Podcast appearances and mentions of dan markovitz

You've got to slow down to speed up. That's what I like to tell my fellow attorneys. Most of the time, we're so rushed and so time-pressed that we don't have the opportunity to stop and think about things. In other words, we jump to conclusions. What we should do instead is slow down, examine how certain things occur in our practices, absorb those things, and ask good questions about them. Because I'm so passionate about this, I wanted to bring Dan Markovitz onto the podcast today. His book, The Conclusion Trap, puts a hard stop on jumping to conclusions. Dan has done a tremendous job of simplifying something called lean thinking for all people. In this episode, we'll talk more about Dan's work, including his book. We'll also discuss the conclusion trap in great detail and Dan will teach us how to prevent ourselves from falling into it as we're building a great practice and a great life. In this episode, you will hear: Dan's background. What he means when he talks about waste. His inspiration for The Conclusion Trap. How we should be doing discovery processes as lawyers. What to do when an issue pops up in your firm. Why the answer to a problem is never that you don't have enough of something. Generality vs. specificity. The five why's. How Dan applied these practices with a real-life client. Subscribe and Review Have you subscribed to our podcast? We'd love for you to subscribe if you haven't yet. We'd love it even more if you could drop a review or 5-star rating over on Apple Podcasts. Simply select “Ratings and Reviews” and “Write a Review” then a quick line with your favorite part of the episode. It only takes a second and it helps spread the word about the podcast. Supporting Resources: Atticus Advantage Markovitz Consulting The Conclusion Trap Episode Credits If you like this podcast and are thinking of creating your own, consider talking to my producer, Emerald City Productions. They helped me grow and produce the podcast you are listening to right now. Find out more at https://emeraldcitypro.com.  Let them know we sent you.

Episode page: https://leanblog.org/whiskey34 In Episode 34, Mark Graban and Jamie Flinchbaugh begin by belatedly celebrating the 3rd birthday of Lean Whiskey. No, this wasn't a pandemic-launched podcast, although if we hadn't started it yet it probably would have become one. We also learn of Mark's pending trip to Islay, where an awful lot of good whisky is produced. Apparently, Jamie wasn't invited to record an “on location” episode.  Most of the episode we explore the challenges, benefits, and approaches to developing and seeing through the crazy ideas. This conversation builds from an episode of Mark's My Favorite Mistake podcast in which he interviews 1-800-FLOWERS founder Jim McCann. FedEx founder Fred Smith told McCann that shipping flowers via FedEx wouldn't work. Not only did Jim not fold in the face of Fred's advice, he eventually partnered with FedEx to bring this program to life. But bringing big ideas to life is about more than just ignoring the doubters, but adjusting or trimming the idea, learning through rapid testing, and having the courage to move forward through adversity as our explanation of the Netflix story examines.  We wrap up exploring another crazy idea, whiskey made from crabs. Well, that's not technically true, but it is distilled crab stock added to a bourbon base, and specifically to raise awareness about the invasive green crabs that destroy the mussel population. Tamworth Distilling from New Hampshire are the brains behind this particular project. Thanks to our friend Dan Markovitz introduced us to this idea. Maybe Mark will detour his trip to Scotland towards New Hampshire instead.   Happy 3rd birthday to Lean Whiskey, so here's Episode 1 Mark heading to the Isle of Islay with their classic distilleries  Jamie working with Lehigh University on building an accelerator (back of Jamie's head in the photo while leading the design team) Mark and Jamie both engaged with KaiNexus Mark's Moscatel Finished Straight Bourbon Whiskey from Woodinville near Seattle  Jamie's Four Roses Private Selection Single Barrel, see their bourbons and recipes Our discussion builds on this episode of Mark's My Favorite Mistake podcast with 1-800-FLOWERS founder Jim McCann, with this excerpt of the featured point What's crab whiskey all about? Check out Crab Trapper Podcast feed at LeanWhiskey.com or leanblog.org/leanwhiskey or jflinch.com/leanwhiskey  Please review us and follow!

In this episode, Dan Markovitz shares his story spanning over 15 years practicing Lean in a range of industries in the United States and Europe. As the author of three Lean books, he shares the stories behind his books. Dan talked through how he made the connection between Lean and time management. He also shares why he thinks the biggest Lean successes are in private companies.  https://theleaneffectpodcast.com/ https://www.facebook.com/TheLeanEffectPodcast https://www.facebook.com/groups/272448766629082/ https://www.linkedin.com/company/the-lean-effect-podcast/ Insta: @theleaneffectpodcast Twitter @TheLeanEffect Guest: Dan Markovitz dan@markovitzconsulting.com https://www.linkedin.com/in/markovitzconsulting/   Host: Mark Dejong: https://www.linkedin.com/in/mark-de-jong-investor-lean-advisor-0288695/ Mark@4ppartners.ca https://www.4ppartners.ca Phone: 1-778-807-9691

