Lean 911 podcast

Lean 911

The Lean 911 Podcast is where you'll have a voice directly from the gemba. Host, Mark DeLuzio, President and CEO of Lean Horizons Consulting and the principal architect of the Danaher Business System, relies on his three decades of lean successes as well as his failures to answer your most challenging questions regarding your lean transformation.

The Lean 911 Podcast is where you'll have a voice directly from the gemba. Host, Mark DeLuzio, President and CEO of Lean Horizons Consulting and the principal architect of the Danaher Business System, relies on his three decades of lean successes as well as his failures to answer your most challenging questions regarding your lean transformation.

 

#68

Lessons from the Danaher Business System Office III – Humble Errors: Mistakes We Made when Creating ...

Mark DeLuzio discusses the errors made when architecting the Danaher Business System and t... more

15 Sep 2025

43 MINS

43:59

15 Sep 2025


#67

Lessons from the Danaher Business System Office II – The Role and Structure of a Lean Office

A lean office can either accelerate transformation or quietly undermine it. The difference... more

01 Sep 2025

43 MINS

43:17

01 Sep 2025


#66

Lessons from the Danaher Business System Office I – Do You Have a Purpose?

Many Lean transformations commence without understanding why, and the communications to em... more

18 Aug 2025

38 MINS

38:09

18 Aug 2025


#65

Problem Solving IX – Are you a Critical Thinker? The Mindset of a Problem Solver

Mark DeLuzio discusses the rules and mindset needed to be an effective critical thinker, w... more

01 Aug 2025

39 MINS

39:22

01 Aug 2025


#64

How Compensation Systems Can Kill a Lean Transformation

If your Lean transformation feels like it's stuck, your compensation system might be part ... more

15 Jul 2025

31 MINS

31:53

15 Jul 2025


#63

Why the Danaher Business System Was Successful – The Answer May Surprise You!

Mark DeLuzio discusses the intangibles that made all the difference to the success of the ... more

01 Jul 2025

47 MINS

47:17

01 Jul 2025


#62

The Problem with OEE and Absorption Accounting

Some metrics were never meant to survive in a Lean world. OEE and absorption accounting mi... more

15 Jun 2025

29 MINS

29:38

15 Jun 2025


#61

Lean Leadership Mistakes That Stall Change (Webinar Replay Ask Two Marks Anything)

Replay from our live April 7 webinar. Most Lean initiatives stall because leaders chase to... more

01 Jun 2025

1 HR 27 MINS

1:27:18

01 Jun 2025


#60

Problem Solving VIII – Defining the Span of Control to Enable Problem Solving

In this episode, Mark DeLuzio talks about Lean Horizons' Managing Director Jon Boucher dis... more

15 May 2025

1 HR 02 MINS

1:02:43

15 May 2025


#59

Why Don’t Your Leaders Listen to You?

In this episode, Mark DeLuzio talks about why Lean/CI people are not being listened to and... more

01 May 2025

13 MINS

13:57

01 May 2025


#58

Mark’s Favorite Lean Financial Metric – Free Cash Flow as % of Net Income

Do you want to get the attention of leadership? Then you need to speak their language. In ... more

15 Apr 2025

22 MINS

22:14

15 Apr 2025


#57

Death by Point Kaizen – Why You Need Kaikaku

You will never transform your company by point kaizen alone. Learn why traditional Japanes... more

01 Apr 2025

28 MINS

28:49

01 Apr 2025


#56

The Games We Play With On-Time Delivery Metrics

Mark discusses how companies develop On-Time Delivery KPIs (OTD) that do not reflect the c... more

15 Mar 2025

13 MINS

13:44

15 Mar 2025


#55

Target Costing – Make Money on Job #1

Mark discusses building profitability into the design process via the Target Costing metho... more

01 Mar 2025

11 MINS

11:51

01 Mar 2025


#54

Why Aren’t There More Value Stream Organizations?

Mark talks about the types of Value Stream organizations and their benefits. But why are o... more

15 Feb 2025

14 MINS

14:44

15 Feb 2025


#53

Jerry Wright – Book Review: “The Insanity Trap – What Your MRP Consultant Won’t Tell You”

Mark talks with Jerry Wright on his new book about the ills of MRP. Jerry talks about his ... more

01 Feb 2025

52 MINS

52:32

01 Feb 2025


#52

Griselda Abousleman – The Power of Optimism

Mark talks with an esteemed Lean colleague, Griselda Abousleman, whose life story should b... more

15 Jan 2025

58 MINS

58:10

15 Jan 2025


#51

How Do You Define a Defect?

Most people define defects based on an engineering product specification. There is nothing... more

01 Jan 2025

13 MINS

13:57

01 Jan 2025


#50

The Productivity Hysteria

Are you focusing on productivity as your barometer of Lean improvements? Mark DeLuzio disc... more

15 Dec 2024

12 MINS

12:43

15 Dec 2024


#49

Death by Lean Audits

Have you ever wondered why a supplier is auditing their "customer?" Mark discusses the ill... more

01 Dec 2024

17 MINS

17:01

01 Dec 2024


#48

Generational Yokoten

It appears that the Lean Community has lost its way from the originators of Lean…that is, ... more

15 Nov 2024

25 MINS

25:28

15 Nov 2024


#47

Respect for People with Nathan Corliss

Nathan Corliss joins Mark DeLuzio to discuss the crucial topic of respect for people withi... more

01 Nov 2024

42 MINS

42:19

01 Nov 2024


#46

The Way of Lean Investing with Cliff Ransom

Ever wonder what a Lean Investor thinks? What they see? The questions they ask? Probably n... more

15 Oct 2024

1 HR 20 MINS

1:20:10

15 Oct 2024


#45

The Poison of Metrics – With Jon Boucher

Like many poisons, they initially taste good. However, over the course of time, the poison... more

01 Oct 2024

1 HR 07 MINS

1:07:14

01 Oct 2024


#44

The 7 Flows – With Jon Boucher

Learn about the 7 Flows of Manufacturing as taught by our Sensei Chihiro Nakao of Shingiju... more

15 Sep 2024

1 HR 09 MINS

1:09:59

15 Sep 2024


#43

Why The Theory of Constraints (TOC) Was Not Included in the Creation of DBS

Mark discusses why TOC was not included in the framework of DBS and how TOC is in conflict... more

01 Sep 2024

21 MINS

21:05

01 Sep 2024


#42

The Early Days at Danaher with Art Byrne

Mark talks with Art Byrne, former Danaher executive and Wiremold CEO, about the early days... more

15 Aug 2024

1 HR 27 MINS

1:27:34

15 Aug 2024


#41

How to Create a Lean Culture – With Art Byrne

Mark talks with Art Byrne, former Danaher executive and Wiremold CEO. Art talks about the ... more

01 Aug 2024

1 HR 08 MINS

1:08:06

01 Aug 2024