- 175 - Mike Taubitz, Lean and Safety
My guest for podcast #175 is Mike Taubitz of the firm Sustainable Lean and FDR Safety. Mike is a retired GM employee (including a stint as Global Safety Director) and we met at the Michigan Lean Consortium conference in 2011. We quickly discovered…
- 7 days ago, 17 May 13, 2:52am -
- 174 - John Hunter, "Management Matters"
My guest for podcast #174 is John Hunter, a long-time friend and fellow blogger - at his Curious Cat Management Improvement Blog and, more recently, as a blogger for the W. Edwards Deming Institute. John has recently published a book through LeanPub.…
- 15 days ago, 8 May 13, 10:07pm -
- 173 - Alan Gleghorn, CEO of Christie Clinic
My guest for podcast #173 is Alan Gleghorn, CEO of Christie Clinic in central Illinois. Alan is one of the keynote presenters at the upcoming Lean Healthcare Transformation Summit, to be held June 5-6, 2013 in Orlando. Alan has been CEO for 14 years,…
- 22 days ago, 2 May 13, 2:14am -
- 172 - Jerry Bussell, Anatomy of a Lean Leader
Joining me for episode #172 is Jerry Bussell, previously a guest on episode #137. Today, we're talking about his recent book, Anatomy of a Lean Leader. I just saw Jerry talk about the book yesterday at the AME spring conference here in San Antonio.…
- 37 days ago, 17 Apr 13, 2:56am -
- 171 - Chad Walters, Lean in Sports
My guest for episode #171 is Chad Walters (@leanblitz), a friend and a Lean consultant. He is owner of Lean Blitz Consulting in Augusta, Georgia, a firm focused on continuous improvement for small businesses and sports organizations. I'm a big fan (…
- 45 days ago, 9 Apr 13, 1:24am -
- 170 - Stephen Parry, "Sense and Respond"
My guest for episode #170 is Stephen Parry (@LeanVoices on Twitter), joining us from England. He is a keynote speaker at the upcoming Lean Kanban North America conference in late April. I will also be a main stage speaker at the event. Parry has expe…
- 52 days ago, 2 Apr 13, 12:07am -
- 169 - Len Berry, PhD on "The Promise of Lean in Healthcare"
Joining me for Episode #169 is Leonard L. Berry, PhD, Distinguished Professor of Marketing in the Mays Business School at Texas A&M University. We are talking about his article that he co-authored with John Toussaint, MD Mayo Clinic Proceedings: …
- 58 days ago, 27 Mar 13, 2:19am -
- 168 - Carolyn McCulley, "Breaking the Wall of Slience"
My guest for episode #168 is Carolyn McCulley, from CityGate Films, and she is a co-director and producer of the upcoming documentary called "Breaking the Wall of Silence." Through March 31, you can sponsor this project through the Kickstarter webs…
- 67 days ago, 18 Mar 13, 2:15am -
- 167 - Claire Crawford-Mason, on W. Edwards Deming
My guest for episode #167 is Clare Crawford-Mason, the producer of the landmark 1980 NBC documentary that featured W. Edwards Deming, If Japan Can Do It, Why Can't We? I was fortunate to meet Clare and her husband Bob back in 2007 or so when I wa…
- 75 days ago, 10 Mar 13, 4:24pm -
- 166 - Julie Bartels, Clinical Business Intelligence
My guest for episode #166 is Julie Bartels, Executive Vice President, National Healthcare Information at the ThedaCare Center for Healthcare Value. In this episode, we are talking about their new program, the Healthcare Clinical Business Intelligen…
- 86 days ago, 27 Feb 13, 1:05pm -