Tag: Leadership
James Hereford – A #Lean COO from Stanford Becomes a Lean...
In today's post, I write about James Hereford, a Lean thinker and leader who is now CEO of Fairview Health Services in Minnesota. I share some links to and highlights from a past podcast with him and other blog posts with his thoughts.
Who Are Your “Decision Makers?”
I was at an organization recently where one of the relatively senior leaders kept using a curious phrase that made my ears perk up. The senior executives were continually being referred to as "the decision makers." Why can't everybody be a decision maker?
If a Surgeon or Hospital Puts Quantity over Quality, Why Call...
I get worked up about labeling a troubled surgical department as "a factory," but there are far more important issues of patient safety and hospital culture to be discussed related to a Seattle Times investigative piece.
The Advice about Lean That Your Hospital CEO Should Be Getting
Art Byrne's latest book, The Lean Turnaround Action Guide, has a lot of great tips that he's trying to share, CEO to CEO. How many CEOs are reading this book and heeding his advice, in manufacturing or in healthcare?
From Kaizen Live! 2016: Gemba Walk Tips for Leaders — Do...
Mischelle McMillin, from Franciscan St. Francis Health, shares “dos and don’ts” for leaders going out to the “gemba” (the workplace). What is “the riddler” and why should you avoid being one in your efforts to create a culture of continuous improvement?
What the World’s Best Organizations (in Business or Sports) Do…
Domonique Foxworth, who earned an MBA from Harvard Business School after his NFL playing days, says, "... there are competitive advantages to be gained in the way that organizations are run.”
Changing the Culture: Cursing Football Coaches, Attacking the Change Agent
John W. Parks IV, pictured at left, is a Professor of Percussion at Florida State University. He was one of my favorite people during my...
“The reign of the king-leader is gone” at GM? What about...
I was happy to see an engineer (Chemical Engineering) and a General Motors leader, Alicia Boler Davis, on the cover of the Northwestern University...
#TBT: Part 2, A Year of KaiNexus Webinars, July through December,...
Following up on last week's post where I shared KaiNexus webinars from the first half of the year....
Again, one of the things I do...
#TBT: A Year of @KaiNexus Webinars, January through June, on Various...
One of the things I do for KaiNexus is produce and host our monthly free webinar series. You can view all of the recordings...
Highlights from the Original 1984 NUMMI Team Member Handbook, Part 1
I recently wrote about my exploration of the collected papers of the late Don Ephlin, a UAW senior leader and a professor of mine at...
Emmitt Smith, An Inadvertent #Lean Coach at #AMEDallas?
Were there Lean ideas to be found in a tour of AT&T Stadium and an AME Conference speech by NFL great Emmitt Smith?
