Tag: CEO

Mark's note: I consider myself very fortunate to have met Patrick Anderson during my journeys in the Lean world. Patrick is the executive director...

Interesting news from Idaho, where an outside Lean consultant has been named interim CEO of St. Luke's Magic Valley Medical Center (see "Consultant to...

Those who follow Lean healthcare know that Virginia Mason Medical Center, in Seattle, is one of the world's leaders in improving care through Lean...

The final keynote talk at the recent Society for Health Systems / ASQ Healthcare conference was given by Dr. Barry Silbaugh, a former hospital...

Last Friday at SHS/ASQ, I heard a talk by Michael Riordan, the CEO of the Greenville Hospital System in South Carolina. He is one of...

Hat tips to the blogs Lean is Good and Curious Cat... tonight is the debut of the new CBS reality show "Undercover Boss" a...

Podcast #83 is an in-depth conversation with Jim D'Addario, the CEO of D'Addario, Inc., a manufacturer of guitar strings, drum heads, and other musical...

Eve Yen, founder and CEO of Diamond Wipes, is our guest for episode #79 of the podcast. In this podcast, Eve discusses her company...

Park Nicollet CEO to retire In the news story about CEO David Wessner's retirement, one of the listed accomplishments is their use of Lean methods: Wessner,...

What your CEO drives says a lot - USATODAY.com: One thing I love about the Toyota Way is the humility and down-to-Earth nature of leaders,...

Running a hospital: Our Joint Commission Report The headline is my modification of a Deming expression, that management's job is prediction. Statistical process control was...

Here is Episode #18 of the LeanBlog Podcast. My guest today is Eric Christiansen, the President of a translation services company, OmniLingua (more can...