Tag: Shingo
Deming on Leadership: The Role of a Manager of People
TL;DR: Deming argued that the role of a manager of people is not judging performance, ranking employees, or enforcing authority--but creating trust, understanding systems,...
Podcast #173 – Alan Gleghorn, CEO of Christie Clinic on Lean,...
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My guest for podcast #173 is Alan Gleghorn, CEO of Christie Clinic in central Illinois. Alan is one of the keynote presenters at the...
Notes from the 2012 Northeast Shingo Prize Conference, Day One
Yesterday was an outstanding day at the Northeast Shingo Prize Conference in Worcester, Massachusetts - my first time attending and speaking at this event....
Join Me at the Northeast Shingo Prize Conference, Sept 25-26
I hope you'll join me and a lot of Lean friends at the 2012 Northeast Shingo Prize Conference, to be held in Worcester, MA...
“On the Mend” Wins Shingo Award
Congratulations to Dr. John Toussaint and Roger Gerard, co-authors of the outstanding book, On the Mend: Revolutionizing Healthcare to Save Lives and Transform the...
Podcast #137 – Jerry Bussell Discusses the Jacksonville Lean Consortium
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Episode #137 is a chat with Jerry Bussell, founder of the Jacksonville Lean Consortium. I've met and talked with Jerry many times through LEI,...
Jeffrey Liker on Toyota’s Crisis, Recalls, and the Real Test of...
Jeffrey Liker explains why Toyota's recalls were not a failure of the Toyota Way, but a breakdown in listening, speed, and customer understanding. The...
The Toyota Texas Plant Tour – Concepts From the Visitor Center
I'll start the week with another post about my tour of the TMMTX (Toyota Motor Manufacturing Texas) plant in San Antonio. Today, I'll write...
Podcast #94 – Bob Miller on Dr. Stephen Covey and the...
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Episode #94 of the LeanBlog Podcast is here and our guest is Robert Miller, Executive Director of the Shingo Prize for Operational Excellence....
Dr. Brent James at the Shingo Conference, Part 2 – His...
Last week, I published Part 1 of my notes about a breakfast talk by Dr. Brent James at the Shingo Prize Conference.
https://www.leanblog.org/2010/05/notes-from-dr-brent-james-at-the-shingo-prize-part-1/
One of the...
Notes from Dr. Brent James Teaching at the Shingo Prize Conference...
At last week's Shingo Prize conference, I was very excited to meet Dr. Stephen Covey (my podcast is here), but I was just as...
Stephen Covey on Toyota’s Respect for People and Lean Leadership
In this interview, Stephen Covey shares his perspective on Toyota's "Respect for People" principle and why trust, empowerment, and leadership beyond command-and-control are essential...
