GE Gets a Lean CEO — From the Outside
Jet lag, even well managed and planned for, meant I was awake early on a Sunday morning. Over breakfast, I read…
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A Lean Healthcare Job Interview Process: Thoughts and Reflections
Mark's Note: I asked my firiend Sam Selay to write a blog post on this topic after some private discussions that we…
Podcast #311 – Jess Orr, #Lean Leadership Lessons from Toyota and Beyond
My guest for Episode 311 is Jess Orr, a continuous improvement practitioner at WestRock, a large paper and…
Podcast #310 – Steve Shortell, The Impact of #Lean on Healthcare Quality
Joining me again for Episode 310 is Stephen M. Shortell Ph.D., MPH, MBA. He is Blue Cross of California…
Are Hospitals Not Getting Any Closer to Having “Just Cultures?”
For a long time, I've been an advocate for the parallels between Lean and an approach called "Just Culture." See…
Comparing Toyota’s Latest Ramp Up to Tesla’s
The first thing that prompted me to write this post is an interesting article about Toyota and their Georgetown,…
Can You Answer “Yes” to These Three Important Workplace Questions?
I'm often reminded of three challenging questions that are asked by Paul O'Neill, former CEO of Alcoa and former US…
Lessons from Tesla “Schooling” Toyota: Did You Get the Memo? Making…
Tesla CEO Elon Musk has been quoted as saying he will "school Toyota on Lean manufacturing."
OK, let's take…
Part 2: 20 Years Ago at GM, the Quality Death Spiral Continues… With More…
Recently, I blogged about a quality catastrophe that I lived through at GM just over 20 years ago, at the…
Leaders & Lean: We Need to Better Support Doctors and Other Providers
When surgeons have no better options than complaining about process problems on LinkedIn, are their leaders and…
Notes from Hearing “Sully” Speak: Humility, Leadership, and Safety For…
After I kicked off the Lean Six Sigma World Conference this week, I had the fantastic opportunity to hear the…
Podcast #303 – Craig Deao, Effectively Engaging Employees… and…
Joining me for Episode #303 is Craig Deao, a senior leader with Studer Group.
Today, we're talking about his…
Managers Must Help The People They Supervise Otherwise, what's the path to getting…
Last week, a nurse manager downloaded the free first chapter of my book Lean Hospitals and wrote this message in…
Lessons from the NUMMI 10th Anniversary Book Published in 1994 "Lean" does not…
I did manage to buy a book that was published by NUMMI to celebrate their 10th anniversary. "10 Years of Quality…
What’s Going on at Tesla? Is @ElonMusk Following up on Employee Injuries? …
There's a lot to admire about Elon Musk. I admire his risk taking and his entrepreneurial spirit. I use PayPal a…
Podcast #297 – JJ Villarreal, Ed.D. (@villarreal_jj), #Lean in Public…
My guest for Episode #297 is John (JJ) Villareal, Ed.D., the superintendent of the Rockwall I.S.D. here in the…
Podcast #294 – Clay Linkous, Studer Group Principles & #Lean
Joining me for episode #294 is Clay Linkous, an account leader and speaker with Studer Group. He is an accomplished…
Lean, Leadership, and Employee Engagement at Whirlpool
I recently read this article on the IndustryWeek website:
Whirlpool's Green Takes Aim at World Class…