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Lean Focus Podcast
The Lean Focus Podcast brings you inspiring stories of Lean transformation, hosted by Damon Baker, CEO of Lean Focus and renowned “Lean Catalyst.” In each episode, Damon sits down with one of the world’s top business leaders to recount the true story behind an extraordinary business transformation. Based on an entertaining, storytelling approach, this podcast empowers business leaders at every level to embark on their own Hero’s Journey on a path that will lead to legendary impact on their organizations.
Listen to the Lean Focus Podcast on your favorite platform and if you subscribe, you’ll be automatically notified whenever a new episode drops. Episodes are posted monthly and are published on the first Tuesday of each month.
Daily Focus
Thousands of CEOs and Continuous Improvement leaders use Daily Focus to sharpen how they think—one idea at a time.
Each Daily Focus delivers a single, practical Lean insight drawn from real operating environments. No theory. No filler. Just a focused observation you can read in under a minute and apply immediately.
It’s a simple discipline with a compounding effect: clearer thinking, better decisions, and stronger execution over time.
Subscribe to receive Daily Focus each day. It’s free.
Lean Catalyst: YouTube Interview Series
In this dynamic interview series, Lean Focus brings together CEOs and business leaders who have successfully embraced Lean thinking to drive exceptional results in their organization. These captivating conversations dive into their remarkable achievements, uncovering the strategies, insights, and practical wisdom that propelled their organizations forward.
Lean Focus on LinkedIn
Become one of our 180,000+ followers on LinkedIn today. You’ll be entertained by our Lean Haiku and Lean Poetry posts, and educated through our ongoing learning offerings. You’ll be the first to know about job opportunities that become available at Lean Focus, while staying up-to-date with the latest news and announcements.
Written by Damon Baker, CEO of Lean Focus, Lean Catalyst is a weekly leadership newsletter for CEOs and senior executives who are serious about building organizations that perform—consistently and sustainably.
Each week, Damon draws directly from his work alongside CEOs, operating partners, and senior leadership teams across industries. The insights are grounded in real operating environments, real decisions, and real consequences—not theory or recycled management ideas.
Lean Catalyst explores:
- How transformational CEOs think, decide, and lead under pressure
- Leadership behaviors that stall—or accelerate—enterprise performance
- Practical lessons from Lean transformations across growth, operations, supply chain, and leadership
- The systems, habits, and disciplines required to sustain results over time
This is not a newsletter about Lean tools. It is about how leaders build capable organizations, align teams around what matters, and turn strategy into execution.
Lean Catalyst is written for CEOs and senior leaders who want their thinking challenged, their judgment sharpened, and their organizations built to last.
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