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Tara Henley is a Canadian journalist and bestselling author. On the Lean Out podcast, she interviews heterodox writers and thinkers from around the world, in an attempt to widen the Overton window of acceptable thought in society. You can learn more about her work at tarahenley.substack.com
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Lean Blog Audio is a short-form podcast featuring audio versions of articles from LeanBlog.org, written, read, and expanded by Mark Graban. Each episode explores practical Lean thinking, psychological safety, continuous improvement, and leadership—through real-world examples from healthcare, manufacturing, startups, and other complex work environments. Topics include learning from mistakes, reducing fear and blame, improving systems, and using data thoughtfully through tools like Process Beh ...
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Lean on Ayurveda

Vytaute Liutkeviciute

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Welcome! In the Lean on Ayurveda podcast, its host and Ayurveda expert Vytaute explores how Ayurveda, the ancient science of health and wellbeing, can help us understand ourselves more deeply and guide us to feeling better. For more information about Vytaute’s work, visit leanonayurveda.com.
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Formerly known as ”Lean Whiskey.” Mark Graban and Jamie Flinchbaugh share more than just their MIT degrees: they’re authors, speakers, and trusted voices in the Lean community... plus they’re both serious about their coffee. Each episode offers insightful discussions on essential topics like operational excellence, leadership effectiveness, organizational culture, problem-solving strategies, innovation, and building a thriving Lean culture. Whether you’re an experienced executive, an ambitio ...
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This podcast offers business solutions to help listeners develop and implement action plans for lean process improvement and implement continuous improvement projects, cost reductions, product quality enhancements, and process effectiveness improvement. Listeners come from many industries in both manufacturing and office applications.
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The Rest is Lean

Alan Lothian, John Dee, Russell Watkins

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The Rest is Lean Channel is a light-hearted and educational look at how to make businesses better through Lean Manufacturing and Operational Excellence. Suited for all levels of understanding and from any industry or geographical region. John, Alan & Russell are time-served lean professionals with over 30 years each in this field. Leading and coaching some of the best businesses from SMEs to multi-nationals. Trained by some of the highest calibre Japanese masters from Toyota(one step from Oh ...
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The Ever-So-Lean Podcast is the destination for exploring how Leadership and Continuous Improvement support High Performance. Come and join us as we share the real-life experiences of global industry leaders and front-line workers, diving deep into their journeys of triumph and adversity. Each episode offers genuine insights, practical wisdom, and valuable takeaways to support your path to excellence. Whether you’re striving for personal excellence or leading a team toward new heights, the E ...
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Brion Hurley from Business Performance Improvement shares his takes and thoughts on a variety of topics related to process improvement (specifically Lean and Six Sigma methods), Bursts are rapid improvement activities, so this sounded like a good word to use for these short audio clips. We'll try to keep them under 10 minutes each. Have a question? Use the Spotify app to leave us a voice message, and we might pick your question for our next episode!
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Lean Blog Interviews: Real-World Lean Leadership Conversations features thoughtful, in-depth discussions with leaders, authors, executives, and practitioners who are applying Lean thinking in the real world. Hosted by Mark Graban—author of Lean Hospitals, Measures of Success, and The Mistakes That Make Us—the podcast explores Lean as a management system, a leadership philosophy, and a people-centered approach to continuous improvement. Episodes span healthcare, manufacturing, startups, techn ...
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The Lean and Lethal Project is a mission-driven podcast for men who are done living soft, distracted, and disconnected. This show is about forging strength—in your body, your mind, and your purpose. Hosted by Bridger Deaton, each episode blends science, real-world experience, and hard-hitting conversation to guide you through the process of becoming a weapon: sharp, strong, capable, and relentless. This isn’t about chasing aesthetics. It’s about relentless growth, building resilience, and be ...
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If you love the health and fitness YouTube show, Live Lean TV, you're also going to love the Live Lean TV Podcast. Lets be real, some people just don't have the time to watch the show on YouTube, so we now upload the audio version of the Live Lean TV episodes, as well as new exclusive audio to this podcast. In addition to the episodes covering specific nutrition and fitness tips, you'll also hear our Motivation Minute series, and our #AskLiveLeanTV show. This is the show where husband and wi ...
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In Their Own Words

The Deming Institute

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Interviews with members of The Deming Institute community, including industry leaders, practitioners, educators, Deming family members and others who share their stories of transformation and success through the innovative management and quality theories of Dr. W. Edwards Deming.
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We all want to see successes in both our personal and professional lives. Often, that requires strong leadership. In a time when leadership can be more challenging than ever, this podcast is dedicated to cultivating leaders by elevating the voices of leaders and promoting positivity. Join Dr. Darrin Peppard, lifelong educator and best-selling author, for this mixed platform podcast (some solo, some guest interview) for inspiration and insight, and some great leadership stories from those are ...
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Profound

