Tag: Leadership

Guest Post: Standardized Work is for Leaders, Not Just Assembly Lines

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Mark's note: Today's post is by David Meier, a former Toyota group leader, and co-author of the excellent books The Toyota Way Fieldbook and...

Questions That Aren’t Really Questions

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My Lean mentors often talk about "leading with questions." Kim Barnas and ThedaCare use this approach in different ways, including "stat sheets," which are...

Free Webinar Tomorrow – #Lean & Daily Management by @KaiNexus

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Tomorrow, at 1 pm Eastern, Dr. Greg Jacobson and I are giving a KaiNexus-sponsored webinar: Daily Management with KaiNexus: From Huddle Boards to Web-Based Technology I'll...

Continuous Improvement of Learning: North East Shingo Conference 2014

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Mark's note: Christina Kach is our guest blogger today, with a post about the recent North East Shingo Conference, where she was an attendee. See...

Kaizen Coaching: Don’t Give People Answers, Let Them Learn

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Last week, I taught a pilot session of a new class on Kaizen and continuous improvement that I taught for visitors to the ThedaCare...

LinkedIn Post on Ebola and Everyday Healthcare Failures; A Brave Whistle-Blowing...

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I wrote about Ebola earlier this week and have been following the news closely. It's a fascinating story on many levels, including many leadership...

GM CEO Mary Barra Celebrates Employee Kaizen

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Time magazine recently featured GM's relatively new CEO, Mary Barra, on the cover and in this story: "Mary Barra's Bumpy Ride at the Wheel of GM" Also,...

Great Lean Leader Interview Series at Shmula.com

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My friend Pete Abilla has started a nice series of "Lean Leadership Interviews" on his site, shmula.com. I enjoyed his most recent interview with Jeff...

What Bad Managers, Good Managers, and Great Managers Do

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Today's post is something that I wrote for a broader LinkedIn audience, but might have meaning and significance to my Lean readers: "What Bad Managers,...

Video Interviews with Karl Wadensten and Paul Akers

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Our theme this month on the KaiNexus blog is executive leadership. We are concluding that series with a new webinar that will be hosted...

Podcast #208 – Michael Bremer on How to Do a Gemba...

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Joining me for episode #208 is Michael Bremer, author of the recently released book How to Do a Gemba Walk. Michael is president of The...

To Create a Culture of Continuous Improvement, Put Away the Gavel!

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I am giving a new webinar on Wednesday, hosted by the ThedaCare Center for Healthcare Value (to promote a public registration workshop on Kaizen...
"The Mistakes That Make Us" Receives Shingo Publication Award!Learn More
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