Tag: Leadership

Listen: Episode #91 is a very special one-on-one conversation that I had with Dr. Stephen Covey, recorded at the Shingo Prize Conference in Salt Lake...

I heard a great line from an Emergency Department doc and physician leader yesterday. Talking about his hospital's Lean efforts, he said, simply: "Data should...

I was able to have a chat with Eric Ries yesterday as we were recording some video of him answering some follow up questions...

Mark's note: I'm happy to welcome a relatively new friend,  Mike Stoecklein, as a guest author here on my Lean Blog. We have shared...

Recently, I was able to visit VIBCO, a Lean manufacturing company in Rhode Island. Company President Karl Wadensten is the host of "The Lean...

Listen to my podcast with Nick One of my blog themes is the idea of "Like Lean" - practices that seem very much like the...

I have strong ties and connections to the state of Michigan, growing up in Livonia, starting my career there in Livonia, and having my...

I have been a big fan of the author Daniel Pink since I heard about his most recent book Drive: The Surprising Truth About...

Here's a thought starter for a Monday morning - I'm looking forward to hearing your perspectives. A few weeks ago, I heard a leader...

The final keynote talk at the recent Society for Health Systems / ASQ Healthcare conference was given by Dr. Barry Silbaugh, a former hospital...

Last Friday at SHS/ASQ, I heard a talk by Michael Riordan, the CEO of the Greenville Hospital System in South Carolina. He is one of...

Earlier this morning, I attended a presentation at SHS/ASQ about Lean implementation in multiple emergency rooms in a large health system. There were a...