What is the key to making better decisions? Dan Markovitz, author of "The Conclusion Trap - Four Steps to Better Decisions" argues that one of the biggest mistakes we all make is the idea that we do not understand the issue at hand as well as we could. We often rush into our decisions without having a clear, complete idea of what is in front of us. As a "lean thinking" expert with years of experience helping non-profits, government agencies and corporations, Markovitz leads us through the four steps and gives us practical advice for just about any decision or problem we may encounter. A great book...an excellent interview!

http://www.leanblog.org/whiskey20 In Episode 20, Mark Graban and Jamie Flinchbaugh join the Colorado Lean Summit live and host a virtual happy hour while discussing the first couple days of the events proceedings. Joining us as co-hosts are CLN members Jen House (also a board member) and Katie Benik. We took some questions, shared what people were drinking in the chat, and had our own chat about what we’ve learned from the Summit.We started by sharing our whiskey selections in the “budget-friendly” category. We certainly had some variation, ranging from Buffalo Trace to Skrewball. Those watching weren’t forced into our theme, so we had more adventurous and elaborate selections from our audience. The first takeaway that we discussed was from Deondra Wardelle’s talk, and the challenge of shifting from micromanaging controlling manager to a leader who encourages people to experiment, take action, and learn. We then talked about the theme of respect for people, a key lean tenant, and how hard people find it to be specific about how it is applied. We then turned to Renee Smith’s point of replacing fear with love and providing psychological safety. We concluded talking about Dan Markovitz’s points about framing problem statements. In wrapping up, we shared information about CLN’s charity project, Community College of Aurora’s Unity Scholarship to open more opportunities for future Black leaders to reach their highest potential. CLN matched the first $500 donated, and Jamie and Mark are matching the next $500 in donations. The donation channel is open through October 16th. And finally, our fun question: what’s your favorite lean-related word, but for a silly reason? The answers included muda, poka-yoke, verschlimmbesserung, and queuing. So get this podcast out of your queue and give it a listen! Colorado Lean Network’s 2020 Virtual Lean SummitCo-hosts Jen House and Katie BenikMark’s ZERO hat giveaway for World Patient Safety Day Our whiskeys included Buffalo Trace, Elijah Craig Small Batch, Kirkland Blended, and Skrewball Peanut Butter whiskeyJamie’s blog post on myths of respect for people Mark’s post about verschlimmbesserung The scholarship for the Community College of AuroraPodcast feed at LeanWhiskey.com or at leanblog.org/leanwhiskey or at jflinch.com/leanwhiskey Please review us and subscribe!

This week we chat with my friend, Dan Markovitz. Dan is the author of three books – "A Factory of One" & "Building the Fit Organization" have both won Shingo Prizes, and his recently released third book, "The Conclusion Trap", will likely win a third. In this episode, Dan and I have a TON of fun. We talk about his new book & laugh - a lot - as we poke fun at ourselves... but Dan also shares what I think are invaluable insights into how organizational cultures are built and sustained. Dan is a self-described “Lean guy”, but he comes at it from a much different perspective than most. I think Dan's outlook and approach to Lean are really interesting, which is why I wanted him as a guest on the show so badly. He's got lots of really cool ideas that I know you'll all enjoy listening to. Fair warning: there is some mild adult language in this episode. Please enjoy the conversation that I had with my good friend, Dan Markovitz. Dan's contact info: Website: https://www.markovitzconsulting.com/ Book website: https://theconclusiontrap.com/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/danmarkovitz Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/markovitzconsulting/ New England Lean Consulting is the Northeast's premier business consulting firm, helping small-to-medium sized businesses with strategic leadership and operational methodologies that help your company lower costs, increase capacity and win more customers. Our industry experienced consultants provide guidance with the latest business solutions that help you to grow your business deliberately and strategically in order to sustain a long-term competitive advantage within the marketplace. Paul W. Critchley, President & Founder of New England Lean Consulting: Company website: https://www.newenglandleanconsulting.com/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/NELeanguy Linkedin Company page: https://www.linkedin.com/company/new-england-lean-consulting/ Paul's Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/paul-critchley-lean-consultant/ --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/new-england-lean-podcast/support

How deliberate are you about the way you make decisions at work? Bad decisions can result in wasted time, money and jobs. For example, when a company restructure goes badly, or when there is investment in a “sexy app” that ultimately no one uses. Dan Markovitz says that the number 1 reason that bad decisions are made are because people leap to a solution - what he labels the “conclusion trap”.  Dan explains how we can all make better decisions by slowing down and paying more attention to the problem itself before we leap to the conclusion. He shares his four-step method to avoid the conclusion trap. And author Carolyn Tate has used daily journaling for the past ten years, she explains how this free association style of writing has supercharged her output as a writer.

