Tag: Leadership
General Jim Mattis on Leadership, Mistakes, and Defining Problems
General Jim Mattis has been making the rounds to talk about his new book that is out today: Call Sign Chaos: Learning to Lead.
"Learning...
Operational Excellence Mixtape: August 30, 2019
Healthcare - Creating Value for Patients
The last place I want to receive care is the hospital. There are innumerable advantages to being treated in...
Podcast #346 — Mark Ryan, Transformation, Kaizen, and Management at Franciscan...
Joining me for Episode 346 of the podcast is Mark Ryan, a Transformation Coach and Lean Six Sigma Black Belt at Franciscan Health.
Mark will...
Operational Excellence Mixtape: August 16, 2019
Healthcare - Creating Value for Patients
An experienced doctor in Toronto caused harm, operated without consent, and intimidated staff for years. A disturbing but unsurprising...
Episode #6 of the “Lean Whiskey” Podcast: Speyside Scotch, Remembering Lee...
After the last episode with guest host Paul Critchley, I'm once again joined by Jamie Flinchbaugh for another "Lean Whiskey" podcast.
In Episode 6 of...
Webinar Preview: Burn Your Ships! (And Full Webinar Recording)
Recently, KaiNexus and I hosted another webinar in our free series and I hope you were able to join us.
Taryn Davis, of the firm...
Operational Excellence Mixtape: August 2, 2019
Healthcare - Creating Value for Patients
In 2008, I worked at a hospital when, during an Executive meeting, an Executive suggested that patients are sometimes harmed...
Operational Excellence Mixtape: Best of 2019 – Mixtape A-Side
Hi All - Summer in Manitoba requires part-time work, as the precious weeks of glorious weather need to be savoured and stored up for...
Leadership as Defined and Depicted so Well by a Normandy War...
Regular readers will realize I've been away from the blog a lot this month. I was fortunate to get away for two weeks of...
Embracing and Helping Surgeons Accept Change — Instead of Blaming &...
Here is an article that caught my eye recently, from HBR:
"How One Health System Overcame Resistance to a Surgical Checklist"
Seeing the word "resistance" always...
Operational Excellence Mixtape: July 5, 2019
Healthcare - Creating Value for Patients
Imagine a healthcare system that responds to each patient's circumstances and preferences in real-time. Real-time measurement of a patient's...
Applying Lean and Kaizen at Chick-fil-A with David B. Reid, P.E....
Joining me for Episode #344 is David Reid, a mechanical engineer whose career has taken him from improvement work at Michelin Tire, to being...