Tag: Leadership

Earlier this morning, I attended a presentation at SHS/ASQ about Lean implementation in multiple emergency rooms in a large health system. There were a...

I only watched a few minutes of Toyota CEO Akio Toyoda's live testimony (thanks to online cable news streaming), but the first things I...

Today, I'm sharing a few links featuring the thoughts of John Toussaint, M.D., the CEO Emeritus of the ThedaCare health system in Wisconsin and...

What is your role at work? Your purpose? Those questions might make you really stop and think. I sat in yesterday on a class, taught...

Hat tips to the blogs Lean is Good and Curious Cat... tonight is the debut of the new CBS reality show "Undercover Boss" a...

Podcast #83 is an in-depth conversation with Jim D'Addario, the CEO of D'Addario, Inc., a manufacturer of guitar strings, drum heads, and other musical...

Mark's note: I've known Bruce Baker for a few years as a thoughtful commenter here on the Lean Blog. I was thrilled when he...

One of my goals for the next few weeks is to catch up on blogging about some great speakers I've seen recently. Coming soon,...

Today's post is an email written by Patrick M. Anderson, Executive Director of Chugachmiut, Inc., the Tribal consortium created to promote self-determination to the...

This continues a series titled Leading Lean A-Z. This post is K: Be Kinetic. Did you ever have one of those days where you just...

My blogging will be relatively light this week, given some holiday time off, family visiting, and a short trip for New Year's. There's nothing lazier,...

Paul Levy on Transparency, Social Media, and Quality Following up and continuing this morning's post about MemorialCare. You can also read my notes and comments...