John Willis

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Ramblings about W. Edwards Deming in the digital transformation era. The general idea of the podcast is derived from Dr. Demming's seminal work described in his New Economics book - System of Profound Knowledge ( SoPK ). We'll try and get a mix of interviews from IT, Healthcare, and Manufacturing with the goal of aligning these ideas with Digital Transformation possibilities. Everything related to Dr. Deming's ideas is on the table (e.g., Goldratt, C.I. Lewis, Ohno, Shingo, Lean, Agile, and ...
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Sage Spirituality

Joil A Marbut

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Reaching back, leaning in and seeking out a deeper experience with God. Go deeper with your host Joil Marbut. Visit us at https://www.sagespirituality.com/ for more information about our podcast
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Living Lean

Jeremiah Bair

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Living Lean is a show created to educate you on applicable, science-based strategies to build a lean, strong body, and increase your confidence. Jeremiah Bair is a coach based out of Scottsdale, AZ committed to pushing others to constantly grow towards the best version of themselves.DISCLAIMER:*This Podcast is for entertainment and general informational purposes only and does not constitute the practice of medicine, nursing or other professional health care services, including the giving of ...
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Lean With Plants

Chelsea Mae Cullen

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Calling all overweight plant based women! This is a podcast for FRUSTRATED vegan gal's who can’t shift the fat, all while eating a healthy vegan diet! (Yes we exist.) Weight loss doesn’t have to be a mystery, but with all the pseudo science and outright quackery online it’s hard to understand the true WHY and HOW. I’m Chelsea Cullen and I’ve lost 18kg (nearly 40 pounds) as a vegan ONCE I understood the science of weight loss, which has nothing to do with counting calories or celery juice by ...
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Women & ADHD

Katy Weber

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A late diagnosis turned her world upside down. Now Katy Weber interviews other women who discovered they have ADHD in adulthood and are finally feeling like they understand who they are and how to best lean into their strengths, both professionally and personally.
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Demo Day Podcast

CoEfficient Labs

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Demo Day is the podcast for founders, venture capitalists, and anyone who wants to learn more about the top accelerator, incubator, and VC programs across the country. Come hear the top venture capitalists and founders in the game discuss what it takes to go from seed to exit.
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Wits & Weights | Fat Loss, Nutrition, & Strength Training for Lifters

Philip Pape, Evidence-Based Nutrition Coach & Fat Loss Expert

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For skeptics of the fitness industry who want to work smarter and more efficiently to build muscle and lose fat. Wits & Weights is one of the best fitness podcasts for evidence-based nutrition and fitness strategies. We cut through the noise and deconstruct health and fitness with an engineering mindset to help you develop a strong, lean physique without wasting time. Evidence-based nutrition coach Philip Pape explores efficient strength training, nutrition, and lifestyle strategies to optim ...
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Lean Into Excellence

