Lean Blog Interviews - Healthcare, Manufacturing, Business, and Leadership
Business:Management
MIT professor, author, and consultant
http://www.leanblog.org/386
Joining me again for Episode #386 is Steve Spear, who reached out to share recollections of one of his most influential teachers and mentors, Hajime Oba, who passed away earlier this month at 75.
I never had the chance to learn directly from Mr. Oba, but he is legendary in Lean circles and I know many people who were deeply influenced by Mr. Oba. I hope to interview more of them in the near future. My deepest condolences go out to Mr. Oba's family, friends, and colleagues.
Here is a classic 2001 WSJ article that features him:
"How Does Toyota Maintain Quality? Mr. Oba's Hair Dryer Offers a Clue"
In today's episode, Steve talks about meeting Mr. Oba and how he learned from him as a PhD student. One story that Steve shares was about sitting at his desk, thinking about a problem, and Mr. Oba told him:
"Don't think -- do!"
Hajime Oba
You'll hear more from Steve talking about the need to learn by doing and to test changes in an experimental fashion. It's not just "do" --- it's Plan Do Check Act (or Plan Do Study Adjust or even Plan Test Study Adjust).
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Jeff Roussel on the Current #Lean (and P.I.) Landscape
Eric Ries on "The Startup Way"
#Lean & A Mobile Paramedic Pilot at Geisinger Health *
Dean Gruner, MD on ACOs and Healthcare Reform
Harry Kenworthy, "Lean Government NOW!"
Dean Gruner, MD on ThedaCare's #Lean Journey
Karen Martin, Is Lean Dead?
Dr. Margaret Balfour Lean in Psychiatric Care
Jim Lancaster, "The Work of Management"
Dr. Lisa Yerian & Nate Hurle from The Cleveland Clinic
Julie Firman, a CNO's Role in #Lean Transformation
John Dyer, Deming's Red Bead Experiment
Revisited: Dr. Robert Maurer, Kaizen & the Brain
Tom Bouthillet, Lean and Fire Fighting (the Real Kind)
Kay Kendall, #Lean and Leading the Malcolm Baldrige Way
Andy Sheppard, #Lean, Change Management & More
Katie Anderson, #Lean Reflections on Living in Japan
Jay Arthur, ”Lean Six Sigma for Hospitals” *
David Veech, His New Book "Leadersights"