Tag: CEO
When a CEO Talks About the Work: Larry Culp, GE Aerospace,...
TL;DR: Larry Culp's GE Aerospace CEO letter is a rare example of Lean leadership in practice, showing how safety, Respect for People, and small...
Ray Zinn on Learning from Mistakes — and Why “Fail Fast,...
Ray Zinn argues that effective leadership isn't about failing fast, but about learning from mistakes by acknowledging them quickly, fixing them early, and not...
Ryan McCormack’s Operational Excellence Mixtape: November 14, 2025
This edition of Ryan McCormack's Operational Excellence Mixtape focuses on what real, sustainable improvement actually requires: leadership commitment, respect for people, and disciplined learning...
GE’s Larry Culp: Why Lean Thinking Starts with Safety and Respect...
TL;DR Larry Culp, CEO of GE Aerospace, shows that Lean leadership isn't about tools or slogans--it's about daily behaviors. By grounding Lean in safety,...
From Know-It-All to Learn-It-All: Leadership Lessons from Mistakes
Lessons from my book The Mistakes That Make Us, plus conversations with Phillip Cantrell and Damon Lembi
One of the central themes in my book, The...
From Chaos to Clarity: How a Health System CEO Used Process...
tl;dr: A healthcare CEO explains how Process Behavior Charts replaced reactive metric debates with clarity, trust, and focused improvement by separating signal from noise.
"Every...
Leading Lean for Profitable Growth: CEO Bill Canady on Using Lean...
What happens when a CEO treats Lean as a growth system instead of a cost-cutting program? In this episode, Bill Canady shares how he...
The Danger of Blame-Based Leadership: How Great Leaders Build Psychological Safety
tl;dr: Blame-based leadership creates fear, silences learning, and erodes trust. Great leaders replace blame with shared accountability, psychological safety, and system-focused improvement.
I recently witnessed...
Leadership Gone Wrong: The Cost of Prioritizing a CEO’s Ego Over...
A sad but true leadership tale:
"Unlike most CEOs who rely on their executive team to keep them informed, relies on his team to...
Ryan McCormack’s Operational Excellence Mixtape: November 1, 2024
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Ryan McCormack’s Operational Excellence Mixtape: October 18, 2024
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GE Aerospace CEO Larry Culp on CNBC: A Little Better Every...
It's inspiring to hear a CEO talk about Lean and continuous improvement concepts, as Larry Culp, Chairman and CEO of GE Aerospace, did recently...














