The Just-in-Time Cafe Podcast

Embracing Disruption with the Woman Behind AME, with Kimberlee Humphrey

It's Episode 83 and the highlight is Tracy's interview with AME President Kimberlee Humphrey. We’ll get an inside look at the Association for Manufacturing Excellence, what's in store for the Dallas conference, and how Kimberlee is changing the status quo. For Hot Apps we’ll review a remote technique for supporting teams in their quest for reflection and growth. And for Q&A we asked our community how they resist giving advice when it might rob others of the chance to learn and grow.

It’s post labor day at the cafe, are you still wearing white?!

 

Timeline

• 0:06 - Intro
• 1:22 - What's On the Menu
• 2:05 - Hot Apps
  • Starfish Retrospective
• 7:31 - Q&A - How Do You Resist Offering Advice?
  • Join the conversation on LinkedIn (click the link)!
• 13:24 - Featured Guest - Kimberlee Humphrey
  • President of AME
• 33:30 - Upcoming Events
  • September 15th Webinar: "Zero In on Improvement Opportunities with 'Heat Maps'”
  • Fall Semester of "Lean Six Sigma Leadership" at UC San Diego: Lean Six Sigma Leadership

 

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Command & Control Leadership Rehab, with Jamie V. Parker

It's Episode 82 and the highlight is Tracy and Elisabeth's interview with the host of the Lean Leadership for Ops Managers Podcast, Jamie Parker. She calls herself a "Recovering Command & Control" manager and we'll find out how she uses that experience to help other leaders. Next up we’ve invited a power user to tell us about an app that helps you gather onsite data in an instant. And for Q&A we asked our community if they ever realized the best thing to do was to get out of the way.

 

It's a good day to be at the cafe!

 

Timeline

• 0:06 - Intro
• 01:51 - What's On The Menu
• 02:33 - Hot Apps
  • iAuditor by SafetyCulture
• 17:02 - Q&A - Are You In The Way?
  • Join the conversation on LinkedIn (click the link)!
• 24:37 - Featured Guest - Jamie V. Parker
• 51:33 - Upcoming Events
  • August 25 Webinar with Denver Peak Academy: "Building a Strategic Plan for Lean Transformation"
  • Lean Six Sigma Leadership Course at UC San Diego: Lean Six Sigma Leadership

 

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A Systemic Approach to #RootCauseRacism, with Deondra Wardelle

It's episode 81 and the highlight is Tracy and Elisabeth's interview with Visionary Leader Deondra Wardelle. They uncover how this Toyota Kata practitioner has put her considerable problem-solving skills to work supporting the #RootCauseRacism movement. Next up we’ll review an app that lets you collect, share, evaluate, experiment, incubate, & develop the best ideas in your organization. And for Q&A we asked our community if they ever got their customers “wrong.” Apparently that happens a lot more than you might think.

 

There's a lot going on at the cafe!

 

Timeline

• 0:06 - Intro
• 01:30 - What's On The Menu
• 02:10 - Hot Apps
  • BrightIdea.com
• 07:36 - Q&A - Getting the Customer Wrong
  • Join the conversation on LinkedIn (click the link)!
• 18:01 - Featured Guest - Deondra Wardelle
• 50:14 - Upcoming Events
  • July 21 Webinar - "Building Teams: Be Intentional & Get Better Results"
  • This September: Lean Six Sigma Leader course at UC San Diego

 

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Mending the Big Quit with Work Worth Doing, with Thomas Bertels

It's episode 80 and the highlight is Tracy and Elisabeth's interview with Business Consultant Thomas Bertals. As the host of the "Work Matters" Podcast, he's developed a way to address the "Big Quit" with a novel problem-solving approach. For "Hot Apps" we review a bare-bones, no frills "post-it" app that lets you brainstorm across oceans. And for Q&A we asked our community how they helped people navigate the “messy middle” of process improvement.

 

More crowd-sourced wisdom for the cafe community.

 

Timeline

• 0:06 - Intro
• 01:28 - What's On The Menu
• 02:13 - Hot Apps
  • The Ideazboardz.com
• 07:45 - Q&A - The Messy Middle
  • Join the conversation on LinkedIn (click the link)!
• 15:54 - Featured Guest - Thomas Bertels
• 41:56 - Upcoming Events
  • June 16 Interactive Session - "The 9th 'Invisible' Waste—How You Show Up Matters"
  • This September: Lean Six Sigma Leader course at UC San Diego

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Building a Better World with Lean Construction, with Rebecca Snelling

It's Episode 79 and the highlight is Tracy and Elisabeth's interview with Executive Leadership Coach Rebecca Snelling. As a board member of the Lean Construction Institute, she's seen what makes the Lean path work in the building industry. Next up it’s an app that provides an antidote to corporate silos. And on the same crucial topic, we asked our problem-solving community, “What have you seen that helps break down organizational silos?”

 

Come tap into the inspiring reflections, and crowd-sourced countermeasures at the cafe!

 

Timeline

• 0:06 - Intro
• 01:28 - What's On The Menu
• 02:10 - Hot Apps
  • Monday.com
• 07:18 - Q&A - Silos Happen
  • Join the conversation on LinkedIn (click the link)!
• 12:53 - Featured Guest - Rebecca Snelling
• 41:56 - Upcoming Events
  • May 19 Interactive Session - "Standard Work: Defining the Missing Lean Link"
  • Lean Six Sigma Leader course at UC San Diego

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Lean Six Sigma for the Greater Good, with Brion Hurley

It's Episode 78 and today’s highlight is Tracy and Elisabeth's interview with author Brion Hurley—host of the Lean Six Sigma for Good podcast. Brion is a Master Black Belt by day, but in his spare time he has dedicated himself to a book series documenting stories of Lean Six Sigma success in the nonprofit world—and that's good news for everybody! Next up we review an app that helps you dot your “i”s and cross your “t”s. And for Q&A, we asked our problem-solving community, “How do you make sure you make improvements “with” people instead of “to” them?” And our community responded!

