Excellence Unlocked
By Ishan Galapathy
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If you're immersed in the world of manufacturing or supply chain management, you've likely encountered the elusive concept of excellence. But what does it truly mean? Is it a destination or a journey? And how do we navigate the path to unlock excellence within ourselves and our organisations?
With more than 25 years’ experience in manufacturing across the Asia Pacific region, Ishan Galapathy delves into the heart of excellence, shifting the focus from tools and technology to the true drivers of success: our people.
Ishan shares insights and techniques honed from years of working with teams and leaders, helping them unleash their hidden potential and achieve remarkable results. Whether it's uncovering hidden capacity or fostering a culture of continuous improvement, he explores practical strategies for unlocking excellence in your workplace.
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Ep124 What Maintenance Can Teach Us About Excellence – Ian Cooper
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Oct 20, 2026 |
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Ep123 Hidden Capacity: Stop Digging Holes That Don’t Need Digging
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Oct 13, 2026 |
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Ep122 Converge, Diverge, Converge: The Rhythm of Great Problem Solving
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Oct 06, 2026 |
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Ep121 The Danger of Being Exceptionally Good at the Wrong Thing
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Sep 29, 2026 |
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Ep120 Inside the Complex Air Crash Investigation of USAir Flight 427 – Capt. John Cox
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Sep 22, 2026 |
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Ep119 Understanding the Problem Before Solving It
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Sep 15, 2026 |
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Ep118 Rework: How Small Errors Can Lead to Massive Problems
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Sep 08, 2026 |
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Ep117 Continuous Improvement Is a Leadership Skill — Paul Ives
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Sep 01, 2026 |
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Ep116 The Gordian Knot and the Problem With Complexity
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Aug 25, 2026 |
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Ep115 Excellence Beyond The Finish Line
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Aug 19, 2026 |
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Ep114 The Hidden Cost of Small Inefficiencies
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Aug 11, 2026 |
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Ep113 People Resist Exclusion, Not Change
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Aug 04, 2026 |
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Ep112 From Johannesburg to the Boardroom: Lessons in Leadership – Mike Allen
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Jul 28, 2026 |
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Ep111 Why Great Ideas Stay Hidden at Work
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Jul 21, 2026 |
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Ep110 The NASA mindset behind world-class excellence
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Jul 14, 2026 |
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Ep109 Robotics, People and Process – Paul Mason
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Jul 07, 2026 |
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Ep108 Eliminating Complexity: The Qantas Strategy Behind Long-Term Excellence
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Jun 30, 2026 |
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Ep107 Want Better Results? Remove Friction, Don’t Add Pressure
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Jun 29, 2026 |
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Ep106 The RED Waste: How Rework, Excess and Delay Destroy Momentum
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Jun 16, 2026 |
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Ep105 The Illusion of Efficiency: When Familiar Is Not Best
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Jun 09, 2026 |
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Ep104 What Actually Makes a Good Business Strategy?
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Jun 02, 2026 |
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Ep103 Mentoring, Communication and Industry Leadership – Stephen Lakey
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May 26, 2026 |
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Ep102 Why Great Ideas Fail Without Stakeholder Support
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May 19, 2026 |
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Ep101 The Hidden Cost of Familiarity
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May 12, 2026 |
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Ep100 Special birthday episode: Ishan’s Journey and his Unlock Philosophy
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May 05, 2026 |
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Ep99 When Cutting Costs Starts Cutting Capability
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Apr 28, 2026 |
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Ep98 Three Simple Tasks That Reveal Great Leadership
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Apr 21, 2026 |
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Ep97 What Operational Excellence Looks Like in Real Life – Troy May
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Apr 14, 2026 |
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Ep96 Tools Only Matter When Teams Use Them
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Apr 07, 2026 |
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Ep95 Fix the System Not the Person
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Mar 31, 2026 |
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Ep94 Building Better Teams Across Cultures, Countries and Complexity
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Mar 24, 2026 |
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Ep93 The Hidden Power of a Well-Run Daily Huddle
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Mar 20, 2026 |
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Ep92 Transformation succeeds or fails in the middle
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Mar 10, 2026 |
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Ep91 From Complexity to Clarity: Leading High-Performance Supply Chains – Cedric Lemetter
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Mar 03, 2026 |
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Ep90 Growth fails not because of ambition — but because of capacity
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Feb 24, 2026 |
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Ep89 When the base is solid, everything rises
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Feb 17, 2026 |
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Ep88 Leadership excellence: conversations, connection & culture – Tim Morgan
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Feb 10, 2026 |
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Ep87 Listen better, performance follows
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Feb 03, 2026 |
