Podcast #354 — Kim Hollon on the CEO’s Role in Lean and Patient Safety…
Joining me for episode #354 of the podcast is Kim Hollon, the CEO and President of Signature Healthcare, based…
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Operational Excellence Mixtape: December 20, 2019
Healthcare - Creating Value for Patients
It's been 20 years since To Err is Human, the seminal…
Episode #10 of the “Lean Whiskey” Podcast: The Grinch Stole our Tech,…
Mark Graban & Jamie Flinchbaugh
In Episode 10 of Lean Whiskey, Mark Graban and Jamie Flinchbaugh do their…
From Japan: “We were not always a Kaizen company” — Surprising?
Here is something brief that I posted on LinkedIn while I was in Japan recently, but I also wanted to share it…
How We Can Easily Miss Signals in Our Metrics When We Rely on Red / Green Analysis
In many organizations, leaders rely on red / green color coding to evaluate metrics. They often see a single data…
Operational Excellence Mixtape: September 27, 2019
Healthcare - Creating Value for Patients
Globally, at least 5 patients die every minute due to unsafe…
Podcast #347 — Brad Parsons, Hospital CEO & Co-Author of…
Our guest today for Episode 347 is Brad Parsons, the CEO of NEA Baptist, in Jonesboro, Arkansas. NEA Baptist…
I Haven’t Been Following the Best Standardized Work for This Daily Habit?
"The way we've always done it" doesn't mean that's the right way or the best way to do something.
One of my…
The One Word I Kept Hearing at Wineries in Spain and France
I'll get right to it. The word:
"Experiment."
Well, I also heard "experiments" and "experimenting," but you…
The One Thing That Almost Messed Up the First Moon Landing 50 Years Ago
This past Saturday was, of course, the 50th anniversary of the first moon landing. It still puzzles me why mankind…
A PDSA Cycle in the Early Days of Baseball Uniforms
As somebody who grew up as a big baseball fan, I somehow managed to not see the Ken Burns documentary, Baseball.
…
Inside Toyota’s Takaoka #2 Line – Flexibility and Kaizen
This is an interesting article:
Inside Toyota's Takaoka #2 Line: The Most Flexible Line In The World
I…
On Podcast Server Downtime, Scars from General Motors, and Taking Ownership of My…
Ever since I started podcasting in 2006, I've been using a company called "Hipcast" to be the "hosting" company…
Operational Excellence Mixtape: March 15, 2019
Healthcare - Creating Value for Patients
The new venture between Amazon, Berkshire Hathaway, and…
The Sushi Wasn’t as Good, but the Process Was Better
Last year, I wrote about my conveyor belt sushi misadventures in Japan:
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Podcast #330 – Christoph Roser, His Grand Tour of Japanese Automakers
Joining me today for Episode #330 of the podcast is Christoph Roser, a professor of production management…
Toyota as a “People Development Company”
When I had the chance to go back to Japan last October with Honsha, there was a big focus on what the former…
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…