Tag: Employee Engagement
Ryan McCormack’s Operational Excellence Mixtape: February 6, 2025
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
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
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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Interview with Prof. Zeynep Ton: The Case for Good Jobs and...
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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Ryan McCormack’s Operational Excellence Mixtape: February 10th, 2023
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
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)
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...
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
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
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.














