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Scroll down for video, how to subscribe, and more My guest for Episode #405 is Deondra Wardelle, CEO of her own company and one of the hosts of next week’s virtual KataCon7 event. She is, among other things, a Visionary,…
Scroll down for video, transcript, how to subscribe, and more My guest for Episode #404 is Nate Hurle, a Senior Director of Enterprise Continuous Improvement at Cleveland Clinic. He was previously a guest on Episode 282. He was also recently…
Today, I’d like to share some recent episodes from these two podcast series… Habitual Excellence Here are some of the latest episodes from this podcast that I host for Value Capture. Dr. David Mayer: A Moon Shot for Zero Patient…
Here is an article I first published on Linked seven years ago this week. This is lightly edited and updated. We’ve all seen it happening around us. We’ve probably all done it. What’s that? Jumping to solutions. I hope the…
My guest for Episode #403 is Arnout Orelio, author of the book Lean Thinking for Emerging Healthcare Leaders: How to Develop Yourself and Implement Process Improvements. Arnout is from the Netherlands, but we have crossed paths a number of times…
In this post: Today, I’m going to share some reflections from one of my workplaces, some things that occurred last week. I’m going to be vague, so forgive me for that. It feels right to be less specific in this…
Thanks as always to Ryan McCormack for this… there’s always so much good reading, listening, and viewing shared here by him! Healthcare – Creating Value for Patients It is said that “if you fail to plan, you plan to fail”. …
In Episode 25, Jamie Flinchbaugh and Mark Graban welcome a guest to our show, with Jim Benson joining us. Jim has been a long-time collaborator of Mark’s, and certainly enjoys a dram or two of whiskey. We begin by getting…
I saw this press release about the new book by former General Electric CEO Jeffrey Immelt. Jeff Immelt to Release HOT SEAT: What I Learned Leading a Great American Company The book is available now through Amazon. Immelt had his…
Jay Hodge taught the Toyota Production System at a General Motors stamping plant in Indiana — then got a call from Toyota asking him to come work for them. In this episode, he shares what he learned about lean culture,…
My guest for Episode #401 is my friend Jim Benson, who you might know as the co-author of the book Personal Kanban (and we talked about that in Episode 155, back in 2012). He was also a guest on Episode…
The past two weeks, I’ve been part of an initiative that’s like a social-benefit startup effort within a startup. It’s a free platform called VacciNexus that connects healthcare professionals who are engaged in process improvements related to Covid-19 vaccinations. I’ve…
