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You’re invited to view the recording of webinar that I co-presented on Tuesday, October 18th, with Ken Segel, the CEO and co-founder of the healthcare advisory firm Value Capture. Seizing the Healthcare Safety Opportunity: Using the “Playbook” of Paul O’Neill…
We’re tired, but not tired of whisky. A gemba walk will pick us up… Listen: Here is the episode if you want to stream the audio: In Episode 35, Mark is recently back from his Scotland gemba visit. He isn’t…
Scroll down for how to subscribe, transcript, and more My guest for Episode #460 of the Lean Blog Interviews Podcast is Philip Holt. He is currently Senior Vice President, Operational Excellence at GKN Aerospace, the world’s leading multi-technology Tier 1…
I don’t blog about every mistake I make (although it might seem otherwise, sometimes). I do try to share stories that might help illustrate concepts about Lean or problem-solving. This past week, within about 24 hours, there were three examples…
Thanks as always to Ryan McCormack 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… Operational Excellence, Improvement, and Innovation What’s…
I wanted to share a blog post that I wrote for the Value Capture Blog: The Connections Between Joy in Work and Habitual Excellence In the post, I share notes from a presentation that Rich gave at the Michigan Lean…
Gerald Harris spent 25 years leading lean transformations in automotive manufacturing before shifting into healthcare consulting, and his origin story starts with a Toyota supplier in crisis that went from shipping 250 door sets per shift to 2,400. In this…
It seems ironic. Maybe this is my fate in life. Or, I’m tempting fate by podcasting, writing (my book project), and presenting so much on the topic of mistakes and learning from mistakes. Learning from mistakes means we first must…
Scroll down for how to subscribe, transcript, and more My guest for Episode #458 of the Lean Blog Interviews Podcast is Damon Baker. He was recently my guest in Episode #454. He is the founder and CEO of the firm…
TL;DR: Lean at GE in Italy succeeds by empowering employees, avoiding blame, and building psychological safety–leading to faster problem solving, better results, and a healthier workplace culture. A Lean story caught my attention not just because of the impressive results–but…
TL;DR: Small workplace artifacts–like a sarcastic front-desk statue or an “Ashes of Problem Employees” jar–can reveal more about organizational culture, leadership mindset, and psychological safety than any mission statement. These visible signals shape behavior, trust, and whether people feel safe…
Thanks as always to Ryan McCormack for this… there’s always so much good reading, listening, and viewing shared here by him! Insights about improvement, innovation, and leadership… Operational Excellence, Improvement, and Innovation Compliance vs. Creativity “Standardization kills creativity”. “It’s an…
