Tag: Leadership

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...

Do You Foster Innovation? Ask Your Employees

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Organizations that are most successful with Kaizen and continuous improvement don't have fancier boards or better software -- they have leaders who are more...

Labor Day Reflections for a Safer Week (and Years) Ahead

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I didn't have a post yesterday because it was the Labor Day holiday here in the U.S. While I'm not a "worker," in the...

Characteristics of Lean Leaders

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Ted Stiles is one of the handful of key recruiters I know in the world of Lean healthcare.  Disclosure: I recently joined the advisory...
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