Impruver - Documenting the Journey

In this episode, Dr Kim Janson, author of two amazing leadership books speaks to us on the topic of determining leadership potential and selecting those with high potential to succeed. Dr Janson shares with us a powerful method for determining who would thrive as a leader and breaks through some of the myths that keep from picking the right people.

In this episode, Talent Plus Fellow, Larry Sternberg shares techniques for determining if a person has the potential for near-perfect performance. Larry draws on his many years of experience as a hotel industry executive to share tips on building a High-Performance Organization. Listen to Larry explain one of the tells of giftedness and how you can determine a person's potential for excellence with a few good quetions.

In this episode Troy Wood, President and CEO at the Beneva Group, discussed when and how to hire Continuous Improvement talent. He also talks about trends in the Continuous Improvement industry and what hiring managers are looking for. One of the key points is that companies never stop "selling" Lean, Six Sigma, or any other approach so it's critical that CI leaders need to deploy an effective communication strategy as they work to deliver results.

In this episode, Brad Jeavons, Managing Director at iQI, shares some powerful insights on how to leverage the neuroscience of habit building to create a culture of Continuous Improvement. He also provides techniques on how to apply agile methodologies within the sales function to accelerate growth.

In this episode, Dr Martin Witt, VP of Operations at Flex, dives into the power of engaging the hearts and minds of the workforce in executing strategy and transformation. In a short conversation packed full of golden tips and ideas, Martin takes us through a lifetime of leadership experiences and distills the critical few things a leader must get right to accelerate business and personal growth.

In this episode, author, consultant, and business leader, Cliff Berg talks about creating real organizational agility. He discusses the importance of leadership and knowledge on developing the leadership behaviors needed to increase an organization's ability to adapt to change and thrive in any environment.

In this episode, Strategy Consultant at Accenture, Orossica Rodney talks about taking inputs directly from the market via sales and marketing functions and translating them into manufacturing strategy. He also discusses the role Continuous Improvement plays in strategy execution.

In this episode of Documenting the Journey, VP of Commercial Operations, former Army Veteran, and McKinsey Consultant, Dan Doverspike shares how he takes an iterative approach to leading strategy execution at Sword Health.

In this episode, VP of Operations, Mike Cuzzo, at Gold Eagle shares some techniques on engaging everyone in the execution of company strategy. Make honed his skills from years of education with top-tier educational institutions and years of experience rising up the ranks from the shop floor to the executive suite.

In this episode, author of 25 books and Professor Emeritus talks about why leaders have struggled to embrace Lean and the scientific approach over the past 100 years or so. 

In this episode, Dr William Harvey discusses his journey in getting started with Toyota KATA and how he and his team have used it to lead a cultural transformation at Peter Cremer North America.

In this episode, Linkedin Influencer, Paul Dunlop, talks about how Visual Management can be used as a powerful tool to kick-start the Lean journey. He also discusses how Continuous Improvement requires continuous investment of time and resources to see continued results.

In this episode, Paul Serafino, CEO of Accelerated Journey, formerly of Intel and the Massachusetts Manufacturing Extension Partnership shares some insights on avoiding the pain and slowness typically involved in the CI journey.

In this episode, hear Deondra Wardelle discuss her recent experience hosting KataCon7, using the KATA to root out racism in America, and so much more.

In this episode, Author and Continuous Improvement Consultant, Patrick Adams shares a tale of 2 companies. One is successful at creating a thriving Continuous Improvement culture and the other is only creating a surface-level appearance of such. His new book, Avoiding the Continuous Appearance Trap, provides 12 questions every company should ask themselves to determine which side of the line they fall within.

Authors Sean Fields and Michael Sanders, PhD share a combined 60 years of Continuous Improvement experience and key learnings in their new book titled Quantum Lean. This book provides a simplified approach to practicing Lean that is applicable beyond large enterprise shop floors, spanning across industries and size of company.

In this episode, the host of Rob's Reliability Podcast talks about how the Leadership Launchpad Project is reshaping Leadership in a way that respect mental and organizational health. He discusses the enormous cost of poor and ineffective leadership and how companies that fail to change their approach will struggle to retain talent in the future.

In this episode, members of the 2nd Cohort of the Impruver Challenge review the highlights from the challenge, including successes, obstacles, key learnings and more.

In this episode, we caught up with Karen Martin of TKMG for a delightful conversation about the launch of her new Continuous Improvement and Leadership academy. There just didn't seem to be enough time to cover the wide range of topics including Leader Standard Work, empowering frontline employees, and the evolution of Continuous Improvement. 

In this episode, Katie Anderson, author of new book titled Learning to Lead , Leading to Learn, share insights from her relationship with Toyota leader, Isao Yoshino on practicing humility as leaders in order to grow alongside of those we lead.

In this episode Nitin (Nick) Dumasia talks about how he is leveraging the COVID pandemic as an opportunity to take his consulting practice business virtual using tools like Impruver to help drive the transition.

In this episode of Documenting the Journey, Founder of Leantegrix, a Lean Supply Chain consultancy, discusses the Shingo framework and how it compliments the Toyota Production System. He also discusses his firm's framework for rapidly recovering from the COVID pandemic shutdown.

In this episode, DJ Duarte, Global Optimization Expert & Lean Leadership Coach talks about the true meaning and intent of kaizen. He also shares the latest and greatest thinking on the future of Continuous Improvement, the role of Industry 4.0 technology, and his journey as a long-time resident in Japan as a practitioner.

In this episode, Brandy Schade, Continuous Improvement and Strengthology coach, discusses how getting people in the position to succeed is the first step to rapid transformation.

In this episode, listen to Gary Kapanowsky discuss how he build his Lean chops on finding the financial benefits of making Lean process improvements.

In this eposide, Dan Markovitz, author of The Conclusion Trap shares with us some techniques to avoid jumping to destructive and premature conclusions. He also talks about the 3 things people tend to do that leads them to bad decisions and how to avoid this trap.

In this episode, Troy Magruder, Director of Manufacturing at World Technology Ingredients, talks about how Leadership in the 21st century inspires a complex mix of compassion, technology adoption, creativity, and engagement to win in the markets of tomorrow.

In this episode, experienced Continuous Improvement professional, Beau Keyte, talks about the early days of Lean and how the same principles that helped transform the auto industry in the 1980's are now transforming how undergraduate students apply scientific thinking immediately upon entering the workforce.

In this episode, Ron talks about how he went from Corporate Continuous Improvement leader to Co-Founder of Gemba Academy after launching a video blog demonstrating how Lean methods could be used to reduce lead time and improve manufacturing efficiency. ...and the rest was history.

In this episode of Documenting the Journey, Rick Phelps, seasoned Continuous Improvement coach discusses why he things the Continuous Improvement coaching model ultimately better serves the client than traditional consulting. He also discusses how organizations should consider themselves one big multi-layered experiment on a quest to bring greater customer value.

Hear Rob discuss his journey from economist to reliability professional and how technology is reshaping the way companies approach reliability. In this podcast, Rob covers Artificial Intelligence, Internet of Things, and Machine Learning in the context of process reliability. He also issues some keys for getting the most value from your efforts to apply Industry 4.0 technology to greatest effect.

Ben Cagle,  Executive Advisor at Cagle Partners deep dives into how cutting edge technologies like Artificial Intelligence (AI), Augmented and Virtual Reality (AR/VR), and Internet of Things (IoT) is transforming marketing and sales operations, supply chains, to bring increasingly greater value to customers.

Hal Frohreich, Nationally recognized Continuous Improvement pioneer shares his journey from leading TPM into Aerospace to being a coach, early adopter and practitioner of KATA methodology.