Welcome to the Inspired for Excellence podcast, your source of inspiration for operational excellence and lean manufacturing. Join us as we explore the world of lean management, sharing insights, stories, and practical tips to help you optimize your processes and achieve breakthrough results. Mark Rober’s TEDx talk discusses the “Super Mario effect,” arguing that reframing challenges…
AI Talkshow Podcast Welcome to AI Talkshow, where tech news meets comedy, and your hosts are half-human, half-silicon (literally). Each week, join our dynamic duo—a witty human and a sassy AI—as they dive into the weird, wild, and wonderful world of tech.
In this episode we explore the business case of MrBeast (Jimmy Donaldson), analyzing his meteoric rise to become the world’s most popular YouTuber.
In this episode, we unravel the story of McDonald’s, exploring its journey from a humble hotdog stand to a global fast-food empire. We’ll delve into the key ingredient that fueled its phenomenal growth: operational efficiency.
Ten significant, often humorous, failures and successes in the history of various businesses. From Coca-Cola’s “New Coke” debacle to Tesla’s unconventional marketing strategies. These anecdotes highlight the unpredictable nature of business, showcasing both the triumphs and pitfalls of bold decisions and innovative ideas.
A 2015 study by Chae and Zhu investigated the impact of workspace organization on persistence and self-regulation. Their experiments showed that participants in messy environments persevered less on challenging tasks than those in organized spaces, suggesting that disorder depletes mental resources. This effect, however, may not apply universally, as other research indicates that messiness can…
Fastcap is well known for its lean implementation. Every year the team records the best improvements and shares a video. These are great examples of small improvements which together generates a great impact.
In his book “Feel good Productivity”, Ali Abdaal describes two very distinctive mindset types and how they can affect productivity and well being: A healthy level of competition among employees might push people to become more creative and motivate to put in more effort in. On the other side, being excessively competitive can cause stress, burnout,…
In the early days of the 21st century, Blockbuster Video stood as the undisputed king of the movie rental industry. Netflix, a comparable small company with 100 employees and a few thousand customers were struggling to achieve profitability. In the year of 2000, co-founder, Reed Hastings, approached Blockbuster with a proposal to merge or be…
In 2016 Mark Rober, a former Nasa engineer set up a challenge to prove that everyone is able to code. He recruited 50 thousand of his YouTube followers to try to programs a simple algorithm online. Peculiar in this challenge was that once a participant run the program but failed to complete the task, an…