Podcast #374 — Mark Valenti and Brittany Wilson, Motivational Interviewing…
Brittany Wilson and Mark D. Valenti
Joining me today for Episode #374 of the podcast are two colleagues,…
Podcast #315 – Bob Maurer, Ph.D. on “Mastering Fear,”…
Why do people fear change? Why are adults afraid of talking about their fears? My guest today is eminently…
Podcast #306 – Mark D. Valenti, Motivational Interviewing and Health System…
My guest for Episode #306 is Mark D. Valenti, the manager of training, education, and workflow integration for the…
Podcast #292 – The Co-Authors of “Motivational Interviewing for…
My guests for Episode 292 are the three co-authors of an excellent book, Motivational Interviewing for Leadership:…
Free Webinar on “Motivational Interviewing” and Workplace Continuous…
Wednesday, I hosted and moderated (through KaiNexus), the latest webinar in our continuous improvement webinar…
A Podcast Preview of Paul Wainwright’s Webinar on “Positive…
On October 15th, I hosted the latest in our KaiNexus Continuous Improvement Webinar series.
I'm really happy…
Preview & Recording of Mark Valenti’s Webinar on “Motivational…
Today, I hosted and moderated the latest in our KaiNexus Continuous Improvement Webinar series.
I'm really…
Year in Review: My Podcasts About Lean and More
It was a busy year for me in the podcast realm. I produced 33 "Lean Blog Podcast" episodes of interviews about the…
Podcast #320 – Skip Steward on Deming, Wheeler, Metrics, and More
Skip Steward, the Chief Improvement Officer at Baptist Memorial Health Care in Tennessee, was a guest on Episode…
Podcast #290 – @EricRies: From #Lean to #LeanStartup to #TheStartupWay
Joining me again for episode 290 is a three-time guest, Eric Ries. When we first talked, in episode 115 six years…
Podcast #285 – Karen Martin (@KarenMartinOpex): “Is Lean Dead?”
Joining me for Episode #285 is my friend and colleague, Karen Martin. She was previously a guest on Episode #151 …
More on “Motivational Interviewing” as a Method for Workplace Change…
Back in December, I wrote about a method called "Motivational Interviewing" (MI), something I learned about from a…
Amin Elhassan: It’s Not Enough to Be Right, How You Communicate Matters More
I've learned this lesson the hard way at times in my career: Having the right answer isn't enough if you can't…
Why “Hesitant” is a Better Word Than “Resistant” for…
Words matter, as do our approaches to leading change and influencing others.
The word "hesitant" has been in…
Can Questions About Patient Safety Feel Psychologically Unsafe?
I think that working to reduce patient harm (to improve patient safety) is one of the most important (and most…
It’s Hard to Ask Leaders to Change the System in Which They’ve Risen…
The other day, I stumbled across an old article that I remember, as it was published in the Wall Street Journal in…
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:…
Video and Transcript: When Being Right is the Wrong Strategy for Change
I always enjoy the KaiNexus User Conference (now called KaiNexicon starting this year) and they ask me to give a…