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Ep86 Summer Series: Capability before complexity – Thinking skills outperform tools
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Jan 27, 2026 |
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Ep85 Summer Series: Disruption, Priorities, and Unexpected Clarity
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Jan 20, 2026 |
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Ep84 Summer Series: People, not tools, are the real engine of excellence
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Jan 13, 2026 |
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Ep83 Summer Series: Automation without discipline Is expensive chaos
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Jan 06, 2026 |
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Ep82 New Year, Better Systems
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Dec 30, 2025 |
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Ep81 The Power of the Pause: Celebrating Wins That Drive Excellence
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Dec 23, 2025 |
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Ep80 The hidden power of a tidy, intentional workplace
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Dec 16, 2025 |
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Ep79 The lean origin story: how greatness gets built
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Dec 09, 2025 |
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Ep78 Unlocking excellence by seeing what others overlook
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Dec 02, 2025 |
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Ep77 How KAIs, not KPIs, unlock daily excellence
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Nov 25, 2025 |
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Ep76 ASCLA Awards: Gratitude, greatness & recognition
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Nov 18, 2025 |
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Ep75 Green light, red light: how to keep your business moving at the right pace
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Nov 11, 2025 |
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Ep74 How small shifts create big performance gains
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Nov 04, 2025 |
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Ep73 When the familiar road leads you astray
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Oct 28, 2025 |
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Ep70 Make progress visible: The secret to unlocking excellence
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Oct 25, 2025 |
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Ep72 What got you here …won’t get you there
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Oct 20, 2025 |
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Ep71 Why fence-sitters hold the key to real change
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Oct 14, 2025 |
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Ep69 Turning common sense into common practice
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Sep 30, 2025 |
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Ep68 Build for tomorrow, not just today
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Sep 23, 2025 |
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Ep67 The hidden cost of waiting for the “right time”
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Sep 16, 2025 |
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Ep66 Drive or move: A wake-up call for business leaders
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Sep 09, 2025 |
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Ep65 Balancing structure and freedom to unlock excellence
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Sep 04, 2025 |
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Ep64 A decade of personal and professional insight
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Aug 26, 2025 |
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Ep63 The hidden cost of business-as-usual
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Aug 19, 2025 |
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Ep62 Why you shouldn’t fear AI (but still need to act)
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Aug 12, 2025 |
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Ep61 Stop being busy …and start being effective!
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Aug 05, 2025 |
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Ep60 The brain science behind setting smarter goals
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Jul 29, 2025 |
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Ep59 Muscle memory, business systems and a bunch of bananas
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Jul 22, 2025 |
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Ep58 Unlocking excellence by ditching half measures and quick fixes
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Jul 15, 2025 |
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Ep57 Don’t rush ahead until the basics are rock solid
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Jul 08, 2025 |
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Ep56 Reset your business for the new financial year
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Jul 01, 2025 |
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Ep55 When everything’s a priority, nothing is
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Jun 25, 2025 |
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Ep54 Checklists at 30,000 feet and on the factory floor
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Jun 17, 2025 |
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Ep53 How a coffee queue became a masterclass in flow
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Jun 10, 2025 |
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Ep52 Why are we still doing this? The processes killing productivity
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Jun 03, 2025 |
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Ep51 Why muscle memory matters more than motivation
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May 27, 2025 |
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Ep50 Forget KPIs – Track what actually moves the needle
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May 20, 2025 |
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Ep49 Design systems that do the work for you
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May 13, 2025 |
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Ep48 Why true excellence begins with getting the basics right
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May 06, 2025 |
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Ep47 Destination: World-class business excellence
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Apr 29, 2025 |
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Ep46 Why weekly huddles keep teams on track
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Apr 22, 2025 |
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Ep45 Mastering the rhythm of results
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Apr 15, 2025 |
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Ep44 Sprint vs. Marathon: Leadership lessons from the 2004 Boxing Day tsunami
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Apr 08, 2025 |
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Ep43 Signal vs Noise: How to communicate what truly matters
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Apr 01, 2025 |
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Ep42 Elephants vs. Turtles: Are you building strong or spreading too thin?
