Tag: Leadership

The Best Time to Start Kaizen is Today, Don’t Wait Until...

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I've been talking to a lot of healthcare organizations about Kaizen and continuous improvement. There are many organizations embracing the methods that Joe Swartz...

Expanding Your Circle of Trust, Er, Learning

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My reader survey (with prizes) is still open through Friday.   I recently stumbled across the movie Meet the Fockers  on TV recently and was...

Dr. Richard Zarbo’s Talk at the Lab Quality Confab

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Don't forget my reader survey - share your feedback and have a chance at some great prizes. In November, I blogged about a panel at...

John Toussaint, Mayo Proceedings, on “The Promise of Lean in Health...

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As he mentioned on his blog, John Toussaint has co-authored a piece that was published in the Mayo Clinic Proceedings: "The Promise of Lean in...

Alabama Coach Nick Saban & “The Process”: National Champion & Lean...

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I guess that, considering last year's blog post, this Lean thinker couldn't really root for Notre Dame and Coach Brian Kelly Monday night in...

A Panel of Early Lean Lab Innovators

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This week, I was able to drop by the annual Lab Quality Confab event since it was being held in here in San Antonio....

Watching the Steve Jobs “Lost Interview,” Part 2

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As I started writing about yesterday in Part 1, I recently viewed a lost video of Steve Jobs being interviewed in 1995.  See this...

A Test for Executive Candidates – It’s Time to Power Off...

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A few years ago, there was a lot of buzz about how a board should evaluate a potential job candidate by seeing how they...

Guest Post: Respect for People Goes in All Directions

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Today's guest post is by Natalie Sayer, who was my guest for Podcast #145.   Most of the literature I read about "Respect for People"...

How Do You Find a Lean Healthcare Person?

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Mark's Note: Today's guest post is from a great friend of mine and this blog, Dean Bliss, of the Iowa Healthcare Collaborative.  Check out...

The CEO’s Role in Lean Transformation: Art Byrne, Former CEO of...

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My guest for podcast #158 is Art Byrne, author of the new book The Lean Turnaround: How Business Leaders Use Lean Principles to Create...

Stuff I’m Reading: September 21, 2012

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The list of stuff I've read and wanted to blog about has grown... that inventory becomes this post. Here are links to some varied...
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