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It's Episode 103 and the highlight is our interview with Ahren Crickard, the Director of the Center for Operational Excellence at UC San Diego and she’ll be sharing all things Process Palooza–the yearly problem-solving festival with the highest octane MC available–a certain Tracy O’Rourke. For Hot Apps, we’ll give you our take on a conference app how good it is at networking. And then for Q&A, we pose the question, "How do you feel about getting lost. Is it a failure or an opportunity?"
Sit back and enjoy!
0:00 - Intro
1:22 - What's on the menu?
2:02 - Hot Apps
Whova

8:45 - Q&A
Lost or on an Adventure?

14:49 -Featured Guest
Ahren Crickard

38:17 - Upcoming Events
August Webinar: 
"5S Baby" Spoof Lean Rap Video Reveal Party

Resources:
Multiple-award-winning book, "Picture Yourself A Leader"
Lean Parody Video, "Baby Got Tools!"
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It's Episode 102 and the highlight is our interview with Maribel Topf the Division Manager of Continuous Improvement at Snap-on Tools author of the new book Process Alchemy–she put all her insights into print and we’re going to get a few gems from her. For Hot Apps, we’ll cover an app that might help you find space for yourself in your day. And then we’ll dig into the question of timing–what happens when we wait for just the right moment?
 

0:00 - Intro
1:07 - What's on the menu?
1:49 - Hot Apps


Headspace


8:39 - Q&A


Do It Scared!

 


12:58 -Featured Guest


Maribel Topf


Process Alchemy


40:54 - Upcoming Events


June Webinar: Rich Data, Poor Data: Elevating Your Data Quality


"5S Baby" Spoof Lean Rap Video Reveal Party



Resources:


Multiple-award-winning book, "Picture Yourself A Leader"


Lean Parody Video, "Baby Got Tools!"

 


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It's Episode 101 and the highlight is Tracy an Elisabeth's interview with Tracy Minutolo—Head of Operational Excellence at the technology health company Hologic. We’ll find out how Tracey morphed from a microbiologist into a Lean Six Sigma Black Belt. For Hot Apps, we’ll give you our take on a serious rival for ChatGPT—or a perfect companion for Google—or both. And then we’ll dig into a question that came up recently about our negativity bias—is it a force for good or evil?
In the meantime, fill that mug and get comfy!
0:00 - Intro
1:37 - What's on the menu?
2:23 - Hot Apps
Perplexity

9:42 - Q&A
Negative bias - a force for Good?

16:00 -Featured Guest
Tracey Minutolo

38:48 - Upcoming Events
Webinar: Good Data, Poor Data: Elevating Your Data Quality
"5S Baby" Spoof Lean Rap Video Reveal Party

Resources:
Multiple-award-winning book, "Picture Yourself A Leader"
Lean Parody Video, "Baby Got Tools!"

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Today’s highlight is whisky cocktails! Or the reason behind our whiskey cocktails. In a crossover celebration of 100 Cafe episodes, Tracy and Elisabeth invited their good friends Mark Graban and Jamie Flinchbaugh of the Lean Whiskey podcast to mark this cafe milestone. They're primed to talk all things podcasting. And for a special Hot Apps segment, these four will let you in on their current favorites, so stay tuned for some solid work tips …but with a twist, or possibly a garnish!

0:00 - Intro
1:52 - What's on the menu?
21:06 - Hot Apps
Trello
Kainexus
Asana
Evernote
Credly

14:49 - Featured Guest
My Favorite Mistakes podcast
Lean Blog podcast
People Solve Problems podcast
Picture Yourself a Leader book
The Mistakes That Make Us book
People Solve Problems book
Podcast feed at LeanWhiskey.com or leanblog.org/leanwhiskey or jflinch.com/leanwhiskey

52:25 - Upcoming Events

Resources:
New Lean Parody Video, "Baby Got Tools!"

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It's Episode 99 and the highlight is Tracy and Elisabeth's interview with Allison Kestenbaum, the Supervisor of Spiritual Care and Clinical Pastoral Education at UC San Diego Health. She just got her Lean Six Sigma Black Belt Certification so we dig into the intersection of continuous improvement and Spiritual care–that’s a new one for everyone out there. For Hot Apps, we’ll cover an app that gives you credit—and we all need credit and recognition. Then we’ll cover a book that recently got some credit and the author just happens to be one of the hosts of this podcast—so stay tuned for gold-medal reveal!
In the meantime, make yourself some Just-in-time coffee and let’s roll!

0:00 - Intro
1:15 - What's on the menu?
2:06 - Hot Apps


Credly
 


TKMG Academy
 


UC San Diego Extended Studies Lean Six Sigma Portfolio


8:52 - Q&A


Gold Award Winner for Best Business Book of 2023



14:49 - Featured Guest


Allison Kestenbaum



41:25 - Upcoming Events
March Webinar: Game On: Unlocking Lean Innovation through Deliberate Play


Resources:


"Picture Yourself A Leader"—Winner of the International Impact Book Award for Best Leadership Book
New Lean Parody Video, "Baby Got Tools!"



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It's Episode 98 and the highlight is Tracy & Elisabeth's interview with Lifesharing’s Executive Team—Jeff Trageser and Mike Vazquez. Lifesharing is a nonprofit arm of UC San Diego Health dedicated to organ procurement and—lucky for everyone—they're steeped in continuous improvement. For Hot Apps, we’ll cover a networking app you’re probably aware of, you might even be using, but are you making the most of it? And for Q&A, we’ll discuss the topic of work relationships. Are you a “just-the-facts ma'am” Joe Friday type? If asking people about themselves feels like “fluff” —are you hamstringing your own progress? Tracy and Elisabeth get to the bottom of that and more!

0:00 - Intro
1:18 - What's on the menu?
2:10 - Hot Apps
LinkedIn

17:19 - Q&A
Doing FLUFF
Join the conversation!

25:35 - Featured Guest Intro
Jeffry Trageser & Michael Vazquez of LifeSharing

56:45 - Upcoming Events
February Webinar 2/28: "Public Relations for a Problem-Solving Culture: Storytelling at Work"

Resources:
"Picture Yourself A Leader"—Winner of the International Impact Book Award for Best Leadership Book
New Lean Parody Video, "Baby Got Tools!"

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