Episodes

  • Quantum Lean: Taking Lean Systems to the next Level

    Quantum Lean: Taking Lean Systems to the next Level
    Aug 8 2023
    Podcast subject: Quantum Lean - Taking Lean Systems to the next level
    Host: Philip Holt
    Guests: Sean Fields, Michael Sanders (external guests)

    Abstract: Many Lean Practitioners find it difficult to make Lean stick. This lack of sustainability, or ‘stickiness’ is often difficult to diagnose, to understand why it’s not working. The authors of Quantum Lean, Sean Fields and Michael Sanders, have a perspective on this and, in this episode, will help us to think differently about how Lean Thinking works – What they call “Quantum Lean”.

    Content:
    1. Introductions.
    2. What is Quantum Lean?
    3. Why do we need Quantum Lean?
    4. Is this not just another catchy name for a hackneyed idea?
    5. What are the key elements of Quantum Lean?
    6. Why will we get different results? In what way is it different?
    7. Advice to anyone who wants to start with Quantum Lean.
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    48 mins
  • Six Sigma: The myths and realities

    Six Sigma: The myths and realities
    Jul 28 2023
    Podcast subject: Six Sigma - The myths and realities
    Host: Philip Holt
    Guests: Edwin van den Berg, Nick Walters, Mark Sneeringer

    Abstract: Six Sigma is a well know improvement methodology, first made famous by Motorola and GE, and now ubiquitous across industry. However, there are a lot of myths around Six Sigma: Is it a philosophy, a strategy, a methodology, or a tool? Is Six Sigma DMAIC? Is Six Sigma DFSS? Should we use Six Sigma or Lean? This episode of the Podcast aims to eradicate some of the myths and elucidate the realities with three eminent guests and masters in this field.

    Content:
    1. Introductions.
    2. What is Six Sigma?
    3. A brief history of Six Sigma.
    4. Why do we need to use Six Sigma?
    5. Which is best, Six Sigma or Lean?
    6. How can Six Sigma be used most effectively?
    7. The dos and don’ts of Six Sigma.
    8. Advice to anyone who wants to use Six Sigma or become certified.
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    48 mins
  • Talent Development

    Talent Development
    Jul 3 2023
    Podcast subject: Talent Development
    Host: Philip Holt
    Guests: Mona Balasubramanian, Anna Truscott-Smith, Debbie Adams, Adam Nicklin

    Abstract: Talent Development is a process by which we recruit the right person for the role, determine their strengths for the role, and support their development to be the best that they can. If we do this successfully and consistently across the organisation, it promotes improved job satisfaction, better engagement, and superior business performance. In this episode we speak to experts in this field, to better understand what makes Talent Development a success.

    Content:
    1. Introductions
    2. What is Talent Development?
    3. Why do we need it?
    4. How can you ensure that Talent Development is a success?
    5. Does a scientific method of talent selection really work?
    6. The dos and don’ts of Talent Development
    7. Advice to anyone who wants to make a breakthrough in this area
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    50 mins
  • The Kaikaku experience: Learning from the best, to become the best

    The Kaikaku experience: Learning from the best, to become the best
    Jun 2 2023
    Podcast subject: The Kaikaku experience: Learning from the best, to become the best
    Host: Philip Holt
    Guests: Rob Etheridge, Gary Shurmer, Jon Tudor, Anthony Howarth

    Abstract: The Kaikaku experience is an opportunity to visit companies who are excelling at their Lean Transformation to learn from them and gain inspiration for your own journey. However, it’s not traditional benchmarking, nor is it ‘industrial tourism’ and it’s important that the experience is properly curated to provide the maximum value. In this Podcast, the guests talk about what makes a Kaikaku experience successful, and how the listener can experience it themselves.

    Content:
    1. Introductions.
    2. What is a Kaikaku experience?
    3. Why do we need to go on one?
    4. How can you ensure that a Kaikaku experience is a success?
    5. Isn’t this just a benchmarking trip? Why use a Japanese word to describe it?
    6. The dos and don’ts of a Kaikaku experience.
    7. Advice to anyone who wants to attend or arrange a Kaikaku experience.
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    48 mins
  • Inventory Entitlement

    Inventory Entitlement
    May 3 2023
    Podcast subject: Inventory Entitlement
    Host: Philip Holt
    Guests: Anthony Howarth, Adam Nicklin

    Abstract: Inventory Entitlement is a methodology by which the required inventory investment for the current Value Stream Design is understood, balanced to budget, and then reduced through Value Stream improvements. However, it is often misunderstood, or misapplied, and getting it right is critical to the optimisation of Inventory.

    Content:
    1. Introductions
    2. What is Inventory entitlement?
    3. Why do we need it?
    4. How can you ensure that Inventory Entitlement is a sustainable methodology?
    5. Who owns it, is it a Supply Chain Management process?
    6. Advice to anyone who wants to make a breakthrough in this area.
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    48 mins
  • Daily Management & Problem Solving

    Daily Management & Problem Solving
    Mar 3 2023
    Podcast subject: Daily Management and Problem Solving
    Host: Philip Holt
    Guests: Anthony Howarth, Gary Shurmer, Jose Rodriguez

    Abstract: Daily Management and Problem Solving as a phrase sounds like a tautology to many Lean Leaders as, for them, Daily Management is about Problem Solving. Nevertheless, experience has taught that without a real emphasis on Problem Solving, Daily Management quickly becomes about “reporting the news”, spending time explaining what went wrong and why it will be okay next time. However, Daily Management must be about “making the news” and it is therefore crucial that everyone involved knows how to problem solve effectively and ensure that Daily Management is driving performance improvement everyday.

    Content:
    • Introductions
    • What is Daily Management?
    • What is Problem Solving?
    • What do we mean by “making the news” instead of “reporting it”?
    • How can you ensure that Daily Management is effective?
    • What is escalation and how do we use it effectively?
    • Advice to anyone who wants to make a breakthrough in this area
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    49 mins
  • The Psychology of Change

    The Psychology of Change
    Feb 17 2023
    Podcast subject: The Psychology of Change
    Host: Philip Holt
    Guests: David Bovis, Levent Turk & Edwin van den Berg

    Abstract:
    Change is something that human beings are constantly experiencing, from our cradle to the grave, in both our personal and professional lives. Organisations, in both the public and private sectors, are constantly reinventing themselves and it would be almost unheard of to find an organisation of any scale that doesn’t have at least one significant change (or transformation) programme ongoing.

    However, the way that we experience and respond to change isn’t something that can be logically planned for or easily predicted, as the psychology of change goes to the very root of our being as humans and involves functions of the brain that evolved millions of years ago, and that still cannot be fully explained by science.

    In this episode our guests discuss what makes change fail and what leaders can do to better understand the function of the brain and how to adopt a people focus that can make their change goals a success.

    Content:
    • Introductions
    • What is the ‘Psychology of Change’?
    • The guests' experience of change programmes
    • What is happening in our brains when we experience change?
    • What can leaders, who aren’t trained psychologists, do to better understand the PoC?
    • Advice to new learners of the subject

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    48 mins