Tag: Leadership

Who are the Lean Thinking CEOs?

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A question came in from a blog reader -- simple question with no simple or easy answers: Who are the Lean Thinking CEOs? My first thought...

Measuring for Improvement

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Note: Welcome LEI visitors... you can check out my main blog page at www.leanblog.org, as I hope you'll come back. Here are some other...

One Purple Audacious Goal… Northwestern Football or Healthcare Improvement

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This might seem like a post about football... but stick with me even if you're not a sports fan. Many of you regular readers know...

Book Review: "Kaizen Express"

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I have always learned a lot from John Shook. As I've blogged about before, I've seen John present about TPS and management (leadership, really)...

Bad News Not Flowing Up at Boeing?

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Tomorrow's blog post today... not that anyone will be reading anything non-Michael Jackson related. RIP. A modern tidbit... I learned about the news via...

LeanBlog Video Podcast #5 – Dr. Sami Bahri, D.D.S.

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This is an interview with Dr. Sami Bahri, D.D.S., a dentist from Jacksonville, Florida. He is a pioneer in using Lean methods in the...

Jim Collins on Leadership – "Like Lean"?

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How the Mighty Fall: A Primer on the Warning Signs - BusinessWeek Jim Collins, of Good to Great fame, has a new book out called...

Observations from One End of the Hospital

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Lean Leap to Health Care #7 (click for Part #6) by Scott McDuffee "Where is the main entrance? Why do I follow the signs to HERE?...

Japanese CEOs and Leadership

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Toyota Posts Big Loss, Signals More to Come - WSJ.comI saw this article on Saturday and it reminded me to go ahead and blog...

Leadership Thoughts from Late Great Detroit Pistons

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NBA, Olympic coach Chuck Daly dies at 78 I grew up outside of Detroit during the Detroit Pistons "Bad Boys" era so I spent a...

Bad Times? Don’t Blame!

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Management Tip of the Day :: April 15, 2009 :: HarvardBusiness.orgIt's nice to see HBR, for once, spreading the message of Dr. Deming. If...

Doofus and Leanie Cartoon #1 – Gemba

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Back in February, I did a parody of a "Goofus and Gallant" cartoon, if you remember them from "Highlights for Kids" magazine that was...