Tag: Deming
Interview with Amy C. Edmondson On Psychological Safety And “The Fearless...
My guest for episode #356 of the podcast is Amy C. Edmondson, PhD, the Novartis Professor of Leadership and Management at the Harvard Business...
Operational Excellence Mixtape: December 6, 2019
Healthcare - Creating Value for Patients
Does Lean "work" in hospitals in the US? Sort of, according to the Journal of Healthcare Management. There is evidence...
Making People and Making Things – in Japan or Mr. Rogers’...
Monday was the first day of my fifth Lean study trip to Japan. Yesterday, I had the opportunity to once again visit a Toyota...
Podcast #349 — John Dyer, “The Facade of Excellence”
My guest for episode #349 is John Dyer, president of his consulting firm, John Dyer & Associates, Inc., and author of the new book, The...
General Jim Mattis on Leadership, Mistakes, and Defining Problems
General Jim Mattis has been making the rounds to talk about his new book that is out today: Call Sign Chaos: Learning to Lead.
"Learning...
Episode #4 of the “Lean Whiskey” Podcast: Nikka, Performance Reviews, KPIs,...
After the last episode that had the first guest host (Chris Burnham), I'm once again joined by Jamie Flinchbaugh for another "Lean Whiskey" podcast.
In...
Unraveling the Mystery Behind MLB’s Home Run Surge: A Data-Driven Exploration
It's been a busy few weeks for me with work travel and, blogwise, I'm winding down into a few weeks of "blog vacation" (which...
A PDSA Cycle in the Early Days of Baseball Uniforms
As somebody who grew up as a big baseball fan, I somehow managed to not see the Ken Burns documentary, Baseball.
I've been watching...
Operational Excellence Mixtape: June 7, 2019
Healthcare - Creating Value for Patients
Healthcare innovation is prone to continuous pilots of improvements that are already proven and a half-hearted embrace of meaningful change. Sachin Jain,...
Episode #2 of the “Lean Whiskey” Podcast on GE, Boeing, and...
Jamie Flinchbaugh and I got a great response to the first episode of our new "Lean Whiskey" podcast. We've had a great time with...
How PBCs (Process Behavior Charts) Can Enhance the Practice of OKRs...
Over the past year, I've heard about the "OKRs" methodology that is used in tech companies like Google. OKRs stands for Objectives & Key...
Dr. Gary Kaplan and Virginia Mason Medical Center’s “War on Waste”
A few of you sent me this article from Modern Healthcare (thanks!):
Virginia Mason Health CEO Dr. Gary Kaplan wages a war on waste
As you...
