Simple Excellence: Organizing & Aligning the Management Team in a Lean Transformation
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Tag Archives: Lean Executive Search
“Making Hospitals Work” – Lean HealthCare Executives Drive Lean HealthCare Results
This book has been on my office credenza for about seven months now and I’ve only read a few chapters, and skimmed a few others. But as I become more and more involved in recruiting Lean executives for our Lean HealthCare … Continue reading
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Tagged daniel t jones, Delios Cosgrove, Denis A. Cortese, Executive Search, Gary Kaplan, HealthCare, healthcare industry, healthcare leaders, improvement activities, Joseph Swedish, Lean Enterprise, Lean Executive, Lean Executive Search, Mark Chassin, muda, Recruiting, Ronald R. Peterson
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Kaizen Kowboys Ride Again
I coined the term “Kaizen Kowboys” a few years ago (Lean Culture: Collected Practices and Cases). Since Bill Wadell was kind enough to reprise its use in his blog yesterday I thought I’d provide a little historical background. The company involved was … Continue reading
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Tagged accountability, Adam Zak, Continuous Improvement, Excellence, Executive Search, kaizen event, Kaizen Kowboys, keystone kops, Lean Executive Search, lean principles, LeanRecruiting, manufacturing, operational dynamics, Operational Excellence, PDCA, pdcaSearch, root cause, search methodology, Supply Chain, term kaizen, transformation, trout fishing, value stream
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Lean Thinkers Approach New Year Resolutions with Simple Excellence
It’s that time of the year again when many of us Lean Thinkers, and even those who are still perhaps among the ”Muggles” of the Lean community, are driven to at least a bit of reflection on the year (decade?) which is … Continue reading
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Tagged Adam Zak, berkshire hathaway, Executive Search, executive search practice, Lean Executive Search, muggles, oracle of omaha, PDCA, Supply Chain, Warren Buffett
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