Keeping Our Humanity in Tech: Julia Austin on Why It Pays to Put People First in Product Development
In this episode of the WLEI Podcast, we speak with Julia Austin about what the lean product and process development principle “Put People First” looks like in practice. An executive fellow at Harvar...
20 Nov 202522min
Designing Work to More Effectively Solve the Right Problems
In this week’s edition of The Management Brief, Josh Howell, LEI President, and Mark Reich, LEI Chief Engineer Strategy, speak with Nelson Repenning, School of Management Distinguished Professor of Sy...
11 Nov 20251h 2min
Steven Spear Talks about Competing with TPS and Problem Solving
This month The Management Brief will explore prominent lean theories that have been guiding organizations in their lean transformations. This week, Josh Howell, LEI President, and Mark Reich, LEI Chie...
4 Nov 202557min
The Management Brief | Leaning on TPS Learnings to Create a U.S. Manufacturer
Josh Howell, LEI President, and Mark Reich, LEI Chief Engineer Strategy, are joined by Jon Armstrong, Co-Founder and CEO of Do It American MFG Company, which produces goods for public utilities. Jon s...
14 Okt 202546min
The Management Brief | Transforming from GM Executive to Toyota Leader
Josh Howell, LEI President, and Mark Reich, LEI Chief Engineer Strategy, talk with Carl Klemm, former General Motors and Toyota executive (including six years as President and CEO of Toyota Motor Manu...
7 Okt 202544min
The Management Brief Bonus Edition | Two Lean Luminaries and Two Processes for Lean Transformation
In this special dual-release edition of The Design Brief and The Management Brief, Josh Howell, LEI President, is joined by LEI veterans Jim Morgan, Senior Advisor, and Mark Reich, Senior Coach and Ch...
29 Sep 20251h 5min
The Design Brief | Eric Ethington and Matt Zayko on Why it Takes a Chief Engineer to Design Profitable Value Streams
In this episode of the WLEI Podcast, we speak with Eric Ethington and Matt Zayko about how to build strong teams and robust product and process development systems, and why doing so takes a skilled ch...
25 Sep 202527min
Improving Patient and Caregiver Outcomes with Lean in Healthcare
Two leaders of the Cleveland Clinic’s lean improvement function — Dr. Lisa Yerian, Executive Vice President and Chief Clinical & Operational Improvement Officer, and Chad Cummings, Vice President of L...
23 Sep 202548min
