Ask Us Anything! — Lean Coffee Talk with Mark Graban and Jamie Flinchbaugh

In this short bonus episode, I’m joined by my friend and Lean Coffee Talk co-host, Jamie Flinchbaugh. We’re inviting you — our listeners and fellow continuous-improvement thinkers — to help shape upcoming conversations.

We’d love to hear your questions about Lean, leadership, culture, and problem-solving. The best discussions often start with the toughest questions — the ones without neat answers.

If you have something you’ve been wrestling with or want to hear us unpack together, please share it with us at:
👉 https://www.leanblog.org/coffeequestions

We may feature your question (and name) in a future episode — and yes, we’re doing a few Lean Coffee Talk mug giveaways for contributors ☕

Possible Question Themes

• Building psychological safety while still holding people accountable

• Making Leader Standard Work more about behavior than calendar

• Avoiding bureaucracy while sustaining Lean improvements

• Responding to mistakes with curiosity instead of blame

• Using data wisely: when to react, when to step back

If you’ve got a question, story, or Lean challenge — send it our way. We can’t wait to explore it with you in a future episode.

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