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Episodes

• Open/Close Episode 5: Retail Revolution
  March 19, 2019

  Episode 5: Retail Revolution
  
  This week, Thomas Goldsby, professor of logistics at The Ohio State University Fisher College of Business, sits down with Aravind to discuss the retail revolution and how retailers aren't able to survive if they're not willing to adapt to new consumer demands.

• Open/Close Episode 8: Never Stop Learning
  April 30, 2019

  Episode 8: Never Stop Learning
  
  Why do we struggle with learning and how can we improve? Dr. Bradley Staats, professor of operations at University of North Carolina Kenan-Flagler Business School, sat down with Aravind to discuss learnings from his book, Never Stop Learning: Stay Relevant, Reinvent Yourself, and Thrive.

• Open/Close Episode 13: Preparing Minority Business Leaders for Tomorrow's Challenges
  July 9, 2019

  Episode 13: Preparing Minority Business Leaders for Tomorrow's Challenges
  
  Dr. James Hill, associate professor of management sciences at Ohio State University Fisher College of Business, sat down with Aravind to discuss the challenges faced by minority owned business leaders and how Ohio State is trying to bridge the gap through executive education. The new Minority Business Enterprise Middle Market Executive Education provides training and development highlighting aspects of operational excellence and leadership behaviors, which are essential for successfully executing change and furthering innovation into the future.

• Open/Close Episode 15: Lean Transformation in Detroit
  August 14, 2019

  Episode 15: Lean Transformation in Detroit

  Bethany Melitz grew up with lean and now serves as the Director of Lean (Continuous Improvement) for the City of Detroit. She sat down with Aravind to share the various initiatives happening in Detroit and how they are getting the community involved with the city's comeback. Bethany and her "lean team" are making a big impact with everything from road conditions to job placement.

• Open/Close Episode 16: The Spine Institute
  August 28, 2019

  Episode 16: The Spine Institute

  Spine problems are a costly issue world-wide due to the lack of understanding of the definitive cause of pain for each patient. Bill Marras, executive director and scientific director of the Spine Research Institute sat down with Aravind to discuss how they are using an operational excellence approach to solve this problem. The Spine Research Institute is using objective engineering techniques to nail down specific problems causing back pain in order to create individualized and direct treatment plans, resulting in less time and money used to provide the patient with relief.

• Open/Close Episode 19: Lean Transformation in Healthcare
  October 8, 2019

  Episode 19: Lean Transformation in Healthcare

  Dr. John Toussaint, executive chairman of Catalysis Inc., is passionate about lean transformation in healthcare and has worked over the years to implement operational excellence principles in order to change the way healthcare is delivered. Aravind sat down with Dr. Toussaint to discuss his work with over 221 health systems and the variety of situations he’s come across, and the type of leadership necessary to create change.

• Open/Close Episode 20: Origins of Lean
  October 22, 2019

  Episode 20: Origins of Lean

  Katie Anderson, lean consultant, has studied the origin of Lean first-hand while living in Japan. After working in healthcare, Katie started her own consulting firm, striving to help others connect their purpose and process. Katie sat down with Aravind to discuss the differences in Lean across cultures, and how understanding the Lean origins can be beneficial when incorporating process improvement.

• Open/Close Episode 21: Cultural Intelligence
  November 5, 2019

  Episode 21: Cultural Intelligence

  Goodyear’s Global Head of Diversity and Inclusion, Billy Taylor, sat down with Aravind to discuss cultural intelligence. Billy goes beyond the cliché “culture eats strategy for breakfast” and argues for why culture actually controls strategy, and how converting a company’s “my way” into “our way” leads to operational success.

• Open/Close Episode 22: Access for All through the Power of Logistics
  November 19, 2019

  Episode 22: Access for All through the Power of Logistics

  Free shipping, one-hour delivery, and pick-up in store, are all phrases consumers are seeing more and more. The field of logistics is changing and providing greater access for consumers, and a larger consumer network for companies. Dr. Terry Esper, associate professor of logistics at The Ohio State University, sat down with Aravind to discuss the recent changes to the field and how it's affecting the way we go about our every day lives.

• Open/Close Episode 23: Structure within Creativity
  December 3, 2019

  Episode 23: Structure within Creativity

  At first glance, structured approaches seem incompatible with creative problem-solving approaches. This week, Dr. Elliot Bendoly, distinguished professor of management sciences, sits down to harmonize these two tools and give managers a framework for high-performance problem solving.