Tag: Leadership

Leadership That Builds Better Systems, Better Results, and Better Work

Leadership isn’t about titles, charisma, or quick decisions—it’s about creating systems where people can do their best work and continuously improve. This archive brings together blog posts, podcasts, and reflections on leadership through a Lean lens, drawing on ideas from Deming, Toyota, healthcare, and real-world management practice. The common theme: leaders shape culture, influence behavior, and own the systems that produce results—for better or worse.

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...

NIH = "Not Invented Here"

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by Jamie Flinchbaugh, co-author, The Hitchhiker's Guide to LeanI believe that NIH, or Not Invented Here, is one of the silliest cultural barriers to...

Online WSJ Comment from Toyota Person

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Toyota Poised to Make Shift in North America - WSJ.com Interesting WSJ comment from this recent piece about planned management changes in North America. Jim Lentz,...

Japan’s CEO Aren’t Greedy Villains

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In Japan, more CEOs share the pain of tough times - USATODAY.comThe USA Today, whether they're trying or not, is doing a good job...
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