Liz Cricenti and Marco Bonilla

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Welcome to 'Lean into Excellence,' the podcast where we dive deep into the dynamic world of Continuous Improvement. Join us as we explore real-life applications, share success stories, and unravel the secrets behind these transformative methodologies. Get ready to lean into a world where efficiency meets innovation, right here on 'Lean into Excellence.'
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In the Village of Nothing Much, everyday life is full of glimmers of ordinary magic. From the Inn on the Lake to the Farmer’s Market, from the bookshop in downtown to the cabin in the woods, enjoy soothing stories that lean into small pleasures and celebrate community. Based on the enormously popular podcast Nothing Much Happens, these family-friendly stories are an antidote to anxiety and a dose of simple goodness. Listen on your commute, on a walk, or whenever you want to visit a place whe ...
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IF you want to get leaner and live longer, check out: https://milliondollarbodylabs.com/ This show teaches YOU how to get lean by turning body fat into better focus so that you can live a long, healthy life. We all want a lean, muscular physique that performs as well as it looks, but we're BUSY. No one has time for marathon workouts and endless tracking of calories with kids, sports, work meetings, and all the building and creating we do in our own lives. But what if it was easier than we th ...
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The Lean Solutions Podcast hosts start off season 5 by addressing a common challenge: setting goals is easy, but making them stick is not. They emphasize that meaningful goal setting requires clarity, alignment, and intention, warning that vague goals and misaligned priorities often lead teams off track. From the start, they frame goals as somethin…
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In this special shared episode, Darrin Peppard and Dr. Frederick Buskey—host of The Assistant Principal Podcast—tackle a challenge leaders are facing more and more often: angry, escalated parent interactions. This conversation was sparked by a real question from the field—a leader Frederick supports reached out looking for guidance on how to handle…
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Andrew and Jay talk about why relationships matter a lot in business. Sometime more than products, systems, or raw talent. They dig into the practical value of local relationships for staying informed and connected as decisions get made around you. From there, the conversation ranges across manufacturing, housing, leadership, parenting, and team dy…
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Send us a text Another exciting episode from the guys at TRIL In addition to the usual banter from the three lean musketeers, and the usual 'Quote of the Week' segment, find out why: - Russell enjoyed his books and recent Taphouse visits - John is getting so excited about his electric tricycle - Alan is talking about his exploits in Silicon Spa! Th…
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In this episode, I break down five personal beliefs that have fundamentally changed the way I think, train, work, and live. These aren’t motivational quotes or surface-level mindset hacks. They’re principles I’ve had to learn. Often the hard way. Through patterns I’ve repeated, mistakes I’ve made, and challenges that forced me to grow. I talk about…
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The team discusses their physique game plans for 2026, focusing on training and nutrition strategies, competition goals, and personal reflections on their journeys. The conversation delves into the challenges and wins experienced over the past few months, as well as the adjustments made in their training and nutrition approaches. CHAPTERS 00:00 202…
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Episode page with links, video, and more In this episode, Mark Graban and Jamie Flinchbaugh respond to listener questions about system design, leadership behavior, and navigating misguided Lean requirements. They explore why some systems—like college football playoffs or improvement quotas—fail to deliver their intended results, and what leaders ca…
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Send us a text In this deep conversation, I’m joined by my beloved teacher Angela Perger, founder of Simple Ayurveda, to explore how ancient Ayurvedic wisdom can meet modern trauma awareness - and why, for many of us, healing requires more than food, herbs, and routines alone. Together, we dive into trauma-informed Ayurveda, emotional digestion, an…
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In The Leaner, Stronger Runner Framework – Part 2: How Runners Should Actually Eat, we’re talking about the piece that confuses more runners than anything else: food. Most runners think eating better means eating less, cutting out carbs completely, or just being more disciplined. And for a while, that might seem like it’s working. But then the hung…
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The blog post How should organizations think about using AI in Kaizen and continuous improvement? In this AudioBlog, Mark Graban argues that there are no clear answers yet—and that uncertainty is exactly why AI should be approached through small, disciplined PDSA cycles rather than big bets or hype-driven rollouts. Instead of treating AI as an expe…
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With the new year now upon us, we are going to continue our conversation about the state of feminism, and how we might begin to think and talk about women’s lives in ways that are more productive. Our guest on the program this week is a frequent commentator on modern feminism, and she says the central archetypes of our current moment — the girl bos…
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What if operational excellence depends less on doing more with less—and more on how leaders create meaning, optimism, and relationships at work? Episode page with video, transcript, and more In this episode, Mark Graban is joined by Kathy Miller, senior operations executive, leadership coach, and author of More Is Better: Leading Operations with Me…
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Go to my sponsor https://trylco.com/liveleanheart and use code LiveLeanHeart to get 20%off the Comprehensive Heart Health and other select tests. Get the insights you need to live a healthier life.Heart disease is the #1 cause of death, and most people don’t realize their risk is building silently for decades, even if their cholesterol test looks “…
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As we close out the final day of 2025, it seems fitting to engage in two of my favorite activities: reflection and anticipation. Links: My other shows are GrowGreat.com (a city government leadership show) and HotSpringsVillageInsideOut.com (a show about retiring, living, and thriving inside Hot Springs Village, Arkansas). Please tell a friend about…
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What does it mean to live a 'spiritual' life? To me, it means living and doing differently than the majority...and leaning into this avenue has transformed my life in many many ways. Life is hard. But when you live from the 'inside out', and in alignment with Who You are Meant to Be, you life a rich, deeply satisfying life that can handle the hurdl…
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Why does weight loss work for a while… then quietly fall apart? In this episode, I break down the hidden reasons weight loss doesn’t stick for most women. Not willpower, hormones, or motivation, but common mistakes and patterns that keep people repeating the same cycle without realizing it. We talk about why “trying harder” backfires, how inconsist…
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This week I interviewed the Founder & CEO of Touchstone Essentials - Eddie Stone! Eddie’s background working directly with everyday people on practical detox solutions, combined with his experience leading one of the most trusted clean supplement brands, gives him a unique perspective on the real-world challenges people face when trying to improve …
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In this episode, Matt is joined by Stacey Franklin, a widely recognised Lean thinking leader and one of Ireland’s most respected voices in continuous improvement. Stacey is the founder and CEO of Kanso, a consultancy inspired by the Japanese concept of simplicity, helping organisations cut through complexity and create clarity in how they work. Wit…
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In the ⁠Lean Six Sigma Ecosystem⁠, I have posted numerous courses over the past few months, and quite a few of them are free. If you're not aware, the adoption of Lean in the healthcare industry has been pretty dramatic over the past 20+ years. I took some of the best healthcare-specific Lean training videos I've used in my Lean Six Sigma courses a…
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In this episode, I share an interview with Mike Wrathall, where I explore his background in strategy, agile methods and sustainability. His early career involved building digital services, primarily for government and social housing organizations, such as streamlining the process for getting people who are homeless or victims of domestic violence i…
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