Tag: Leadership
ThedaCare’s CEO: “The Goal is Zero – The Target is Improvement”
On his blog, John Toussaint shared this letter from ThedaCare CEO Dean Gruner to all employees. Toussaint said the letter is inspired by Paul...
Upcoming Podcast Interview with former GM Exec Bob Lutz
As someone who started his career in the auto industry, I'm excited to be interviewing a modern auto-industry legend on Friday for an upcoming...
MD or MBA as CEO? Wrong Question?
As I've worked with different hospitals and different leaders, I've sometimes wondered if there's been a study on the differences in results between hospitals...
Interview With Former CEO Paul O’Neill on Safety for Workers and...
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I have a very special guest for Podcast #124 - he is Paul O'Neill, the U.S. Treasury Secretary from 2001 to 2002 and former...
Horrible Bosses – The Movie and Real Life Stories
Did anybody see the new movie, the comedy "Horrible Bosses" this weekend? If so, leave a comment and let us know what you thought...
Beware the Wrong Gemba Walk: Avoiding Top-Down Mistakes in Lean Leadership
This is always a tongue-in-cheek warning, but there are times when I warn hospital leaders that they have to be careful when going to...
Dr. Mrinalini Gadkari on the Ohio State Healthcare MBOE Program –...
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Today's episode is a discussion with Mrinalini Gadkari, a Senior Lecturer at the Fisher College of Business. Today, we're talking about the new Master...
A Thoughtful Commencement Message from Stephen Colbert
I'm a proud graduate of Northwestern University, industrial engineering class of 1995. Our '95 commencement speaker was the newly installed president of the university......
Beware Your Leadership Shadow
Last week, at the 2nd annual Lean Healthcare Transformation Summit, I moderated the CEO Panel discussion that featured four excellent Lean leaders: Jim FitzPatrick...
“Like Lean” – NY Jets Coach Rex Ryan
I heard a story on NPR last week profiling New York Jets head coach Rex Ryan, "In Football And Life, Ryan Plays Like He...
Free White Paper on Strategy Deployment in Healthcare
In conjunction with our newly released DVD on strategy deployment in healthcare, the ThedaCare Center for Healthcare Value has released a new white paper...
Everybody Deserves Workplace Respect – Even the T.S.A.
As somebody who flies about 75,000 miles a year, I am far too acquainted with the Transportation Security Administration and their annoyances (to the...