My guest for Episode #293 of the podcast is a dynamic speaker and manufacturing leader, Billy R. Taylor. I saw him speak a few years ago at a Shingo Prize Conference and I’ve wanted to get him on the podcast ever since. He’s currently the Director of Com…
Today, our topic is something that I’ve really taken an interest in the past two years: “Motivational Interviewing.” See my past blog posts on this subject. I think it’s a powerful methodology that will help anybody in their Lean transformation efforts…..
Should #Lean Conferences Add a “Code of Conduct” for Speakers and Attendees? In today’s post, I pose a question: Should the major Lean conferences adopt or adapt a practice that’s …
#ChangeChampions at Franciscan St. Francis Health – in Supply Chain and Beyond Today, I’d like to share the second in my series of articles about “Champions of Change.” Here, we feature …
I’ve been going through the book by the late Peter Scholtes: The Leader’s Handbook: Making Things Happen, Getting Things Done. His work builds upon the legendary W. Edwards Deming and Russell …
My guest for Episode 291 is my friend and colleague, Jeff Roussel (@jeff_roussel on Twitter). Jeff is the VP of Sales at KaiNexus, a technology company that I have been involved with for over six years. As Jeff will humbly explain in the podcast, he join…
Who are the “champions of change” in your organization? Is your CEO a champion of change? How many of your front-line managers and staff are champions of change? Are you? …
@EricRies: From #LeanStartup to “The Startup Way” Joining me again for episode 290 is a three-time guest, Eric Ries. When we first talked, in episode 115 six years ago, his New York Times bestselling book The Lean Startup was being published. In 2012, we…
My guests for Episode #289 are Kathleen Sharp, MBOE, LSS MBB, now the Director of Optimization at McLeod Health, and David Schoenwetter, D.O., FACEP, a Medical Director at Geisinger Medical Center. They are joining me to talk about the innovative Geising…
Of Course Doctors Hate Being “Excluded” From Attempts to Improve Thanks to those of you who sent me this HBR article: Doctors Feel Excluded from Health Care Value Efforts Long …
