Tag: Deming
Mike Leigh on Breaking Down Barriers with Lean
Joining me for Episode #392 is Mike Leigh, the President of his firm OpX Solutions, LLC. Mike was one of the contributors, writing a...
Dr. Deming, Lean, and Shifting From Command & Control
Joining me today for Episode #383 of the podcast is Patrick Anderson, the CEO of the Rural Alaska Community Action Program, Inc. (or "RurAL...
Anti-Racism: A River WE Must Cross
Starting With the Grand-Daddies of Quality
A few years back I developed a blog series titled, "The Grand-Daddies of Quality"-- my goal was to delve...
Operational Excellence Mixtape: July 3, 2020
Thanks as always to Ryan McCormick for this...
Healthcare - Creating Value for Patients
Health Care Workers Protect Us. It's Time To Protect Them. Great article...
How Deming’s Teachings Transformed Steve Feltovich’s Leadership Journey
My guest for Episode #368 is somebody I've met fairly recently through his excellent posts on LinkedIn, Steve Feltovich.
He is the president of SJF...
Podcast #366 — Harry Moser on the COVID-19 Supply Chain Wake-Up...
My guest for Episode #366 is Harry Moser, founder of the Reshoring Initiative. We talk about "reshoring," in general, and why that's such an...
Must Dos and Nice to Haves: Performance Reviews and Continuous Improvement?
There's a very well known cartoon that you might have seen where a caveman offers round wheels to other cavemen who are pulling a...
Sharing Lean Six Sigma Journal Articles on Healthcare Improvement from Ireland
I was honored to be asked to participate in a supplement that was published by the journal The International Journal for Quality in Healthcare....
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...