Tag: CEO

Podcast #227 – Ruthie Davis & Steve Cook on “Do The...

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Joining me for episode #227 are Ruthie Davis and Stephen Cook, talking about the book that they edited, Do the Right Thing: Real Life Stories...

Podcast #225 – John Toussaint, MD, “Management on the Mend”

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Joining me once again on the podcast today is John Toussaint, MD, the founder and CEO of the ThedaCare Center for Healthcare Value. We're...

Reader Question from an MD: One Shot to Talk to the...

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Before I head out on vacation, here is a reader question that I am sharing for your input.I'm sharing this with permission and I'm...

Says Jack Dorsey: It’s an “Organizational Failure” if the CEO Has...

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Jack Dorsey is well known among tech circles, as a co-founder of Twitter (he's @Jack) and, now, as the CEO of Square. I'm a...

Throwback Thursday: The Leadership Mantras of Don Davis

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It's been just about 18 years since I was leaving GM to start the master's program at MIT's Leaders for Manufacturing program (now called...

Another Experiment That Works in Healthcare: Safety Huddles

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Following up on yesterday's post on seemingly successful experiments with ACOs, here's another article, from HBR, on "safety huddles" in healthcare: "How Every Hospital Should Start...

The Scripps Health CEO is Right About No-Layoffs Policies

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In manufacturing, the term Lean has far too often been synonymous with layoffs. Doing so is more L.A.M.E. than Lean. People get anxious and throw around...

Podcast #221 – @JacobStoller, “The #Lean CEO”

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My guest for episode #221 is Jacob Stoller, author of a book that was just released: The Lean CEO: Leading the Way to World-Class Excellence. It's...

Guest Post from a Hospital CEO: Lean’s a Journey, Not a...

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Mark's note: Today's post is written by Gary Passama, the CEO of NorthBay Healthcare in northern California. He is an active blogger on the...

“Safety is always our top priority” – From lip service to...

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It's really easy to make statements like "patient safety is our top priority." That same statement can be applied to hospital staff, as well. Or,...

What Does ThedaCare CEO Dean Gruner, MD Say About Safety?

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For today's "Throwback Thursday," I recently re-watched parts of a DVD I helped produce a few years back for the ThedaCare Center for Healthcare...

Audio Parody – “Lean Serial”

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My wife and I were late to the wildly popular podcast "Serial," but we listened to the first six episodes while traveling over the...