Tag: Blame

Blame, Accountability, and Leadership in Lean

Blame is often mistaken for accountability—but in practice, it creates fear, silence, and surface-level compliance. These posts examine blame through a Lean and systems-thinking lens, showing how punishment-based responses undermine learning, psychological safety, and continuous improvement.

Across healthcare, manufacturing, aviation, and leadership culture, this archive focuses less on who to fault—and more on how leaders design systems that either encourage learning or drive mistakes underground.

More on Airport Near Misses

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I knew it when I first wrote about the latest "runway incursion" (near miss) at O'Hare. It seems too easy to pin the...

Why Do We Blame?

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Jetliner taking off at O'Hare barely clears 747 on runway | Chicago Tribune As a frequent flyer (I landed at O'Hare on Monday), and an...
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