Joining me for Episode #169 is Leonard L. Berry, PhD, Distinguished Professor of Marketing in the Mays Business School at Texas A&M University. We are talking about his article that he co-authored with John Toussaint, MD Mayo Clinic Proceedi

170 - Stephen Parry, "Sense and Respond"

Dec 16th, 2016 32m 7s

My guest for episode #170 is Stephen Parry (@LeanVoices on Twitter), joining us from England. He is a keynote speaker at the upcoming Lean Kanban North America conference in late April. I will also be a main stage speaker at the event. Parry h

168 – Carolyn McCulley, “Breaking the Wall of Silence”

Mar 18th, 2013 26m 20s

My guest for episode #168 is Carolyn McCulley, from CityGate Films, and she is a co-director and producer of the upcoming documentary called “Breaking the Wall of Silence.” Through March 31, you can sponsor this project through the Kickstarter

167 – Claire Crawford-Mason, Producer of Dr. W. Edwards Deming Videos

Mar 11th, 2013 36m 57s

My guest for episode #167 is Clare Crawford-Mason, the producer of the landmark 1980 NBC documentary that featured W. Edwards Deming, If Japan Can Do It, Why Can’t We? I was fortunate to meet Clare and her husband Bob back in 2007 or so when

166 – Julie Bartels, Healthcare Clinical Business Intelligence Network

Feb 27th, 2013 26m 29s

My guest for episode #166 is Julie Bartels, Executive Vice President, National Healthcare Information at the ThedaCare Center for Healthcare Value. In this episode, we are talking about their new program, the Healthcare Clinical Business Inte

165 – Chris Vogel, Lean in Adminstrative Settings: Office & Financial

Feb 6th, 2013 30m 19s

My guest for episode #165 is Chris Vogel, President & CEO of Compass Affiliates. I’ve met Chris before at an LEI Lean Transformation Summit and he is doing a learning session at this year’s Summit, to be held March 13 and 14 in Orlando. Chris s

164 – Rachelle Schultz, CEO of Winona Health

Feb 1st, 2013 26m 25s

My guest for episode #164 is Rachelle Schultz, CEO of Winona Health (based in Winona, Minnesota). Rachelle was a part of the CEO panel that I moderated at last year’s Lean Healthcare Transformation Summit and her comments on leading a health sy

163 – Dr. Greg Johnson, A Chief Medical Officer Talks Lean

Jan 25th, 2013 26m 38s

My guest for episode #163 is Dr. Gregory R. Johnson, the Chief Medical Officer at Parkview Health in Fort Wayne, Indiana. In this episode, we talk about how Parkview is using Lean to cope with today’s challenging environment, how Dr. Johnson en

162 – @pv and @BrantCooper, “The #Lean Entrepreneur”

Jan 19th, 2013 26m 46s

My guests for episode #162 are Patrick Vlaskovits (@pv) and Brant Cooper (@brantcooper), previously guests on episode #99. I recently ran into them at the Lean Startup Conference and today we are speaking about their newest book (coming in

161 – Steve Bell, Lean in IT, “Run Grow Transform”

Jan 8th, 2013 34m 46s

Steve Bell, author (most recently) of the book Run Grow Transform: Integrating Business and Lean IT is my guest for episode #161 of my Podcast series. Steve is a fellow faculty member for the Lean Enterprise Institute and he is also a founder

160 – Dr. Joseph Guarisco, Emergency Department Process Improvement

Jan 4th, 2013 29m 47s

My guest for podcast #160 is Joseph S. Guarisco, M.D., FAAEM, FACEP. Dr. Guarisco is currently Chairman of the Department of Emergency Medicine and System Chief of Emergency Services for the Ochsner Health System. Dr. Guarisco is a keynote spea

159 – John Toussaint, MD on the Recent IOM Report

Oct 16th, 2012 31m 24s

A returning guest for episode #159 is John Toussaint, MD, the CEO of the ThedaCare Center for Healthcare Value and the author of the books On the Mend: Revolutionizing Healthcare to Save Lives and Transform the Industry and Potent Medicine: The

158 – Art Byrne, “The Lean Turnaround”

