Tag: Leadership

Q&A with Adam Zak on Lean Leadership

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BioTechnology Supply Chain Conference - interview with speaker Adam Zak | LeanConnectionsI'm reposting parts of this with permission of Adam Zak, a regular contributor...

“No Blame” Doesn’t Mean “No Accountability”

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Wachter's World : Physician Accountability for Violation of Safety Rules: The Time For Excuses Has Passed I think Bob Wachter has it completely right in...

No Rx for Lean

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I recently have had the opportunity to review a wide range of sites and companies and provide feedback on their lean journey. One of...

Innovation Is as Innovation Does?

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Dispatches from the Frontier: Innovation as OutcomeThis story also seems like it couldn't be true, from the Harga-Blog:I once asked a class full...

Leadership Lessons from Larry Kellner

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Corner Office - Bad News or Good, Continental's Chief Wants to Know - Question - NYTimes.comThis interview with Larry Keller, CEO of Continental Airlines,...

A Bullying Boss Leads to Financial Meltdown?

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Michael Lewis on A.I.G. | vanityfair.comI've been a big fan of Michael Lewis and his writing since reading "Moneyball: The Art of Winning an...

Former Lehman CEO Blames His Former Employees, but so do Some...

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From Lehman's Wreckage, New Lives - WSJ.com:Disgraced Lehman CEO Dick Fuld says in this WSJ piece:"'I spent too much time out of the office...

Denver Health’s CEO Spreading the Word about Lean

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Checking In With Denver Health CEO Patricia Gabow On A "Model" Health Care System - Kaiser Health News Dr. Patty Gabow has been one of...

Modern Healthcare Podcast with Hospital Execs

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Ill. hospital execs find savings in Lean methodologies - Modern HealthcareIt's nice to see Modern Healthcare is doing some podcasts, or at least I...

Leading Lean A-Z: F for be First

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by Jamie Flinchbaugh, co-author, The Hitchhiker's Guide to LeanWhen visiting companies that feel better about their lean journey than they probably should, perhaps the...

Q&A #1 – Michael Balle, "The Lean Manager"

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I recently invited questions for Michael Balle, the author of the Shingo Prize winning book The Gold Mine: A Novel of Lean Turnaround. He...

How Jim Baran Got Started with Lean

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Mark's note: Jim's post originally started as a comment in response to my post "Where Did I Start with Lean?" but it exceeded the...