Lean Coffee Talk (formerly known as Lean Whiskey)

Business & Economics Podcasts

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...

Episodes

NUMMI: GM Wrote It Down in 1987. They Still Didn't Get It.

KPIs, Coffee Sticks, Culture, and Change: What Leaders Get Wrong About Measurement

System Design, Psychological Safety, and When Lean Quotas Backfire

Ask Us Anything: Submit Your Lean, Leadership & Culture Questions ☕

From Miss Piggy to Spinal Tap, and Will Starbucks Discover Customer Value?

Crossover Event with the JIT Cafe: Daily Coffee and Productivity Routines

What do Crayola, the NFL, MIT, the Pope, and Red Eyes all have in common?

Australia, New Coke, Boeing, and the Future of Manufacturing in America

Starbucks, Honeywell, Tariffs, and Toyota

The Final Episode... or Is It?

Japan Study Tour, a Lost iPhone, and Some Hibiki and Ichiro's Malt

Lockout Tagout Your Equipment, but Not My Whiskey

From Decriminalizing Medical Errors, Mouse Jiggling, and New Bourbons

AI (ChatGPT) Takes Over Lean Whiskey, Including the Role of Bartender

Crossover Episode: Just-in-Time Cafe and Lean Whiskey: Flinchbaugh, Graban, Swan, O'Rourke

New Year’s Resolutions, But not Dry January; Boeing Makes One

Safety at SpaceX Under Elon Musk; 100 Years of Suntory Whiskey

Reflecting on the GE Lean Mindset Event, Including Ford, Uber, and PG&E

Should Lean be Forced? Running & Evaluating Experiments with the Podcast and Beyond, Inexpensive Sip

If Burbn Didn’t Pivot to Instagram, We Might Not Have Threads