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Lean Blog Interviews: Real-World Lean Leadership Conversations in Healthcare and Beyond

Since 2006, the Lean Blog Interviews podcast has featured in-depth, candid conversations with leaders, thinkers, and doers in the world of Lean and continuous improvement.

Podcast · By Mark Graban · American English · Official site

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  1. Episode · Aug 5, 2026

    Karen Martin: Five Conversations Over 20 Years (opens the original)

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    For our 20th anniversary series, we revisit five conversations with Karen Martin spanning 2012 to 2024. Highlights cover clarity versus ambiguity, why value stream mapping requires senior leadership involvement, the recurring pattern behind claims that Lean is dying, and the discipline of quality at the source.

  2. Episode · Jul 16, 2026

    20 Years of the Lean Blog Podcast: Norman Bodek on Quick and Easy Kaizen (opens the original)

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    To celebrate the 20th anniversary of the Lean Blog Podcast, Mark Graban revisits highlights from episode one with his friend and mentor Norman Bodek. Norman discusses Quick and Easy Kaizen, employee ideas, respect for people, trust, and why managers should ask instead of tell.

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