Tag: Leadership
When Doctors and Nurses are Afraid to Speak Up About ...
The theme for the next couple of days on the blog is patient safety and the idea of "psychological safety" for employees or physicians...
Operational Excellence Mixtape: January 17, 2020
Healthcare - Creating Value for Patients
Sometimes you just need to get a team together and improve. Here's a good example of use of A3 thinking to...
It’s Hard to Ask Leaders to Change the System in Which...
The other day, I stumbled across an old article that I remember, as it was published in the Wall Street Journal in 2004. The...
Podcast #354 — Kim Hollon on the CEO’s Role in Lean...
Joining me for episode #354 of the podcast is Kim Hollon, the CEO and President of Signature Healthcare, based in Brockton, Massachusetts.
I first met...
Operational Excellence Mixtape: December 20, 2019
Healthcare - Creating Value for Patients
It's been 20 years since To Err is Human, the seminal report from the Institute of Medicine, was released, estimating,...
A Hospital CEO’s Humble Reflections on His Role in Lean and...
Kim Hollon is CEO and President at Signature Healthcare. I don't know him well, but I've heard a lot of great things about him...
Operational Excellence Mixtape: December 6, 2019
Healthcare - Creating Value for Patients
Does Lean "work" in hospitals in the US? Sort of, according to the Journal of Healthcare Management. There is evidence...
Podcast #353 — Quint Studer on Tips for Busy Leaders in...
My guest for Episode #353 of the podcast is somebody whose work I've appreciated for a long time -- Quint Studer. I was first...
How Does a Loving & Caring Organization Get Accused of Treating...
Children's Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP) is the oldest children's hospitals in the United States. I don't think I've ever been there, but I remember...
Operational Excellence Mixtape: November 8, 2019
Healthcare - Creating Value for Patients
"Imagine walking into a restaurant and being seated. Sometime after your meal, you receive the check and find an...
Podcast #350 — Tim Turner – Building Lexus, Leaving Toyota, and...
My guest today is Tim Turner, who joined us previously in 2010 for episode #90. Tim was the lead author for a book called One...
Operational Excellence Mixtape: October 25, 2019
Healthcare - Creating Value for Patients
If you set a target without providing a clear path on how you want it achieved, and then punish staff when they fail...