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All Episodes

KPI Fireside: A Continuous Improvement Podcast — 59 episodes

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Duane Deason on Smarter Cost Management

2

Chris Keahey on The Value of Tracking ROI in CI

3

Cheryl Jekiel on Letting Go To Lead

4

Jess Orr on What Leaders Get Wrong About Transformation

5

Francine Bejarano on The Execution Gaps Leaders Don't See

6

Stan Bryant on Translating Vision Into Action

7

Lyndsay MacLeod on Leadership That Sustains Change

8

Christoph Roser on Why Improvement Fails Without Standard Work

9

Nick Belcher on Creating a People-First Lean Culture

10

Marcial Portillo on Building Systems and Behaviors That Make Improvement Stick

11

Jennifer Ralston on Aligning Strategy and Culture

12

Reed Shell on Combining AI, Agile, and Lean for Real Execution

13

Dean Kynaston on Leadership Gaps That Kill Agile

14

Chris Gunderson on Putting Your Money Where Your Powerpoint Is

15

Michael Stevens on Culture as a Leadership Tool

16

Evan Unger on Transforming Meeting Culture

17

Bryan Schmidt on Building Systems That Win

18

Claire Quigley on Fixing Failing Transformations

19

Keshawn Cupid on Mindset, Metrics, and Momentum

20

Bob Emiliani on The Discipline of Lean Leadership

21

Dan Barata on The Leadership Discipline Missing In Most Transformations

22

Janine LeaBarrett on Building Resilient Teams That Deliver

23

Chris Hayes on How to Wire Your Organization for Excellence

24

Adriana Girdler on Habits of Great Project Managers

25

Tina Agustiady on What It Really Takes to Build a Culture of Excellence

26

Lorenzo Long on Making Sustainability Everyone's Job

27

Pete Gough on What Great Leaders Do Differently

28

Steve Burkle on What Makes Improvement Efforts Succeed (or Fail)

29

Darren Dolcemascolo on Coaching Leaders to Build Problem Solvers

30

Keith Norris on Lessons In Continuous Improvement

31

Jared Thatcher on Cost Improvement That Doesn't Burn People Out

32

Luca Guadagnuolo on Leading Lean Across Cultures

33

Bruce Hamilton on Toast Kaizen and the Power of Teaching Lean Through Story

34

Cindy Deekitwong on How to Inspire Teams and Connect With Customers

35

Bob Luna on EQ, NPS, and the Metrics That Drive Real Improvement

36

Monika Mangla on How CI is Evolving In The Age of AI

37

Christine Lavoie on How Great Leaders Build a Culture of Improvement

38

Heather Everton on Building Alignment Without Micromanagement

39

Dr. Keith Clinkscales on The Human Side of Performance Management

40

Ken Snyder on What Every Executive Needs to Understand About CI

41

Tyson Heaton on The Human Side of Lean Transformation

42

Kevin Clay on The Belt System: What It Means & What It Doesn't

43

Dr. Gwendolyn Galsworth on Leading Through Obeya and Metrics That Drive

44

Dr. Gwendolyn Galsworth on The Visual Language That Transforms Work

45

Randy Kesterson on Explaining Lean Through Visual Storytelling

46

Spencer Maybee on What Lean Looks Like From The Start

47

Andreas Mader on Being Better Tomorrow Than Today

48

Jesse Rendon on Turning Frontline Teams Into Change Leaders

49

Catherine McDonald on The Habit of Curiosity That Drives Real Improvement

50

Ted Iverson on Sustaining Results Through Better Leadership

51

Matt Kroll on Structured Problem Solving That Scales

52

Will Miller, PhD on Leading Change Without Losing Trust

53

Dr. Gwendolyn Galsworth on The Power of Workplace Visuality

54

Dr. Alan Barnard on Solving the Right Problems with the Theory Of Constraints

55

Randy Kesterson on Making Strategy Stick with Hoshin Kanri

56

Jared Raggozine on Turning Frontline Ideas Into Big Wins

57

Kevin Clay on Why Lean Fails (and How to Get It Right)

58

Andrei Anca on How To Build A CI Culture That Actually Works

59

Nick Katko on How Lean Accounting Unlocks Real ROI