Leadership isn’t about titles, charisma, or quick decisions—it’s about creating systems where people can do their best work and continuously improve. This archive brings together blog posts, podcasts, and reflections on leadership through a Lean lens, drawing on ideas from Deming, Toyota, healthcare, and real-world management practice. The common theme: leaders shape culture, influence behavior, and own the systems that produce results—for better or worse.
Thanks as always to Ryan McCormack for this… there’s always so much good reading, listening, and viewing shared here by him! News, blogs, articles, resources, and links about creating value, continuous improvement, innovation, and leadership. Healthcare – Creating Value for…
Scroll down for video, how to subscribe, video, transcript, and more My guest for Episode #408 of the Lean Blog Interviews podcast is Katie Labedz, the author of the new book How to Improve Absolutely Anything: Continuous Improvement in Your…
A story shared by Dr. Marty Makary reveals how hospital silos and lack of ownership can allow obvious safety risks to persist — even after someone dies. Editor’s note (2026): This story is from a 2021 post, but the lesson…
Scroll down for video, transcript, how to subscribe, and more My guest for Episode #407 of the Lean Blog Interviews podcast is Joy Mason, a Strategist, Author, Speaker, and Entrepreneur based in Indianapolis. She is President and Senior Business Strategist…
Scroll down for video, how to subscribe, and more My guest for Episode #406 is Dr. Ivan Zakharenkov, he’s a doctor of veterinary medicine and he’s Chief Executive Officer at the company Veterinary Integration Solutions. He goes by Dr. Zak…
Thanks as always to Ryan McCormack for this… there’s always so much good reading, listening, and viewing shared here by him! Healthcare – Creating Value for Patients What have doctors learned about treating Covid-19 in the last year? Plenty. Some…
Here is an article I first published on Linked seven years ago this week. This is lightly edited and updated. We’ve all seen it happening around us. We’ve probably all done it. What’s that? Jumping to solutions. I hope the…
My guest for Episode #403 is Arnout Orelio, author of the book Lean Thinking for Emerging Healthcare Leaders: How to Develop Yourself and Implement Process Improvements. Arnout is from the Netherlands, but we have crossed paths a number of times…
In this post: Today, I’m going to share some reflections from one of my workplaces, some things that occurred last week. I’m going to be vague, so forgive me for that. It feels right to be less specific in this…
Thanks as always to Ryan McCormack for this… there’s always so much good reading, listening, and viewing shared here by him! Healthcare – Creating Value for Patients It is said that “if you fail to plan, you plan to fail”. …
I saw this press release about the new book by former General Electric CEO Jeffrey Immelt. Jeff Immelt to Release HOT SEAT: What I Learned Leading a Great American Company The book is available now through Amazon. Immelt had his…
Jay Hodge taught the Toyota Production System at a General Motors stamping plant in Indiana — then got a call from Toyota asking him to come work for them. In this episode, he shares what he learned about lean culture,…
