In this early Lean Blog Podcast episode, John Toussaint reflects on how culture change and collaborative care shaped ThedaCare’s healthcare transformation. Our guest for Episode #54 is John S. Toussaint, MD, the CEO emeritus of ThedaCare, and CEO of the…
Pay for Grades? – Springfield, IL – The State Journal-Register Flying in and out of Chicago, I’ve been reading over the past few months about the Chicago Public Schools paying high school freshman and sophomores for their grades: “…some Chicago…
Rod Dreher: What it means to lead | Dallas Morning News | Opinion: Viewpoints “Authority is responsibility. Authority is accountability. It is not power.” That sounds like a good motto for leaders. Is this the latest from a Toyota leader,…
TSA: Why? The Reasons Behind TSA Security As much as I complain about the TSA, they do some things well. You might remember my blog post from 2006 about a sign put up by the Transportation Security Administration what explained…
Updated 11/17/08 10 PM central If you have WSJ access, check out today’s article “Stores Count Seconds to Trim Labor Costs”. I thought, oh no punitive Taylorism… And sure enough they reference Taylor. Be sure to see the end of…
Running a hospital: It’s the economy You might have seen in the news that hospitals showed record profits in 2007, according to Modern Healthcare. U.S. community hospitals enjoyed record profits in 2007, posting $43 billion more in revenue than expenses…
leanblog.org | Lean Blog: Upcoming Charity Auction with Norman Bodek I’m still working on getting this auction ready (see link above for more details). I have the podcast CD-set ready to go and Norman has autographed the cover (see below).…
I wanted to remind you about an online event I’m presenting for Thursday afternoon and tell you about a new event (local to Dallas) that I’m attending Thursday night. THE DARK REPORT presents: How To Find And Eliminate All The…
LEAN.org – Lean Enterprise Institute John Shook is one of my favorite people in the Lean world. I’ve learned more about Toyota-style leadership from him than anyone else (the learning-to-time-exposed-to-John ratio is very, very high). John has a new book…
Today’s post is by a new contributor — but someone who isn’t a new name if you’ve been a listener to the LeanBlog Podcast. I’m happy to have Jim post here and I’m hoping he’ll contribute more in the future.…
Bedside Manner: Advocating for a Relative in the Hospital (WSJ) WSJ Health Blog (free): Five Tips for Helping a Family Member in the Hospital I’ve written before about my questions of why so many hospitals abdicate their leadership responsibility for…
With election day tomorrow (find your voting location here), I’m reminded of a radio ad I heard a while back and never blogged about. The ad promoted some website where you could record a 30 second message to be sent…