Operational Excellence Mixtape: August 16, 2019
Healthcare - Creating Value for Patients
An experienced doctor in Toronto caused harm, operated…
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Episode #6 of the “Lean Whiskey” Podcast: Speyside Scotch, Remembering…
Mark and Jamie
After the last episode with guest host Paul Critchley, I'm once again joined by Jamie…
Webinar Preview: Burn Your Ships! (And Full Webinar Recording)
Taryn Davis
Recently, KaiNexus and I hosted another webinar in our free series and I hope you were able to join…
Operational Excellence Mixtape: August 2, 2019
Healthcare - Creating Value for Patients
In 2008, I worked at a hospital when, during an Executive…
Operational Excellence Mixtape: Best of 2019 – Mixtape A-Side
Hi All - Summer in Manitoba requires part-time work, as the precious weeks of glorious weather need to…
Leadership as Defined and Depicted so Well by a Normandy War Memorial
Regular readers will realize I've been away from the blog a lot this month. I was fortunate to get away for two…
Embracing and Helping Surgeons Accept Change — Instead of Blaming &…
Here is an article that caught my eye recently, from HBR:
"How One Health System Overcame Resistance to a…
Operational Excellence Mixtape: July 5, 2019
Healthcare - Creating Value for Patients
Imagine a healthcare system that responds to each patient's…
Podcast #344 – David B. Reid, P.E., Lean & Kaizen Across Chick-fil-A…
David Reid
Joining me for Episode #344 is David Reid, a mechanical engineer whose career has taken him from…
Operational Excellence Mixtape: June 21, 2019
Healthcare - Creating Value for Patients
Many healthcare providers are driven by a deep commitment to…
Bob Lutz on Tesla, Threats, & Communication About Quality – and…
Hat tip to Stan Feingold from StoreSMART (a Lean Blog sponsor) for sending me this article:
Bob Lutz Talks…
Operational Excellence Mixtape: June 7, 2019
Healthcare - Creating Value for Patients
Healthcare innovation is prone to continuous pilots of…
The One Where I was Interviewed on a Detroit Radio Station
I was invited to be a guest on a Detroit radio talk show that's hosted by Dr. Paul Reeves, a show called "Dr.…
Operational Excellence Mixtape: May 24, 2019
Healthcare - Creating Value for Patients
Compelling people with evidence or demanding compliance does…
Podcast #342 – Adam Ward (@adz_mikl) on Lean Design in Healthcare
My guest for Episode #342 of the podcast is Adam Ward, the author of Lean Design in Healthcare: A Journey to…
Video and Transcript: When Being Right is the Wrong Strategy for Change
I always enjoy the KaiNexus User Conference (now called KaiNexicon starting this year) and they ask me to give a…
Podcast #341 – Dr. Rob Hackett (@patientsafe3) on #TheatreCapChallenge…
My guest for Episode #341 of the podcast is Dr. Rob Hackett, an anaesthesiologist in Sydney, Australia. Rob has…
Operational Excellence Mixtape: May 10, 2019
Healthcare - Creating Value for Patients
A group of Winnipeg physicians is opening a clinic…