Darren Walsh

Darren Walsh, a Lean leadership coach and author with 30+ years transforming industries from medical devices to video games, joins to talk about making Lean stick. He shares stories from Sega, how frontline managers shape continuous improvement, building visual management with PDCA, and what daily management should actually achieve. The conversation mixes practical frameworks with a bit of nostalgia and humor.

Darren Walsh, Director and leadership coach at Making Lean Work Ltd, brings over 25 years of experience in transforming organizations across sectors. In this engaging discussion, he highlights why many Lean initiatives fail to deliver sustained results, pinpointing pitfalls like choosing the wrong approaches and inconsistent leadership routines. Darren introduces his DAMI model for improvement and shares impactful healthcare case studies that show how effective Lean practices can dramatically reduce wait times and improve patient outcomes.

This week’s guest is Darren Walsh, an experienced Lean practitioner and author of 'Making Lean Work'. He shares insights on common pitfalls in continuous improvement and effective countermeasures. Darren emphasizes the importance of starting with daily management practices and offers actionable advice like using progress boards. He also discusses five key leadership routines to foster sustainable improvement. The conversation is packed with practical wisdom for transforming organizations through Lean principles.