Tag: Leadership

Podcast #341 – Dr. Rob Hackett (@patientsafe3) on #TheatreCapChallenge &...

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My guest for Episode #341 of the podcast is Dr. Rob Hackett, an anaesthesiologist in Sydney, Australia. Rob has become known around the world...

Operational Excellence Mixtape: May 10, 2019

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Healthcare - Creating Value for Patients A group of Winnipeg physicians is opening a clinic designed to treat non-emergent patients in an effort to reduce Emergency...

A Hospital CEO Who Wants Other CEOs to “Give a Damn”...

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Here's an interesting column from Becker's Hospital Review, written by Michael Dowling, President and CEO, Northwell Health. I'm guessing he created the headline, since the...

On Boeing, GM, and Hospitals… and Epic Battles Between Reality and...

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Yesterday's blog post was about a situation (with my podcast hosting service) that triggered memories of my time at General Motors in 1995. Today's...

On Podcast Server Downtime, Scars from General Motors, and Taking Ownership...

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Ever since I started podcasting in 2006, I've been using a company called "Hipcast" to be the "hosting" company for the podcast audio files...

Operational Excellence Mixtape: April 26, 2019

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Ryan and I are co-sponsoring a workshop that I'll be presenting on "Measures of Success" in Winnipeg on May 10. Learn more. Healthcare - Creating...

Podcast #340 – @JoyFurnival, Lean in NHS England

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Joining me for Episode #340 of the podcast is Dr. Joy Furnival CEng MIET, an experienced senior NHS manager, improvement leader, and chartered engineer....

Is “Kaizen” a Slogan or a Methodology for the Seattle Mariners?

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Here is an interesting article that a few people pointed me toward the other day about the Seattle Mariners team: Mariners Sunday mailbag: Explaining the...

The CEO Leading the Culture Change at ZSFGH

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Yesterday, I blogged about a CNO who was changing the culture at a hospital away from blaming individual nurses for system problems. The HealthLeaders...

A Lean Guy Reads “Health Leaders” on Nursing Retention and Leadership

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Here's the latest in an occasional ongoing series I call "A Lean Guy Reads ________". Today, I'm reading the latest issue of Health Leaders...

Operational Excellence Mixtape: April 12, 2019

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Ryan and I are co-sponsoring a workshop that I'll be presenting on "Measures of Success" in Winnipeg on May 10. Learn more. Healthcare - Creating...

Podcast #339 – Charlie Protzman, “Lean BASICS”

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Joining me for Episode #339 of the podcast is Charles Protzman, author of a great number of Lean healthcare books. Today, we are talking...