How deliberate are you about the way you make decisions at work? Bad decisions can result in wasted time, money and jobs. For example, when a company restructure goes badly, or when there is investment in a “sexy app” that ultimately no one uses. Dan Markovitz says that the number 1 reason that bad decisions are made are because people leap to a solution - what he labels the “conclusion trap”.  Dan explains how we can all make better decisions by slowing down and paying more attention to the problem itself before we leap to the conclusion. He shares his four-step method to avoid the conclusion trap. And author Carolyn Tate has used daily journaling for the past ten years, she explains how this free association style of writing has supercharged her output as a writer.

SEGMENT 1: In the past, businesses rarely took sides on social issues. Nowadays, in this highly divided world, more small businesses are taking a strong stance on at least one particular issue. In fact, my guest Mike Goldman says you MUST take a side, and he's here to explain why.SEGMENT 2: How are small businesses handling the ups and downs of the COVID 19 pandemic? A good place to begin to understand this is the Small Business Coronavirus Impact Poll by MetLife and the US Chamber of Commerce. Here to tell us the results is Jessica Moser who is Senior Vice President, Small Business Solutions at MetLife.SEGMENT 3: In small business, you want to be able to identify problems and find solutions quickly, but you need to be careful; jumping to conclusions (and solutions) can actually damage your organization and waste resources. Here to help us identify the right problem to solve is Dan Markovitz who makes organizations more profitable by improving operations and execution.Sponsored by HR Direct and Nextiva

Presented by Dan Markovitz, author of The Conclusion Trap, hosted by Mark Graban of KaiNexus Organizations (and individuals) frequently struggle to make good decisions. They spend money, invest in new technology, and invest enormous amounts of time and effort reorganizing in fruitless efforts to solve thorny problems. Why? Years of training and reinforcement in school and at work, time pressures and deadlines, and inherent psychological biases cause us to jump to conclusions before we even understand the problem we’re attempting to solve. This workshop will help you make better decisions by eliminating that tendency. You’ll learn a powerful, four-step process that ensures you will deeply understand a problem before pursuing any given solution: (1) gathering both facts and data, so you can accurately grasp the situation (2) framing the problem, so you can avoid cognitive biases (3) isolating contributing factors, so you can manage complex situations (4) finding the root cause, so you can avoid ineffective band-aids Dan's book The Conclusion Trap Watch the episode of Bar Rescue that Dan references ($) Read what happened to the bar Swanky Bubbles

Mark Graban is joined by Dan Markovitz, as he gives a preview of his upcoming "virtual workshop." To register: https://info.kainexus.com/continuous-improvement/better-decision-making/webinar/signup We encourage you to attend and participate live, as this will be a very interactive session. Dan's new book: The Conclusion Trap: Four Steps to Better Decisions -- https://amzn.to/3dmyk21

In this eposide, Dan Markovitz, author of The Conclusion Trap shares with us some techniques to avoid jumping to destructive and premature conclusions. He also talks about the 3 things people tend to do that leads them to bad decisions and how to avoid this trap.

http://www.leanblog.org/366 My guest for Episode #366 is Harry Moser, founder of the Reshoring Initiative. We talk about “reshoring,” in general, and why that's such an important issue in the context of the Covid-19 pandemic and beyond.Harry definitely falls into the category of guests where I wonder, “Why haven't I had this person on the show before?” Harry and his work have been on my radar for a long time. I appreciate the mission and I wish more companies would consider the “Total Cost” (and old Dr. Deming concept) when making manufacturing site location and sourcing decisions instead of focusing only on “unit cost” or “landed cost” (which includes freight and taxes).“The mission of the Reshoring Initiative® is to bring good, well-paying manufacturing jobs back to the United States by assisting companies to more accurately assess their total cost of offshoring, and shift collective thinking from offshoring is cheaper to local reduces the total cost of ownership. “Harry was inducted into the Industry Week Manufacturing Hall of Fame in 2010, based on his long career in manufacturing. He founded the Reshoring Initiative in 2010. Be sure to check out the TCO Estimator tool that he discusses in the episode.“Most companies make sourcing decisions based solely on price, oftentimes resulting in a 20 to 30 percent miscalculation of actual offshoring costs.”The Reshoring Initiative WebsiteHarry's LinkedIn Profile@HarryMoser on Twitter@ReshoreNow on TwitterThe Total Cost of Ownership EstimatorListeners have probably heard of “offshoring” but what is “reshoring”?Why “reshoring”?What is “nearshoring” and is that nearly as good?Tell us about the history of your organization, the Reshoring Initiative…Why should our current Covid-19 crisis be a “wake up call” about where goods are manufactured?Do you think it's fair when analysts or the media blame “just in time” for shortages of goods and equipment during this crisis (in healthcare or retail)? Why or why not?Can Lean take out enough waste to make a high-labor manufacturing site competitive with U.S. wages?Dan Markovitz question (paraphrasing): Is moving production back to the US easier said than done if we don't have the skills or the supply base here anymore?How can we help companies (and investors) realize that “lowest total cost” is the goal, not “lowest labor cost” or “lowest piece price cost”?Why have companies miscalculated when doing the math about moving production to China?How can companies use TCO to increase sales?Can you give some past examples of reshoring and the benefits?What can/should the government do to accelerate the reshoring trend?

