KPI Fireside: A Continuous Improvement Podcast

Jonathan Lewis on The New Story of Work

The old story of work is gone. Work hard, be loyal, get rewarded, retire to a beach someday. That shared story no longer exists. So what story is your team telling instea

Ram Sukumar on Scaling Continuous Improvement Across 13 Manufacturing Plants

Most CI programs start with good intentions and stall at one plant. Ram Sukumar built one that works across thirteen. In this episode of KPI Fireside, host Keith Norris

Keshawn Cupid on The Next Generation of Continuous Improvement

What if the biggest barrier to improvement in your organization is not the process, the tools, or even the data? What if it is the way people see the problem in the first

Alan Lucien on Building a High Performance Team

What does it actually take to build a business you love running for 25 years without burning out, selling out, or losing yourself in the process? In this episode of KPI

Dr. Alan Barnard on Finding Your AI Bottleneck

If AI is so powerful, why are most companies not getting results from it? The answer has everything to do with whether you are solving the right problem. In this episode

David Norris on Building a Culture of Improvement

Most organizations treat continuous improvement like a project. The ones that actually get results treat it like a culture. In this episode of KPI Fireside, host Keith N

John Hetherington on Why a 2x Growth Target Breaks Most Operations

Most companies chasing a big growth target are solving the wrong problem. And the real constraint is usually hiding in plain sight. In this episode of KPI Fireside, host

Marc Levinson on Shipping Containers & Lessons for AI

What can a steel shipping container teach us about artificial intelligence? More than you would think. In this episode of KPI Fireside, host Keith Norris sits down with

Jhana Li on Founder Chaos to Scalable Systems

The fires showing up in your business every week are not bad luck. They are a signal that something in your operations is broken underneath the surface. In this episode

Matt Yearsley on Why Bad Systems Beat Good Employees

Most leaders blame the person. The real problem is almost always the system. In this episode of KPI Fireside, host Keith Norris sits down with Matt Yearsley, founder of

Darril Wilburn on Courage, Humility, and Kaizen

What does it actually look like inside Toyota, and why do so many companies get lean so wrong when they try to follow it? In this episode of KPI Fireside, host Keith Nor

Lee Campe on Continuous Improvement and The Art Of Storytelling

What if the biggest obstacle to fixing your business isn't the problem itself, but the way you're talking about it? In this episode of KPI Fireside, host Keith Norris si

Tom Foster on How Accountability Starts With Structure

What if most of your communication breakdowns and personality conflicts aren't people problems at all? In this episode of KPI Fireside, host Keith Norris sits down with

Tina Agustiady and Jennifer Ralston on What Happens When AI Meets Continuous Improvement

Lean has always been about working smarter. AI might be its most powerful tool yet. In this episode of KPI Fireside, host Keith Norris sits down with Jennifer Ralston an

John Garrett on Building a Culture People Stay For

What if your company expected every single employee to submit improvement ideas within their first six months on the job? In this episode of KPI Fireside, host Keith Nor

Darren Dolcemascolo on Turning Improvement Into Sustained Execution

What separates organizations where continuous improvement fades after a leadership change from those where it becomes part of the company's DNA? In this episode of KPI F

Karen Martin on Clarity First: Flow, Metrics, and Leading Improvement

What does it take to design an organization where work actually flows and improvement never stops? In this episode of KPI Fireside, host Keith Norris sits down with Kare

Danny Toney on Data Driven Leadership

Most leadership teams are flying blind. They have plenty of data but no clarity on what actually matters, who owns it, or what to do when things go off track. In this ep

Katie Anderson on Building Teams That Think, Learn, and Improve

What separates organizations that improve occasionally from those that build improvement into their DNA? In this episode of KPI Fireside, host Keith Norris sits down wit

Jeff Gray on Building a Career in Continuous Improvement

Every company has problems. The difference is whether those problems become expensive failures or opportunities for innovation. In this episode of KPI Fireside, Keith No