Just-In-Time Cafe: Lean Six Sigma, Leadership, Change Management

Just-In-Time Cafe: Lean Six Sigma, Leadership, Change Management


Latest Episodes

The Secret to Keeping Great Nurses on Staff, Featuring Aisha Ahmad
September 19, 2018

This month at the cafe we got a visit from the wonderful Aisha Ahmad of MemorialCare who discusses her efforts to keep desperately needed nurses on staff by developing mentoring programs. In this month’s Poll, we find out exactly how…

Duct Tape and Standard Work - The Sexy Tools of Lean! Featuring Tom Root
August 31, 2018

No one sent you a Zingerman’s Cheesecake? We’ve got the next best thing – an interview with Tom Root, the Managing Partner for Zingerman’s Mail Order and Chief Operating Officer for the larger community of Zingerman’s Businesses. Listen to the…

Customers Are Talking and Comcast Is Listening, Featuring Dana Wilson
August 15, 2018

Got cable? Use Comcast? Tune in to hear VP of Customer Experience Assurance Dana Wilson reveal how to get not just the voice, but the look of the customer! In this month’s poll we find out what our listeners value…

Building Better Government With a Lean Fellowship Program, Featuring Hollie Jensen
July 31, 2018

Grab your favorite thermos for a commute with Tracy and Elisabeth – there is much to discuss! Check out Today’s Special to hear Hollie Jensen describe the Lean Fellowship program for the State of Washington – a first-class mentoring program…

Podcast: Just-In-Time Cafe, Episode 19 – UC San Diego Practices What They Teach With Lean Six Sigma, With Ashley Gambhir
September 29, 2017

In this “Back-to-School” episode, we’ll interview Ashley Gambhir, a leader at UC San Diego who is improving education with Lean Six Sigma. For an appetizer we’ll serve up an app that “Leans Out” podcasts. Both government and healthcare make headlines…

Podcast: Just-In-Time Cafe, Episode 18 – Why Engaged Employees Make Process Improvement Happen With John Guaspari, Employee Engagement Expert
August 31, 2017

Big things happening at the Cafe as summer winds to a close. This month’s app addresses the little-known need for cartoons with improvement teams. One of our “In the News” segments covers the intersection of a college, a hospital and…

Podcast: Just-In-Time Cafe, Episode 17 – The Importance of Building a Lean Culture With Brett Cooper, Co-founder of Integris Performance Advisors
July 28, 2017

We saved a seat for you to join us at the Just-In-Time Cafe this week to talk about apps, news, books and all things related to good clean problem solving. We’ll cover an app that gives PowerPoint a face lift.…

Podcast: Just-In-Time Cafe, Episode 16 – Telling Stories That Create Monumental Change With Mitch Ditkoff, President of Idea Champions
June 30, 2017

Join us this month where we’ll discuss an app that creates a digital workspace. On the Bulletin Board, we’ll say good-bye to a Quality Lion and then we’ll find out what happens when you let sailors out of the box.…

Podcast: Just-In-Time Cafe, Episode 15 – Back to the Birth of Lean – A Journey to Toyota in Japan With Darril Wilburn, Senior Partner at Honsha
May 26, 2017

This month, we’re going to discuss an app that makes the case for being “lucid.” On the Bulletin Board, we’ll find out why the University of California at San Diego is putting Lean Six Sigma into hot tubs and we’ll…

Podcast: Just-In-Time Cafe, Episode 14 – Getting Wild & Ending Extinction Using Lean Six Sigma With Jeff Foster of the San Diego Zoo
April 28, 2017

This month, it’s all happening at the zoo. We’ll be interviewing Jeff Foster of the San Diego Zoo to find out how rhinos deal with process improvement. For today’s appetizer we’ll review an app that is bad grammar’s antidote to…