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Following up on my blog post about GE CEO Larry Culp's AME keynote speech, I wanted to share some of the discussion from his "fireside chat, absent the fire" (as Larry called it) with Katie Anderson (as we discussed in our podcast…
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Nursing turnover is very likely costing your organization millions of dollars. But you don't have to just accept that... you can fix it. I'm happy to be moderating a webinar that is being hosted by Value Capture, presented by two…
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It was a real treat to hear Larry Culp, the CEO of General Electric and CEO of GE Aerospace, speak at the AME 2022 annual conference in Dallas. He recently reached the four-year mark of his tenure as GE's first-ever outsider CEO (read the…
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At the hospital on Monday, a chaplain shared a Thanksgiving poem on the theme of being grateful. It struck a chord with me. As a Lean practitioner, it's easy to focus on the waste... the problems... the gaps. We think about what could be…
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A culture of learning makes the difference, not "low inventory" Last year, I wrote a post that criticized those, including the Wall St Journal, who claimed that Toyota was "abandoning" the Toyota Production System or that strategically…
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I love this clip of John Amaechi (also embedded below), a former NBA player turned psychologist from England. He's very wise, and I've always enjoyed hearing him as a guest on the Dan Le Batard show and podcast. He made…
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Thanks as always to Ryan McCormick for this... there's always so much good reading, listening, and viewing shared here by him! Get these directly from Ryan via email. Insights about improvement, innovation, and leadership... …
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The book that I'm writing on learning from mistakes is not an academic research-driven project. My "field research" mainly consists of the 200 podcast interviews that I've done, asking a wide range of people, "What's your favorite…
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In the history of our KaiNexus continuous improvement webinar series, we've used a few platforms over time. We used WebEx for many years, but that technology wasn't holding up well to the demands of early Covid days, and one webinar really…
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Elon Musk tweeted this yesterday: "Please note that Twitter will do lots of dumb things in coming months. We will keep what works & change what doesn't." I host a podcast (and am writing a book) about learning from mistakes --…
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Thanks as always to Ryan McCormick for this... there's always so much good reading, listening, and viewing shared here by him! Get these directly from Ryan via email. Insights about improvement, innovation, and leadership... …
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The cocktail called the "Negroni Sbagliato" is having a moment right now, as they say, as the result of this TikTok video. I don't know the actors, or the show they're on and I don't have a TikTok account. Get off my lawn, LOL. Now you…
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Today, I'd like to share an interview that I did for the podcast series called "Habitual Excellence," which is presented by Value Capture. I had the great opportunity to interview Louis A. Shaprio - Lou is the president and CEO of the…
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I'm sure I could be more mindful. To be honest, I'm not really sure what that means, though. That's why I'm happy to have hosted a webinar that was presented by Dave Kippen as part of the KaiNexus Continuous Improvement webinar series: …
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