Tag: Employee Engagement

Ryan McCormack’s Operational Excellence Mixtape: February 6, 2025

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Thanks, as always, to Ryan McCormack for this. He always shares so much good reading, listening, and viewing here! Subscribe to get these directly...

Kaiteki: The Japanese Philosophy Behind Motivated Employees and Lean Success

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tl;dr: Kaiteki is a Japanese management philosophy focused on comfort, purpose, and respect for people--and it helps explain why motivated employees and Lean success...

Ryan McCormack’s Operational Excellence Mixtape: May 2, 2025

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This edition of Ryan McCormack's Operational Excellence Mixtape examines the shifting balance between people, systems, and strategy in the pursuit of better performance. From...

Ryan McCormack’s Operational Excellence Mixtape: January 26, 2024

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Thanks as always to Ryan McCormack for this... there's always so much good reading, listening, and viewing shared here by him! Subscribe to get...

Interview with Prof. Zeynep Ton: The Case for Good Jobs and...

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In this Lean Blog Interviews episode, Zeynep Ton explains why good jobs are not a perk or policy--but a system. We discuss her book...

Ryan McCormack’s Operational Excellence Mixtape: May 19th, 2023

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Thanks as always to Ryan McCormack for this... there's always so much good reading, listening, and viewing shared here by him! Subscribe to get...

Ryan McCormack’s Operational Excellence Mixtape: February 10th, 2023

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Thanks as always to Ryan McCormack for this... there's always so much good reading, listening, and viewing shared here by him! Subscribe to get...

Ryan McCormack’s Operational Excellence Mixtape: September 23, 2022

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Thanks as always to Ryan McCormick for this... there's always so much good reading, listening, and viewing shared here by him! Insights about improvement, innovation,...

Webinar: Leadership for Equity and Engagement (For Vaccinations and Beyond)

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Recently, I hosted and moderated a presentation / panel discussion webinar with a team from Legacy Health, a health system that's based in Oregon....

Applying Lean and Kaizen at Chick-fil-A: Engaging Every Employee in Continuous...

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Chick-fil-A is widely known for fast service, high quality, and a strong culture--but behind that reputation is a deliberate approach to Lean and Kaizen...

A Lean Guy Reads “Health Leaders” on Nursing Retention and Leadership

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Here's the latest in an occasional ongoing series I call "A Lean Guy Reads ________". Today, I'm reading the latest issue of Health Leaders...

How 200 Jobs Were Saved by Engaging Employees in Continuous Improvement

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Mark's Note: Today's post is the first guest post by Jess Orr, who you might remember from the webinars that she did for KaiNexus. I hope you enjoy the post... As a continuous improvement practitioner, I recently faced a challenge that seemed nearly insurmountable.
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