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Mar 25, 2025 |
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Ep41 Peak vs. Hills: Leading with vision, not exhaustion
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Mar 18, 2025 |
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Ep40 How to make strategy stick with a visual approach
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Mar 11, 2025 |
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Ep39 Wait for it… knowing when to shift gears
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Mar 04, 2025 |
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Ep38 The 5 syndromes preventing supply chain excellence
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Feb 25, 2025 |
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Ep37 Maturity in motion: unlocking excellence step-by-step
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Feb 18, 2025 |
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Ep36 Beyond the tools: the hidden art of problem solving
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Feb 11, 2025 |
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Ep35 How to create high-impact meetings that drive results
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Feb 04, 2025 |
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Ep34 Factory secrets: what clean floors and whiteboards reveal
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Jan 28, 2025 |
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Ep33 Crash course in problem solving: root causes …and rudders
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Jan 21, 2025 |
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Ep32 Mining your team’s brains for gold nuggets of wisdom
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Jan 14, 2025 |
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Ep31 Solve challenges like a detective, not a cowboy
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Jan 07, 2025 |
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Ep30 2025: A Roadmap for Growth and Impact
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Dec 31, 2024 |
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Ep29 Reflections on 2024: 3 Key Trends
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Dec 24, 2024 |
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Ep28 Fixing what matters: four types of problems explained
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Dec 17, 2024 |
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Ep27 A breakdown of Lean, Six Sigma, and TPM for operational excellence
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Dec 10, 2024 |
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Ep26 Identify and fix the kinks in your business
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Dec 03, 2024 |
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Ep25 Show Me the Money: Unlocking Excellence Through Measurable Impact
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Nov 26, 2024 |
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Ep24 Achieve rapid results without micromanaging
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Nov 19, 2024 |
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Ep23 Build momentum through consistency
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Nov 12, 2024 |
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Ep22 Empowering frontline leaders for operational excellence – Aaron Jolliffe
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Nov 05, 2024 |
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Ep21 Operational success starts at the top – Dean Patton
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Oct 29, 2024 |
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Ep20 Unlocking Potential in Teams and Leaders
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Oct 22, 2024 |
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Ep19 Empowering the Disengaged with Key Leadership Strategies — Alodia Bourke
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Oct 15, 2024 |
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Ep18 A Rising Tide Lifts All Boats
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Oct 08, 2024 |
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Ep17 Leverage Their Ego
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Oct 01, 2024 |
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Ep16 How simple acknowledgement boosts team morale — Stuart Baak
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Sep 24, 2024 |
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Ep15 Name It: How to Make Your Project Shine
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Sep 17, 2024 |
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Ep14 Adapting to Triumph
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Sep 10, 2024 |
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Ep13 Operational excellence across borders – Manu Liyanarachchi
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Sep 03, 2024 |
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Ep12 Flaws and Fortunes
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Aug 27, 2024 |
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Ep11 Start with Who
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Aug 14, 2024 |
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Ep10 Technology and Transformation in Supply Chains – Kari Banick
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Aug 13, 2024 |
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Ep9 Cultivating a Culture of Ideas
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Aug 06, 2024 |
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Ep8 SMART Factories & DUMB Operators
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Jul 31, 2024 |
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Ep7 Understanding the ‘why’ in automation – Peter Campbell
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Jul 23, 2024 |
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Ep6 Why fence-sitters have disengaged
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Jul 16, 2024 |
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Ep5 Don’t underestimate the potential of your fence-sitters
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Jul 09, 2024 |
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Ep4 Leading & Driving Productivity as a Senior Executive Leader – Craig Funnell
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Jul 02, 2024 |
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Ep3 Harnessing the auxiliary power in your team
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Jun 25, 2024 |
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Ep2 Trusting your good soldiers
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Jun 18, 2024 |
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Ep1 How much is disengagement costing your business?
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Jun 11, 2024 |
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A new podcast series to unleash your team’s potential
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Apr 15, 2024 |