Lean Thinking for Business Excellence with Thom Keehan of Enterprise Kaizen
Lean Thinking for Business Excellence with Thom Keehan of Enterprise Kaizen
Thom Keehan
Real-world business experience shared by Thom Keehan on his nearly 30-year career where he used Lean Thinking in GE and other Fortune 400 companies. We want every episode to leave you equipped with advice and to-do lists for immediate application in your journey to business excellence and lean transformation. We plan to have guests with specific and deep expertise in various aspects of Lean Manufacturing & Lean Office. We will explore their successes and also the learning experiences that come from unsuccessful approaches to help you learn, save time, and make better informed choices. Welcome!
Adopting Change
You need to gain acceptance to implement change which means "Why?" is your focus. I discuss the need to not only accept the change, but to USE the change. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/enterprisekaizen/message
Aug 4, 2023
3 min
Data Driven Decision Making
This is episode 3/4 on the four main elements of Continuous Improvement. Now that we have seen the waste with Lean, figured out which Problem Solving Method to use, now we use Data to make our decision on the solution that we can sustain and start to tell the story. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/enterprisekaizen/message
Jul 29, 2023
6 min
How to Problem Solve
This is the 2nd out of 4 for our short series of Continuous Improvement. We discuss how to approach solving the problems the waste you have identified in the first episode, Lean Thinking. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/enterprisekaizen/message
Jul 21, 2023
6 min
What is Lean?
This is the first in a four-part series defining the basic four elements of Continuous Improvement. I discuss the definition of Lean, the 8 Wastes, and understanding where to look for them. The other episodes will be on Problem Solving, Data Driven Decision Making, and Adopting Change. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/enterprisekaizen/message
Jul 15, 2023
5 min
VSM Information Flow
Information flow is just as critical as process flow and the flow of time. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/enterprisekaizen/message
Jul 6, 2023
8 min
What's Your Mantra?
How do you communicate your "theme"? Do you know what your theme is? Mine have always balanced around three things and I discuss them in this podcast. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/enterprisekaizen/message
Apr 13, 2023
5 min
Kaizen & Capability
Do your improvements outpace the capability of your people or equipment? This is a quick episode to discuss why to keep them in line with each other. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/enterprisekaizen/message
Apr 13, 2023
4 min
There is No Shame in 5S
In this episode, we talk about the existence of shame in the implementation of 5S and how to get around it as there is no shame in 5S.  --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/enterprisekaizen/message
Jun 12, 2021
13 min
It's Time for a Chief Problem Solver
We explore the idea of evolving from an Operational Excellence Leader to a Chief Problem solver. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/enterprisekaizen/message
May 22, 2021
13 min
Respect the Pace! Bonus Track
Another example of me making a fool of myself and learning in the process.  Enjoy my antics!! --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/enterprisekaizen/message
May 2, 2021
5 min
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