Tag: Leadership
Ryan McCormack’s Operational Excellence Mixtape: August 9, 2024
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From Commands to Collaboration: Lessons in Respectful and Effective Workplace Signage
In the world of continuous improvement and Lean management, clear and respectful communication is crucial. Let's take a moment to examine two different approaches...
Executive Summary on Cultivating Psychological Safety and Continuous Improvement
This post draws upon and summarizes content in my book, The Mistakes That Make Us: Cultivating a Culture of Learning and Innovation.
Overview
Senior...
Ryan McCormack’s Operational Excellence Mixtape: June 28, 2024
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Psychological Safety: Ensuring People Get Their Say, Even if They Don’t...
Psychological Safety means everybody gets their say, but it doesn't mean you get your way.
Psychological Safety is an individual's belief, feeling, or perception that...
Embracing Creative Tensions: Wendy K. Smith on Both/And Thinking and Lean...
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My guest for Episode #507 of the Lean Blog Interviews Podcast is Wendy K. Smith, co-author...
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,...