About this episode

Mark Graban celebrates the 20th anniversary of the Lean Blog Podcast with Norman Bodek discussing Quick and Easy Kaizen and its implications for management.

To celebrate the 20th anniversary of the Lean Blog Podcast, Mark Graban revisits highlights from episode one with his friend and mentor Norman Bodek. Norman discusses Quick and Easy Kaizen, employee ideas, respect for people, trust, and why managers should ask instead of tell.

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Host: Mark Graban

Guest: Norman Bodek

Topics covered

• Lean management
• Kaizen
• Employee engagement
• Leadership
• Trust in management

Keywords

• Lean Blog
• Kaizen
• employee ideas
• management
• trust
• leadership
• respect for people

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Books & works: Lean Blog Podcast

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