Tag: Leadership

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

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...

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" I...

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...

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,...

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

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...

I am giving a new webinar on Wednesday, hosted by the ThedaCare Center for Healthcare Value (to promote a public registration workshop on Kaizen...

People often talk about the need for senior leadership support for Lean. If we're going to really transform our culture, workplace, and performance, "quality...

I've had some cartoons on the blog before, including a few "Doofus & Leanies."  I can't draw at all, believe me (although I sometimes...

In our Healthcare Kaizen books, Joe Swartz and I have tried to make the case that the Kaizen style of continuous improvement isn't just a...

What happens when a mistake is made in your organization? How do you react when an error occurs? A lab specimen gets mislabeled. The wrong...