Tag: Leadership

Recently, I posted a video of a "daily huddle" meeting at Everett Clinic (not exactly the type of huddle pictured at left). Yesterday, in...

Today is a federal holiday in the United States, Labor Day. I know that's obvious to the 70% of you reading from the U.S.,...

Today's post is an interview I conducted via email with Justin Holland, Managing Principal of GE Healthcare Americas. Before joining GE, he was most...

Many of you may know of Paul O'Neill for the dramatic employee safety improvements at aluminum maker Alcoa and you may know of him...

A few thoughts while waiting for a Sunday flight... at least it's a Sunday flight towards home. One reason traditional organizations (and traditional leaders) struggle...

Dr. W. Edwards Deming always said we need to drive out fear from organizations, as point 8 of the 14 Points said: "Drive out fear,...

Episode #97 is a discussion with Bob Sutton, a Stanford University Professor of Management Science and Engineering and the best-selling author of The No...

A key cultural aspect of Lean is the "daily huddle." Sure, this practice isn't exclusive to Lean, but it fits with the core concepts...

Here's a great article with a number of quotes from William Considine, the CEO of Akron Children's Hospital in Ohio. The article, from the...

There are lots of places online where people can ask questions about Lean, such as the LEI forums and numerous LinkedIn groups. I saw...

Listen: Episode #94 of the LeanBlog Podcast is here and our guest is Robert Miller, Executive Director of the  Shingo Prize for Operational Excellence....

I've had the pleasure to work with Dr. John Toussaint, CEO of the ThedaCare Center for Healthcare Value, over the past year.  John's...