Mark Graban interviews Dan Markovitz about his new book. http://www.leanblog.org/365 Joining me again for Episode #365 is Dan Markovitz, now a five-time guest (but he doesn't get a special jacket like SNL).The reason for getting together was to chat about his latest book, "The Conclusion Trap: Four Steps to Better Decisions," now available from Amazon in both paperback and Kindle formats.Why do people jump to conclusions (or solutions), often looking to “shiny new technology, reorganizations, or spending more money” as Dan asks? Why is it better to spend more time on a good problem statement? What's the difference between data and facts? When should we ask questions and when is it OK to make suggestions? When is it OK to “just do it” and when do we need to be more rigorous in setting up our experiments?Dan and I are good friends, so the conversation veers into a breakdown of the show “Bar Rescue” and the problem-solving and leadership methods illustrated there. This is almost an episode of “Lean Whiskey” but there was no whiskey involved.I hope you enjoy the conversation!

Dan Markovitz is an accomplished author, speaker and consultant who focuses on building lean organizations. Dan sat down with Aravind to explain how winning the hearts and minds of people should be the focus when trying to implement change management.

Dan Markovitz tackles an issue that hasn't yet been resolved despite the dozens of books out there: alienation of those unfamiliar with lean. He use his unique background as a running coach to make the concept of lean more relatable by combining fitness concepts with lean.

See http://www.leanblog.org/244 Joining me again for Episode #244 is Dan Markovitz (@DanMarkovitz on Twitter). Today's episode is part 2 of our discussion about his most recent book Building the Fit Organization: Six Core Principles for Making Your Company Stronger, Faster, and More Competitive, a recipient of the Shingo Research Award. You can hear Part 1 in Episode #241.

Joining me for Episode #241 is a returning guest and friend of mine, Dan Markovitz (@DanMarkovitz on Twitter). He was a guest on Episodes #135 (talking about A Factory of One) and #52 (talking more generally about office Lean). He has also written a number of guest posts here. Oh, and he has his own blog. Today we're talking about his most recent book Building the Fit Organization: Six Core Principles for Making Your Company Stronger, Faster, and More Competitive, which, like his first book, is a recipient of the Shingo Research and Publication Award. Congrats!

We’re really looking forward to the webinar that Dan Markovitz will be presenting on October 13, based on his new book Building the Fit Organization. We hope you’ll join us - register today at http://www.kainexus.com/webinars.

Our guest for episode #135 is Dan Markovitz, author of the new book A Factory of One: Applying Lean Principles to Banish Waste and Improve Your Personal Performance. If your New Year's resolutions include improving your own personal productivity, Dan is a great person to talk to about the application of Lean principles to your own professional work - whether you work in an aspiring Lean organization or not. Dan was previously a guest on episode #52. - leanblog.org/52 To point others to this, use the simple URL: www.leanblog.org/135. You can find links to posts related to this podcast there, as well. Please leave a comment and join the discussion about the podcast episode. For earlier episodes of the Lean Blog Podcast, visit the main Podcast page at www.leanpodcast.org, which includes information on how to subscribe via RSS or via Apple iTunes. If you have feedback on the podcast, or any questions for me or my guests, you can email me at leanpodcast@gmail.com or you can call and leave a voicemail by calling the "Lean Line" at (817) 776-LEAN (817-776-5326) or contact me via Skype id "mgraban". Please give your location and your first name. Any comments (email or voicemail) might be used in follow ups to the podcast.

Podcast Episode #52 is a discussion with a good friend (and sometimes contributor) to the Lean Blog, Dan Markovitz, founder and President of TimeBack Management. TimeBack Management is a corporate efficiency-training firm specializing in the application of Lean manufacturing principles to business processes. The company’s WorkLean program helps knowledge workers reduce the hidden waste in the way they manage information and improves the flow of value to the customer. As such, the WorkLean program supports companies in their Lean journey. In this podcast episode, we talk about applications of Lean and 5S principles in office and administrative settings. For earlier episodes, visit the main Podcast page at www.leanpodcast.org. If you have feedback on the podcast, or any questions for me or my guests, you can email me at leanpodcast@gmail.com or you can call and leave a voicemail by calling the "Lean Line" at (817) 776-LEAN (817-776-5326) or contact me via Skype id "mgraban". Please give your location and your first name. Any comments (email or voicemail) might be used in follow ups to the podcast.