Tag: Leadership
The CEO’s Role in Lean Transformation: Art Byrne, Former CEO of...
My guest for podcast #158 is Art Byrne, author of the new book The Lean Turnaround: How Business Leaders Use Lean Principles to Create...
Stuff I’m Reading: September 21, 2012
The list of stuff I've read and wanted to blog about has grown... that inventory becomes this post. Here are links to some varied...
Do You Foster Innovation? Ask Your Employees
Organizations that are most successful with Kaizen and continuous improvement don't have fancier boards or better software -- they have leaders who are more...
Labor Day Reflections for a Safer Week (and Years) Ahead
I didn't have a post yesterday because it was the Labor Day holiday here in the U.S. While I'm not a "worker," in the...
Characteristics of Lean Leaders
Ted Stiles is one of the handful of key recruiters I know in the world of Lean healthcare. Disclosure: I recently joined the advisory...
Podcast #157 – Nick Sarillo, ‘A Slice of the Pie’ –...
Joining me for episode #157 is Nick Sarillo, founder of Nick's Pizza & Pub and author of the new book (out September 13) called...
The Two Root Causes of Everything?
One thing I have enjoyed in the past few years is meeting and working with more people with direct experience working at Toyota (including...
Looking at Medical Mistakes – Learning and Preventing or Repeating?
Working in healthcare, it's hard not finding stories about preventable errors. I keep hearing stories from friends and family - such as my relative...
Podcast #152 – Matt Stewart, “Walk On,” Lessons from Northwestern’s Unlikely...
My guest for podcast #152 is Matt Stewart, and we are talking about his book The Walk-On: Inside Northwestern's Rise From Cellar Dweller To Big...
“Why Charter Schools Work” – Questions of Autonomy, Responsibility, Standardized Work...
My mom is a retired public school elementary teacher, so I've heard plenty of stories about bad management decisions within a school system and...
Jerks Can Be Creativity Killers, Alright
Saw this in the most recent Fast Company:
Is Your Manager A Creativity Killer?
If the manager is something like a case study from...
New Book by @PaulFLevy – “Goal Play!” with Lessons for Healthcare
Paul Levy, the former CEO of Boston's Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, is a long time friend of mine and this blog (read his...
