Tag: CEO

When a CEO Talks About the Work: Larry Culp, GE Aerospace,...

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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,...

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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

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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...

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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

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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...

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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...

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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

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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...

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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...

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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...
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