 

Enjoy another great day at the cafe.

 

Timeline

• 0:06 - Intro
• 01:39 - What's On The Menu
• 02:19 - Hot Apps
  • Todoist
• 09:26 - Q&A - Should you base an improvement effort on survey results?
  • Join the conversation on LinkedIn (click the link)!
• 17:23 - Featured Guest - Brion Hurley
• 49:50 - Upcoming Events
  • April 21 Webinar - "Hot Tips and Activities for Lean Facilitators to Increase Team Engagement"
  • Lean Six Sigma Leader course at UC San Diego

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Lean Transformation at Illumina, with Pilar Zimmerman

It's Episode 77 and the highlight is Tracy and Elisabeth's interview with Pilar Zimmerman, Operational Excellence Senior Manager at Illumina. Pilar helps drive strategy deployment and Continuous Improvement at Illumina’s San Diego site. Next up it’s an app that enhances any media with intuitive visuals that champion diversity. And for Q&A, we asked our problem-solving community if there were any downsides to using survey data to measure process improvement. The community weighed in on data, bias and going to the Gemba.

 

It's an enlightening day at the cafe!

 

Timeline

• 0:06 - Intro
• 01:27 - What's On The Menu
• 02:12 - Hot Apps
  • The Noun Project
• 08:27 - Q&A - Should you base an improvement effort on survey results?
  • Join the conversation on LinkedIn (click the link)!
• 15:32 - Featured Guest - Pilar Zimmerman
• 47:15 - Upcoming Events
  • March 17th Interactive Session - "A Financial Services Lean Six Sigma Interactive Story - Guess the Solution!"
  • Lean Six Sigma Leader course at UC San Diego

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Saving Lives With Lean, with Gemma Jones

It's Episode 76 and the highlight is Tracy and Elisabeth's interview with Gemma Jones, one of the founders of the Kata Girl Geeks. Gemma has developed a way to mobilize continuous improvement practitioners to help underserved and at-risk members of society, and she shares it for the first time ever at the cafe. Next up it’s an app that helps you do more...by doing nothing. And for Q&A, we asked our problem-solving community how they escape the impulse to compare themselves to others. They all told us they were better than us—kidding! They gave us some great techniques to avoid the trap of “compare & despair” …and how to stay focused on their own crucial work.

 

Life-changing tips a the cafe!

 

Timeline

• 0:06 - Intro
• 01:29 - What's On The Menu
• 02:22 - Hot Apps
  • Calm
• 08:02 - Q&A - How do you escape the impulse to compare yourself to others?
  • Join the conversation on LinkedIn (click the link)!
• 15:36 - Featured Guest - Gemma Jones
• 42:38 - Upcoming Events
  • February 24th Webinar - "How to Make It Easy for People to Master Continuous Improvement" with guest host Amanda Zimmerman

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Finance Meets Lean, with Nick Katko & Mike De Luca

It's Episode 75, and Tracy and Elisabeth got to talk money with Nick Katko and Mike DeLuca, co-authors of the new book, “Practicing Lean Accounting”. Mike and Nick are a seasoned duo, and they offered insights into the biggest source of waste in accounting processes—no, it’s not money. Next up it’s an app that sets you up to be a rockstar team builder. And for Q&A, our problem-solving community weighed in on how to deal with the classic “solution masquerading as a problem” known as “lack of training.”

 

Don't miss this New Year's treat!

 

Timeline

• 0:06 - Intro
• 01:50 - What's On The Menu
• 02:30 - Hot Apps
  • Confetti: https://www.withconfetti.com/
• 07:02 - Q&A - How do you deal with "lean thinking" mentality?
  • Join the conversation on LinkedIn (click the link)!
• 16:29 - Featured Guest - Nick Katko & Mike De Luca
  • Get Nick and Mike's Book on Amazon.
• 45:44 - Upcoming Events
  • January 20th Webinar (click to register) - Sunitha Narayanan
  • UC San Diego Leadership Course

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Girl Power in the Middle East, with Sabiha Mumtaz

It's Episode 74 and Tracy and Elisabeth got to interview Dr. Sabiha Mumtaz from the University of Wollongong in Dubai. She’s got an innovative strategy for lifting women into leadership positions in the United Arab Emirates. Next up it’s a cool tool that lets you load videos, animation and an unlimited supply of presentation goodies into your PowerPoints. And for Q&A, they asked our problem-solving community if anyone had attempted to bring Lean into their homes—and what happened if they did.

 

It's a great day at the cafe!

• 0:00 - Intro
• 1:32 - What's On The Menu
• 2:13 - Hot Apps
  • Presenter Media: https://www.presentermedia.com/
• 5:09 - Q&A - Have you used Lean at home?
• 17:17 - Featured Guest - Sabiha Mumtaz
• 46:17 - Upcoming Events
  • December Webinar - https://us06web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZ0pc-yqqDorE9Bfxw8VBYUsch8BZNJ9zw-8
  • UC San Diego Leadership Course: https://extension.ucsd.edu/courses-and-programs/lean-six-sigma-leadership

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