Lean Coffee Talk/Lean Whiskey

“Hyundai’s Humanoid Robots, GM Layoffs, Jim Farley’s Ford Quality Turnaround, and Toyota Kaizen for Coffee Farmers” In Episode 9, Mark Graban and Jamie Flinchbaugh recap the World Cup, declare a “dealer’s choice” coffee round, and wade into a very full news roundup of robots, layoffs, and quality turnarounds. Jamie, the

GM Wrote It Down in 1987. They Still Didn’t Get It. In Episode 8, Mark Graban and Jamie Flinchbaugh settle in with single-origin coffees and circle back to a topic that’s been bouncing around the lean world for forty years: NUMMI. But first, the customary check-in. Jamie reports back from

Part 2 of Answering Listener Questions In Episode 7, Mark Graban and Jamie Flinchbaugh talk about the Olympics, French Press coffee, answer listener questions, discuss Starbucks plastic stoppers, and try to figure out if The Muppet Show has a future. If you can’t find the theme, don’t worry, because this

“Mark and Jamie Answer Listener Questions” In Episode 6, Mark Graban and Jamie Flinchbaugh bring “lean coffee” to Lean Coffee Talk, kind of. But first, we haven’t caught up in a while, so we recap various items like Christmas, college football playoffs, and the other football played in England. They

From Miss Piggy to Spinal Tap, and Will Starbucks Discover Customer Value? In Episode 5, Mark Graban and Jamie Flinchbaugh are going back in time (apologies to Huey Lewis and the News) to the 1990s and examining companies that were iconic then and trying to find new ground today. But

Episode 4: “Crossover event with the JIT Cafe: Daily Coffee and Productivity Routines”  In Episode 4, Mark Graban and Jamie Flinchbaugh are joined by the hosts of the Just-in-Time Cafe podcast, Elisabeth Swan and Tracy O’Rourke. This is the second joint episode, the first being episode 45 of Lean Whiskey.

Episode 3: “What do Crayola, the NFL, MIT, the Pope, and Red Eyes all have in common?” In Season 2, Episode 3 of Lean Coffee Talk, Mark Graban and Jamie Flinchbaugh both share specific episodes of their other podcasts. Jamie shares his People Solve Problems episode featuring Crayola CEO Pete

Season 2, Episode 2: “Australia, New Coke, Boeing, and the Future of Manufacturing in America”  In Season 2, Episode 2, Mark Graban and Jamie Flinchbaugh begin with Mark sharing about his Australia and New Zealand workshop tour with the Association for Manufacturing Excellence. Even koalas find their way into the

The First Lean Coffee Talk: Starbucks, Honeywell, Tariffs, and Toyota   In Season 2, Episode 1, we introduce the new name and slightly new format of Lean Coffee Talk, formerly known as Lean Whiskey. Mark Graban and Jamie Flinchbaugh are just as passionate about their coffee beverages as the whiskey.

Episode 50: “The 50th and Final Lean Whiskey, or is it?” Lean Whiskey will transition to a new brand Lean Coffee Talk, so stay tuned for more episodes from Mark and Jamie In their 50th and final episode of Lean Whiskey, hosts Mark and Jamie announce a significant transition, revealing