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:
Mike Kaeding, CEO of Norhart, on Revolutionizing the Housing Industry with Lean
Erica Lee Garcia on Navigating Change, Suggestion Programs, and More
Bonus: The GE Lean Mindset Event Post-Game Show Discussion
Keith Ingels on Developing Your People and Making Lean / TPS Your Own
Amanda Zimmerman & Dominic Stokes Discuss ”Squishy Lean”
Audiobook Sample: ”The Mistakes That Make Us: Cultivating a Culture of Learning and Innovation”
”Kata Girl Geek” Gemma Jones on Lean, Improvement, and Mental Health
George Saiz on ”We Started With Respect” and His Career Focused on Improvement
Trailer - Lean Blog Interviews
Paul Critchley Interviews Mark Graban About “The Mistakes That Make Us”
Arnout Orelio on Lean Thinking in Healthcare: The Netherlands and Beyond
Shaunté Kinch on Solving Big Problems in Manufacturing, Healthcare, and Beyond
MIT Prof. Zeynep Ton on Her New Book ”The Case for Good Jobs”
Ken Pilone on Transferring TPS & Lean to Areas Outside of Manufacturing, Including Policing and Healthcare
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