{"podcast":{"title":"Process Debt","slug":"process-debt-7039689","podcast_index_feed_id":7039689,"rss_url":"https://media.rss.com/process-debt/feed.xml","website_url":"https://processdebt.com/","image_url":"https://media.rss.com/process-debt/20241007_021040_7150bf5255fe04979ff4c095789cc607.png","author":"Chris Terrell","episode_count":93,"summary":"What is Process Debt? The hidden burden of inefficient processes that erode growth, employee satisfaction, and organizational success We all have a little 'process debt' in our lives and careers. In our podcast, \"Process Debt,\" we explore the daily challenges and frustrations with the hidden systems that steal joy from our work. From personal anecdotes to professional insights, join us for insights you can used to start changing those those broken business systems .","last_synced_at":"2026-07-21T00:17:37.195982+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/process-debt-7039689"},"episode":{"title":"The Waste That Doesn't Show Up on Any Report - with Peter Weiss","slug":"the-waste-that-doesn-t-show-up-on-any-report-with-peter-weiss","published_at":"2026-06-05T11:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/process-debt-7039689/the-waste-that-doesn-t-show-up-on-any-report-with-peter-weiss","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/process-debt-7039689","url":"https://rss.com/podcasts/process-debt/2888338","audio_url":"https://content.rss.com/episodes/293248/2888338/process-debt/2026_06_05_01_36_19_aa7c5ea4-5122-42b4-b2e0-060c2268d368.mp3","summary":"There's a concept in lean manufacturing called the gemba — the \"real place\" where value is actually created. You go to the gemba to see what's happening. You walk the floor. You watch the process. You find the waste. Peter Weiss spent years doing exactly that. Process engineer turned operations leader, he ran manufacturing businesses in Thailand, got his MBA, and walked into his first turnaround assignment armed with every tool he needed. The KPIs improved. The investors were happy. And every single person on the floor hated him. He lost the job after a year and a half. \"Instead of looking to the outside and saying the others are all wrong,\" he told us, \"I said it has something to do with me.\" What followed was a ten-day Vipassana retreat, a fundamental reorientation, and eventually a concept he now calls the inner gemba — the place inside us where information gets processed, emotions arise, decisions get made, and most of the real waste in knowledge work quietly accumulates.","meta_description":"There's a concept in lean manufacturing called the gemba — the \"real place\" where value is actually created. You go to the gemba to see what's happening.…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":2233,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/process-debt-7039689/episodes/the-waste-that-doesn-t-show-up-on-any-report-with-peter-weiss/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/process-debt-7039689/the-waste-that-doesn-t-show-up-on-any-report-with-peter-weiss.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}