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    Great Question: A Manufacturing Podcast

    Great Question: A Manufacturing Podcast offers news and information for the people who make, store and move things and those who manage and maintain the facilities where that work gets done. Manufacturers from chemical producers to automakers to machine shops can listen for critical insights into the technologies, economic conditions and best practices that can influence how to best run facilities to reach operational excellence.

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    Behind the Curtain

    Longtime manufacturing process engineer and trainer John Dyer discusses operational excellence and continuous improvement with Professor Mohamed Saleh, a Lean, Six Sigma and continuous improvement expert. Between them, the two share nearly 60 years of continuous improvement expertise. IndustryWeek has partnered with Dyer and Saleh to present their insights to a wide audience of manufacturing professionals.

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    Sept. 4, 2025
    Co-hosts John Dyer and Dr. Mohamed Saleh discuss the destructive nature of silos to a team-based continuous improvement organization. They explore why silos form and delve into...
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    Sept. 2, 2025
    Our podcast hosts discuss why communication methods intended to encourage transparency, foster open communication and promote improvement seemingly do the opposite instead—and...
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    Aug. 28, 2025
    In this episode of Behind the Curtain: Adventures in Continuous Improvement, podcast hosts Dr. Mohamed Saleh and John Dyer discuss the positives and negatives of several communication...
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    Aug. 27, 2025
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    Aug. 26, 2025
    Co-hosts Mohamed Salah and John Dyer discuss why employees may be reluctant to participate in improvement programs and, more importantly, what you as a leader can do about it....
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    Aug. 21, 2025
    Our podcast hosts discuss how employee language reflects an organization’s culture and share leadership strategies to break down silos, choose change agents and develop a team...
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    Aug. 14, 2025
    In this episode, podcast co-hosts Mohamed Saleh and John Dyer explore how to address employees who undermine efforts to instill culture change.
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    Aug. 7, 2025
    In this episode, co-hosts Mohamed Saleh and John Dyer provide practical examples of how committed leaders can actively cultivate a culture of continuous improvement, including...
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    Dive deep into the four distinct leadership styles, ranging from dictator to collaboration, and explore how recognizing and adapting these styles can drive organizations toward...
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    July 31, 2025
    Explore the behaviors of leaders at varying levels of commitment and discover the stark differences between involvement and true dedication.
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    July 29, 2025
    Fear and bonuses fail as winning strategies. Empathy drives progress.
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    July 24, 2025
    Goals don't always drive progress and can actually hinder team success. Learn strategies to foster improved outcomes.
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    July 22, 2025
    Delve into the crucial topic of effective team decision-making techniques, warning against one particular method that can irreparably harm team dynamics and spill over into the...
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    July 17, 2025
    Friction and conflict are not the hallmarks of a team destined to solve important problems, but it’s a phase teams typically go through. In this podcast, co-hosts Professor Mohamed...
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    July 15, 2025
    It pays to understand the four phases of team development: form, storm, norm and perform.
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    July 10, 2025
    Learn the importance of team design, including team types, team tasks, team size and the skills required of team members.
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    July 8, 2025
    Change inherently brings risk, but several continuous improvement tools can help reduce the potential for bad outcomes.
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    July 3, 2025
    Gut feel is no way to determine the root cause of a difficult problem. Bad assumptions can be corrected with the right thinking and right tools.
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    June 24, 2025
    Learn what works and doesn’t work in lean, Six Sigma and team-based operational excellence.
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    June 12, 2025
    Deloitte Chief Innovation Officer Deb Golden says AI software is great, but it's useless to manufacturing without sensors, compute power and other recent computer hardware advances...
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