Joining me for Episode #397 is Hide Oba. His father was the late Hajime Oba, famous for his work at Toyota and the TSSC, as Steve Spear and I discussed back in Episode #386. Hide worked with his father at…
I post here a lot about my most recent podcast series, “My Favorite Mistake,” but my first pandemic podcast project was a collaboration with the firm Value Capture. It’s a podcast series called “Habitual Excellence,” using a phrase from Paul…
Thanks as always to Ryan McCormack for this… Healthcare — Creating Value for Patients Another reminder that focusing on the patient and value-based care is a better approach than volumes. Sigh – when will we actually start doing this systemically in…
Today is the World Health Organization “World Patient Safety Day 2020.” Patient safety is not just an American healthcare issue — see some statistics I have compiled over the years. At one point, the per capita rate of people killed…
TL;DR: Akio Toyoda describes the Toyota Production System as a people-centered leadership system focused on Jidoka, short lead times, and making work easier–where productivity is a result, not the goal. I was really happy to see this publication by Toyota,…
Yesterday’s podcast is admittedly very long (almost two hours), but it’s a very important topic, and I appreciate the opportunity to have had this discussion with Christopher D. Chapman and Dr. Valeria Sinclair-Chapman. Diversity on stage isn’t just a numbers game–it’s about making…
Thanks everybody for reading my blog here in 2020. I released 21 “Lean Blog Interviews” podcasts, up from 14 the same period last year (and two data points are not a trend!). I was also happy to continue the “Lean…
Back in May, I shared the first episode of a podcast that I’m producing for the firm Value Capture… it’s called “Habitual Excellence.” I won’t do a blog post here for each new episode, but I did want to share…
TL;DR: During the COVID-19 shutdown, most MLB teams cut minor leaguers to save money. A few teams didn’t — and that decision became a competitive advantage. This post shows how “respect for people,” a core Lean principle, can outperform short-term…
Today, I wanted to share an excellent article written by Dr. John Toussaint (of Catalysis) and Ken Segel (of Value Capture): Ken and John were both deeply influenced by the late Paul O’Neill, who made worker safety the primary imperative…
The past few months have been an anxious and contemplative time. I’ve been worried about the coronavirus / Covid-19 and the possible impact on my health or my family’s health. But, I’m blessed, as we have our health and this…
We didn’t do a live stream like last time, but we did record another video for the Lean Whiskey podcast series, here for Episode #16. You can also listen as an audio podcast, as usual. Today, Mark Graban and Jamie…