Tag: Leadership
Art Byrne: Lean from the CEO’s Perspective, the Lean Turnaround Answer...
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My guest for Episode #505 of the Lean Blog Interviews Podcast is Art Byrne, who was...
Uncovering Root Causes: Beyond the Conference Room – The Lean Approach...
You don't find the root cause of a problem in a conference room.
OK, so we've gotten away from the whiteboard. Now what?
You might not...
Rewriting the Management Gospel: Lessons from Hayes, Abernathy, and the Frontlines...
Professors Robert H. Hayes and William J. Abernathy have harsh words about a common, if not typical style of American management:
"...an overdependence on analytical...
Transforming Leadership: How to Shift from Blame to Systemic Improvement
How often do you hear executives blaming employees, including frontline workers, for different problems or poor performance?
I don't think that's a good look when...
Embracing Challenges for Success: Lessons in Toyota Culture and Kaizen from...
I have been really enjoying this book, released in 2021, by Kiyoshi "Nate" Furuta, a retired Toyota executive: Welcome Problems, Find Success: Creating Toyota...
Lean from a General Manager and Executive Perspective: DeWayne Allen
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My guest for Episode #502 of the Lean Blog Interviews Podcast is DeWayne Allen, an executive,...
Turning Bad News into Building Blocks: Cultivating a Culture Where Mistakes...
Embracing Imperfections and Learning from Mistakes: A Leadership Insight from the 2022 AME Annual Conference...
In a riveting conversation between Larry Culp (at the time,...
Bring Me to Speak at Your Health System’s Quarterly Leadership Forum
I recently spoke and facilitated at a health system's quarterly leadership forum event on the topic of "Psychological Safety as a Pre-Condition for Continuous...
My Piece for IndustryWeek: Boeing Executives Failed to Lead, Waved Off...
I wrote this piece for IndustryWeek... it starts:
"In January, passengers, crew and the public were stunned by the latest high-profile incident involving a...
Marcia Daszko on Leadership Lessons from Dr. Deming; Pivot Disrupt Transform...
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My guest for Episode #501 of the Lean Blog Interviews Podcast is Marcia Daszko, a speaker,...
A Better Question Than “Do You Have Any Questions?”
Recently, I've heard an idea a few times that I'd like to share and discuss in this post. As I'm writing this, I can't...
Instead of Urging Your Employees to Be Brave, Help Them Feel...
It's 9 p.m. in an operating room, just before the last procedure of a long day that had been full of delays. A nurse...