WLEI - Lean Enterprise Institute's Podcast

What’s the Problem: An interview with medical oncologist and CEO of Instituto de Oncologia do Vale (IOV), Dr. Fred, on reducing the cancer burden

Dr. Carlos Frederico Pinto (aka ‘Dr. Fred’) is a medical oncologist and CEO of Instituto de Oncologia do Vale (IOV), one of Brazil’s top oncology clinics. There are few problems more important than the one Dr. Fred and IOV are trying to solve: reducing the cancer burden.

In the podcast, Dr. Fred explains how he’s led IOV through lean transformation in service to solving this problem. He details three distinct stages of transformation: 1) improving patient care flow and quality; 2) building a management system to enable growth; 3) developing leaders in preparation for succession.

Dr. Fred also shares how oncology built in him a resilience to failure, and in turn, how that resilience has served him in leading transformation.

Read more about Dr. Fred and IOV, head over to Planet Lean for case studies and interviews.

Dr. Fred will speak at the Lean Summit in Carlsbad, California next April 6-7. To learn more and register, click here.

On the Job: Discovering Strategy by Doing the WORK, a conversation with Dave Brunt, CEO of the Lean Enterprise Academy in the UK

In a conversation across the Atlantic LEI’s president, Josh Howell, talks to the Lean Enterprise Academy’s CEO, Dave Brunt, about the strategic value of executives doing the value-creating work of their organization. Dave shares what happened when a team member left LEA and he became responsible for picking, packing, and shipping to customers books about lean thinking.

Additional Resources:

• Lean Solutions book
• Creating Lean Dealers workbook
• Learning to See workbook

Coachable: Two Conversations Built on Trust, Inspiration, Experimentation and Transformation.

Meet two influential voices in my own coaching practice: Paul Serafino who first engaged me in a coaching way in the business environment, opening my eyes and heart to growth and development. And Jason Berkman, a leader who I was fortunate enough to coach and learn with in LEI’s co-learning program.  In two candid conversations, we explore the differences between coaching, managing, leading and training, the importance of trust and motivations, and how a coaching relationship emerges.

We further explore the value of failure, the role of emotions, pushing through our thresholds and making the decision to transform, because “the challenge you’ve been asking for your whole life is finally here.” Please join our conversation by emailing your thoughts and questions to pod@lean.org

Related Articles:

• 5 Ways My Thinking Changed With the Help of a Lean Coach
• A bold lean experiment in one of our kitchens

Building A Fearless Organization: An interview with Harvard Business School Professor Amy Edmondson

How can one create a safe workplace where all employees are encouraged and expected to take ownership of their work? How can one build simple mechanisms to enable individuals to ask healthy questions and challenge each other? Harvard Business School Professor Amy C. Edmondson discusses these questions and more with LEI's Tom Ehrenfeld in a conversation triggered by her recent book The Fearless Organization. 

Additional Resources:

• The Fearless Organization by Amy Edmondson
• How Teaming Produces Execution-as-Learning By Amy C. Edmondson

What’s the Problem: An Interview with GE Appliances' Rich Calvaruso on Solving Problems through Improving the Work

Rich Calvaruso of GE Appliances, a Haier Company, sits down with Matt Savas to talk about problem-solving. How does GE Appliances develop people through problem-solving? And how has the company's emphasis on hands-on problem-solving impacted its culture.

 

For more, check out our website.

 

On the Job: One Pathologist's Path an interview with Dr. Lisa Yerian of the Cleveland Clinic

Dr. Lisa Yerian of the Cleveland Clinic sits down with Josh Howell, LEI President & Executive Team Leader, to talk about the spread of lean thinking at her organization. Among other things, they explore the sequence of learning between defining purpose, discovering problem-solving at the gemba, and developing lean leadership capabilities.

Additional Articles:

• Cleveland Clinic’s Prescription for Creating a Culture of Continuous Improvement
  By: Lisa Yerian
• How Are You Supporting Your Own Lean Transformation?
  By: Lisa Yerian
• Stop Asking Your Leaders to "Support" Your Lean Transformation
  By: Lisa Yerian
• Tiered Teams Solve Problems In Real Time: How a team of teams can address problems as they emerge

What Cannot Be Grown Must be Mined - What is Lean in Mining with Laura Mottola and Mark Reich

"If it cannot be grown, then it must be mined." 

Practically everything around you exists because of mining. From phones, to computers, to cars, to glasses, to your belt buckle, they all are made from mined resources. 

Laura Mottola has taken lean thinking underground, literally. Learn what lean in mining looks like, what it takes to engage those doing the work, and what is next for this ever evolving industry.

Alan Mulally, former Ford and Boeing CEO sits down with Jim Morgan to discuss Leadership, Designing the Future Special

“It seemed nothing short of a miracle could save Ford Motor Company in the mid 2000s.  Ford didn’t receive a miracle, but it did get something just as valuable:  Alan Mulally.”  (Daniel Miller, The Motley Fool, May 2015)

In this podcast, Alan shares:

• His view on the CEO’s role in a successful transformation.
• What “people first” leadership means to him and how his basic values and love for people guide his decision making.
• What he learned about innovation and customer focus from his lawn mowing business.
• How his early experiences with lean and Toyota shaped his views on leadership and the importance of an effective management system.
• How he has continuously improved and evolved his Working Together Management System for over 40 years, starting with aircraft development, then transformations of global organizations, and finally how it influences his work today with Google, Mayo Clinic, and Carbon 3D.

To learn more go to lean.org

Four Types of Problems, author Art Smalley digs in on problem solving

Author Art Smalley joins Chet Marchwinski to discuss problem solving and his new book Four Types of Problems from reactive trouble shooting to creative innovation.

Designing the Future Jim Morgan Talks Passion with 2015 Ford Mustang Chief Engineer, Dave Pericak - A WLEI Special

In this special edition series, Designing the Future. Jim Morgan talks with Dave Pericak, the Chief Engineer of the 2015 Ford Mustang. 

Pericak was featured in A Faster Horse, a documentary exploring the ins and outs of designing world's most popular sports car. 

Morgan is the author of the new book, Designing the Future and has spent over 30 years in industry as a product development leader including serving as a global engineering director at Ford Motor Company during the product-led revitalization under CEO Alan Mulally.