?
Episode 80. Make the right way the easiest way
Episode 79. The Five Questions
Episode 78. Don't confuse motion for progress
EEpisode 77. What machine should Uriel buy... Someday...
Episode 76. Be hard on the process, but soft on the operators
Episode 75. Build systems to solve the problem rather than trying to solve the problem
Episode 74. The moment of experience is the firmest reality
Episode 73. Flashlight in a dark room
Episode 72. Nothing within a horizon can have a fixed definition
Episode 71. Nobody cares about your solutions
Episode 70. Beaten over the head with target conditions
Episode 69. How close do you want to fly to the sun?
Episode 68. Habits decide our futures
Episode 67. You can't change the people around you, but you can change the people around you.
Episode 66. At least you're not using your mouse on your leg
Episode 65. Target conditions, the missing link
Episode 64. Trust (but verify) your gut
Episode 63. Should you batch your burger?
Episode 62. To improve now or to improve later. That is the question.
Episode 61. Naive to start, stubborn to finish
Episode 60. Failures are Jewels
Episode 59. The benefits of improvements go beyond dollars and cents
Episode 58. Conclusions are not always pleasant
Episode 57. Yin and Yang
Episode 56. KISS. Keep it simple stupid
Episode 55. Operation Sensitive, Process Blind
Episode 54. The 90 90 rule
Episode 53. Improvement first, production second
Episode 52. Beyond mountains there are mountains
Episode 51. Think about big things while doing small things
Episode 50. There is no such thing as a failed experiment
Episode 49. Batches. Can't live with 'em, can't live without 'em
Episode 48. Testing over Talking
Episode 47. Hypostheses, overproduction, and building a culture of continuous improvement
Episode 46. Make cheap improvements
Episode 45. Your metrics are trash, also plan more/less
Episode 44. Are you building a Cabin or a Cabinet?
The inertia of existing systems, and why we keep slogging through the mud
Episode 42. Improved improvement board
Episode 41. A3! A3! A3!
Episode 40. Layers of Lean
Episode 39. Parallelism, but not that Parallelism
Episode 38. Are small improvements a waste of time?
Episode 37. Behind every big batch is a long setup
Episode 36. Upgrading workholding and streamlining paint
Episode 35. Information is inventory too
Episode 34. Assembly Jig Issues, Optimize for learning
Episode 33. Catching Fire, not in a good way
Episode 32. An open mind is foundational to improvement
Episode 31. Problem Solving, PDCA loops, and Overnight Runs
Episode 30. Standardization VS. flexibility
Episode 29. Cost accounting is silly
Episode 28. Individual VS Institutional Learning
Episode 27. WIP Boards. Don't clog your business with too many projects
Episode 26. Something is better than nothing
Episode 25. Growth, cashflow, and lead times
Episode 24. Margins. How do?
Episode 23. Murphy Strikes, single piece flow is a SOB
Episode 22. Chips, Tipping Blanks, and What to do when things are going smooth
Episode 21. What do you do when the bottleneck is you?
Episodre 20. You can't knock it out of the park everytime
Episode 19. How Kanban saved Austere Mfg $100k
Episode 18. High level strategy is great, but there's still a business to run day to day
Episode 17. Process Vs Operation, what does this really mean?
Episode 16. Vacuums, Branded tape, and Checklists
Episode 15. Don't forget about strategy
Episode 14. Don't let the bandaid fix become "Expertise"
Episode 13. Applying Theory of Constraints To Handle Limited Labor
Episode 12. Trials and Tribulations in process updates
Episode 11. Push, Pull, and Flow
Episode 10. Paint mixers, magnets, torque wrenches, and more
Episode 9. Balance, Balance, Balance
Episode 8. Standardized setups and Meta improvements
Episode 7. Standardized tooling, what should we build in house, and linked processes failure
Episode 6. Production Levelling, just when you thought you knew what lean was, they switch it all up on you
Episode 5. Single piece flow dishes? And rationalizing production
Episode 4. Is it Automation VS People, or Automation And People?
Episode 3. Is your non value added time in your production processes?
Quality of Life Rant
Episode 1. Introductions