Lean Blog Interviews - Healthcare, Manufacturing, Business, and Leadership
Business:Management
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:
David Munch, MD of Healthcare Performance Partners on Lean for Clinical and Non-Clinical Processes
Al Norval on the Lean Pathways ”Manifesto” on Lean Business Systems
Jerry Bussell on the Jacksonville Lean Consortium
Paul Akers, Interview About His Book ’2 Second Lean’ *
Dan Markovitz, the Author of ’A Factory of One’ on the Personal Applications of Lean
The Sergeant Thomas Joseph Sullivan Center - Daniel Sullivan and Dr. Greg Jacobson
Mark Graban, Healthcare Kaizen Webinar Q&A Session with Ron Pereira of Gemba Academy
Prof. Bob Emiliani, Looking Back at Virginia Mason Medical Center Visiting Wiremold
Paul Borawski, the CEO of ASQ (American Society for Quality) on the Baldrige Award and More
Greg Howell, Managing Director of the Lean Construction Institute
Chris Cooper, on His Book ”The Little Book of Lean” and Simpler Consulting
Mark Graban Interviewed on Quality Digest Live About Healthcare Quality
Dr. Richard Shannon, on Lean, Quality & Patient Safety, Lessons From Toyota*
Auto Industry Legend and Executive Bob Lutz on His Book ’Car Guys vs. Bean Counters’
Mike George on Lean Six Sigma for Government & Politicians (‘Strong America Now’)
Former CEO Paul O’Neill on Safety for Workers and Patients, Lessons from Alcoa and Beyond*
Group Health Leaders on Lean & Medical Home - Dr. Claire Trascott and Alicia Eng
Paul Akers, CEO of FastCap on the LeanAmerica.org Initiative
Dr. Mrinalini Gadkari on the Ohio State Healthcare MBOE Program - Lean, Six Sigma, and More
Dr,. Jody Crane & Chuck Noon on Lean Healthcare in Emergency Departments