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:
Rich Sheridan, CEO of Menlo Innovations, on Eliminating Fear and Increasing Joy in Work
Just the Lean Talk 2 -- Mark Graban & Jamie Flinchbaugh Discuss Lean Supply Chains
Skip the Lean 101 Training? Mark Graban and Jamie Flinchbaugh
Lauren Hisey on Bridging the Gap Between People, Process, and Technology
Sumitra Vig on Lean & Quality: First Time Right or Next Time Right?
Michael Parent on ”The Lean Innovation Cycle” -- Human-Centered Design and More
Nicole Tschierske: Lean Reduces Stress and Burnout in the Workplace
Crystal Davis on Courageous Leadership and Pandemic Supply Chains
Dan Pink’s Favorite Mistake -- and the Power of Regret
John Dues on Continual Improvement, Deming, and Process Behavior Charts in Education
Interview with Bella Englebach on The Edges of Lean and More
Prof. Elliott Weiss on Steph Curry Tweaking His 3-Point Shot and Not Reacting to Noise in Other Settings
Steel Toes and Stilettos, an Interview with Kathy Miller and Shannon Karels
Retired RAF Pilot Peter Docker, on Leadership From the Jumpseat
Cindy Young, PhD on Knowledge Management and Lean
Lean in Mental Healthcare with Sunil Khushalani, MD and Antonio DePaolo, PhD
Ben Bensaou: From Lean Production to ”Built to Innovate”
Gerard Ibarra on ”Good Decisions, Better Outcomes”
Jamie Flinchbaugh on ”People Solve Problems” - His New Book