Sep 28th, 2012 32m 20s

My guest for podcast #158 is Art Byrne, author of the new book The Lean Turnaround: How Business Leaders Use Lean Principles to Create Value and Transform Their Company. Art is very well known in the Lean community for his successful run as CEO

157 – Nick Sarillo, “A Slice of the Pie,” on Culture & Leadership

Aug 23rd, 2012 26m 16s

Joining me for episode #157 is Nick Sarillo, founder of Nick’s Pizza & Pub and author of the new book (out September 13) called A Slice of the Pie: How to Build a Big Little Business. I had a chance to meet Nick and visit one of his restaurants

156 – Mike Stoecklein, Memories of Working with Deming

Aug 16th, 2012 29m 36s

My guest for episode is #156 is a friend, Mike Stoecklein, the Director of Network Operations for the Healthcare Value Network. I was able to work with Mike when I was an employee of the Lean Enterprise Institute, working closely with the HVN t

155 – Jim Benson (@ourfounder), “Personal Kanban”

Aug 9th, 2012 28m 17s

Joining me for episode #155 is Jim Benson, author of the book Personal Kanban: Mapping Work | Navigating Life. Jim is the founder of a company with a great name, Modus Cooperandi. He is, most notably, the creator of the “personal kanban” approa

154 – Rick Morrow, Process Improvement in Healthcare

Jul 31st, 2012 27m 1s

My guest for episode #154 is Rick Morrow, a director at Healthcare Performance Partners and author of the book Utilizing the 3Ms of Process Improvement in Healthcare: A Roadmap to High Reliability Using Lean, Six Sigma, and Change Leadership, f

153 – Robert Maurer, PhD, “The Kaizen Way”

Jul 24th, 2012 23m 44s

Joining me for Podcast #153 is Robert Maurer, PhD, Director of Behavioral Sciences for the Family Practice Residency Program at Santa Monica-UCLA Medical Center and a faculty member with the UCLA School of Medicine. We are talking about his ex

152 – Matt Stewart, “Walk On,” Lessons from Northwestern’s Unlikely Rose Bowl Run

Jul 17th, 2012 36m 18s

My guest for podcast #152 is Matt Stewart and we are talking about his book The Walk-On: Inside Northwestern’s Rise From Cellar Dweller To Big Ten Champ. Matt and I are both graduates of Northwestern University. While he played football on a ch

151 – Karen Martin, “The Outstanding Organization”

Jul 9th, 2012 24m 6s

Joining me for episode #151 is my friend Karen Martin, talking about her newly-released book The Outstanding Organization: Generate Business Results by Eliminating Chaos and Building the Foundation for Everyday Excellence. Karen is the founder

150 – Jeffrey Lobosky, MD, “It’s Enough to Make You Sick”

Jun 6th, 2012 22m 18s

My guest for episode #150 is Jeffrey M. Lobosky, MD, the author of the book It’s Enough to Make You Sick: The Failure of American Health Care and a Prescription for the Cure. Dr. Lobosky talks about what he thinks is lacking in current healthca

149 – Gregory Jacobson, MD, Kaizen in Emergency Medicine

May 31st, 2012 25m 56s

My guest for episode #149 is Gregory Jacobson, MD, the co-founder and CEO at KaiNexus. We’ll be talking about his early work with Kaizen in emergency medicine settings – how did he get introduced to Kaizen principles and how did train others, e

148 – Naida Grunden & Charles Hagood on “Lean-Led Design”

May 21st, 2012 21m 3s

Episode #148 is a conversation with a returning guest, Naida Grunden (previous episode) and her co-author Charles Hagood (of Healthcare Performance Partners), talking about their new book Lean-Led Hospital Design: Creating the Efficient Hospita

147 – LeanPub.com (Part 2), Peter Armstrong & Scott Patten

May 15th, 2012 32m 21s

Episode #147 is a part two of a conversation with Scott Patten and Peter Armstrong from LeanPub.com (listen to part one in episode #140). They want to be THE website for publishing “in-progress books”. In this episode, we are talking about

146 – John Toussaint, MD, “Potent Medicine”

May 2nd, 2012 27m 36s

Episode #146 is a discussion with a returning guest (#54, #62, #72), John Toussaint, MD, the CEO of the ThedaCare Center for Healthcare Value. Today, we’re talking about his latest book, recently released, called Potent Medicine: The Collaborat