
Nick Belcher on Creating a People-First Lean Culture
What separates short-term Lean initiatives from lasting Lean cultures?In this episode of KPI Fireside, host Keith Norris sits down with Nick Belcher, a Lean Six Sigma Master Black Belt and Lean Cultur...
9 Mar 47min

Marcial Portillo on Building Systems and Behaviors That Make Improvement Stick
Why do Lean tools fade away in so many organizations? And what actually makes improvement stick?In this episode of KPI Fireside, host Keith Norris sits down with Marcial Portillo, a global operations ...
2 Mar 48min

Jennifer Ralston on Aligning Strategy and Culture
What separates organizations that struggle from those that truly win?In this episode of KPI Fireside, host Keith Norris sits down with Jennifer Ralston. As CEO & Founder of HKPO and the HKPO Veterans ...
23 Feb 55min

Reed Shell on Combining AI, Agile, and Lean for Real Execution
Is AI coming for your job—or just the parts of it you never liked doing in the first place?In this episode of KPI Fireside, host Keith Norris sits down with Reed Shell, a project management leader wit...
16 Feb 38min

Dean Kynaston on Leadership Gaps That Kill Agile
Why does Agile fail even when teams are trained and processes are in place? In this episode of KPI Fireside, host Keith Norris talks with Dean Kynaston, co-author of Agile Project Management for Dummi...
9 Feb 42min

Chris Gunderson on Putting Your Money Where Your Powerpoint Is
Why do large organizations invest heavily in technology and still fail to deliver real value? In this episode of KPI Fireside, host Keith Norris sits down with Chris Gunderson, a former oceanographic ...
2 Feb 40min

Michael Stevens on Culture as a Leadership Tool
How do leaders unknowingly create cultures of compliance instead of commitment? In this episode of KPI Fireside, host Keith Norris sits down with Michael Stevens, Presidential Professor of Leadership ...
26 Jan 1h 8min

Evan Unger on Transforming Meeting Culture
How do bad meetings quietly destroy culture, morale, and execution? In this episode of KPI Fireside, host Keith Norris sits down with Evan Unger, a leadership and culture expert with more than 30 year...
19 Jan 1h 3min




















