The Iowa Healthcare Collaborative and Iowa Lean Consortium will be the topic of conversation on the Business901 Podcast this week. My guest is Dean Bliss, a Lean Healthcare Coach for the Iowa Healthcare Collaborative (IHC). He assists Healthcare organizations in learning and applying continuous improvement activities and philosophy. He is an original member of the Read More …
Steve Horowitz’s 25 year career integrates his experiences as a band leader, with his explorations as a multi faceted composer. Horowitz can be found working and touring with his group The Code Ensemble, a 14-piece electro-acoustic chamber ensemble, and has released 10 compact discs to date. Horowitz has a large catalog of music for traditional Read More …
When we look at a problem, we should devise the best set of methods that we know of to solve the problem. However, many of us are prisoners of our own tools. How does that happen? It is very simple. If we are a Lean, Six Sigma or even a Theory of Constraints practitioner, we Read More …
In a recent podcast, Kelly Allan discusses the work of Peter Scholtes, I asked Kelly; “How do you think Peter Scholtes would like to be remembered? What do you think was the most important thing to him?” Kelly Allan: Certainly, joy. Pride and joy in work would be right up there for Peter. Trying to Read More …
I was going to name this blog post, Why Toyota should visit Virginia Mason? However, since I have never been to Virginia Mason (a Leader in Lean Healthcare) or Toyota, it would be pure conjecture on my part. Instead, I decided to base my blog post on a discussion that I had with Dr. John Read More …
Leading Effective Virtual Teams: Overcoming Time and Distance to Achieve Exceptional Results is Nancy Settle-Murphy new book. She draws from more than two decades of experience in facilitating the work of global teams working across time zones, locations and cultures. Nancy’s company is Guided Insights and can be found on twitter @nsettlemurphy. She is the Read More …