Lean Blog Interviews - Healthcare, Manufacturing, Business, and Leadership
Business:Management
Author, podcaster, and consultant
https://www.leanblog.org/389
My guest for Episode #389 is Elisabeth Swan. She is the co-author of The Problem-Solver's Toolkit and co-host of the Just-in-Time Cafe Podcast. As her bio says, she's "been helping people successfully build their problem-solving muscles for over 30 years, and she loves what she does every single day."
In the episode, we discuss brainstorming, using an article she wrote for GoLeanSixSigma.com as the starting point: "Green Belts: Group Brainstorming Is a Waste of Time." Why has classic brainstorming proven to be ineffective, especially in the context of Lean, Six Sigma, or process improvement? And how can it be better given the reality of remote teams?
The conversation also veers into talking about Elisabeth's history in improv comedy and how lessons from the improv approach influence her to this day. Why does "structure set you free" in improv or Lean Six Sigma? We'll talk about that and more.
Katie Anderson on "Learning to Lead, Leading to Learn"
Bonus: How Can We (and Why Should We) Increase Diversity at Lean Events, etc.?
Christopher D. Chapman and Valeria Sinclair-Chapman, PhD on Lean, Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion
Ritu Ward on Developing People and Elevating Leaders
Lauren Hisey on Lean, Six Sigma, and A.I.
Mohamed Saleh, PhD on Lean in Healthcare
Mark Valenti and Brittany Wilson, Motivational Interviewing and the Great Mask Debate
Prof. Peter Hines on "Staying Lean"
Karen Gaudet on Lean at Starbucks and "Steady Work"
Marc Lushington-Murray: Lean, Self-Taught and Shingijitsu Mentored
Edward Blackman on Combining Behavioral Science with Continuous Improvement
Rachel Mandel, MD MHA, on Lean in the Covid-19 Era
Steve Feltovich on Deming and the Toyota Production System
Rachel Mandel, MD MHA, on Lean for Physicians and Health Systems
Harry Moser on the COVID-19 Supply Chain Wake-Up Call, Reshoring, and Lean
Dan Markovitz, "The Conclusion Trap"
Mitch Cahn on Lean and Pivoting to Shields & Gowns at Unionwear
Crystal Y. Davis on the Business Impact of Covid-19, and More
Adam Lawrence on Kaizen Events & The Wheel of Sustainability
Ask Docs Anything on Covid-19 / Coronavirus