Lean Blog Interviews - Healthcare, Manufacturing, Business, and Leadership
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Episode page: https://www.leanblog.org/444
My guest for Episode #444 of the Lean Blog Interviews Podcast is Michele Smith. She is CEO and an Executive Coach with her firm Better Possibilities, LLC.
Michele is the former director for the Sutter Improvement System at Sutter Health. She is a Catalysis faculty member and she is is leading a workshop June 7th at the Lean Healthcare Transformation Summit called Winning the People Side of Transformation in Salt Lake City. The Summit is being held June 6 to 9 (with the main days being the 8th and 9th). I hope to see you at the Summit.
Michele is a dedicated Executive/Leadership Coach with extensive experience coaching individuals across all levels of the organization. She has broad experience as a designated leader and change management consultant, with expertise in team building, leadership development, and facilitation/coaching of leadership to arrive at an organizational strategy with aligned goals, solutions, and ultimately culture change.
Today, we discuss topics and questions including:
Joshua Kerievsky on the Joy of Agility -- It’s Not Just for Software Companies
Norbert Majerus on Lean-Driven Innovation; From a Farm in Luxembourg to Factories and a Shingo Award
IN MEMORIAM - Ritsuo Shingo, Former Toyota Executive and Lean Teacher
’Picture Yourself a Leader’ - Interview with Elisabeth Swan on Her New Book
Mit Vyas: Insights on Learning from Toyota, Entrepreneurial Success, and Mindfulness Practices
Discovering the Benefits of Data-Driven DEI: An Interview with Dr. Randal Pinkett on his New Book
CEO Gary Michel on Lean for the Enterprise and the Need to Decomplify Work
My Many Mistakes Related to Today’s Lean Podcast Episodes – Yup, Plural
What a Unicorn Knows: Authors Matt May & Pablo Dominguez Discuss Their New Book on Entrepreneurship
Jody Crane, MD: Lean in Emergency Medicine and Hospitals; 3 Big Issues Causing Tough Times in Healthcare
Unlocking the Power of Kata: Tracy Defoe on Adult Learning, Coaching, and Asking Questions
Billy Taylor Discusses His New Book, ”The Winning Link”
Tom Peters on His Compact Guide to Excellence – New Book
Katie Anderson Discusses Larry Culp’s AME Keynote and Their Fireside Chat
Jim Benson on The Collaboration Equation, His New Book
Professor John Grout, a Deep Dive on Mistake Proofing and Lean
Gauthier Duval on Kaizen Events, Organizational Development, and ”Veryable” Labor
Philip Holt on Leading and Living Lean, With Simplicity
Gerald Harris on Lean Leadership Lessons From Automotive Manufacturing, Consulting, and Healthcare
Damon Baker on Lean, Private Equity, and the Ownership Works Initiative