Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 3, 2011

They also need a methodical approach for making things better — a reliable approach for generating improvement and innovation. For most this is a profoundly different approach, which requires a new style of leadership. The cause was not malfeasant individuals; it was inadequately designed and operated systems of care delivery.

Health Care 15

Health Care Kaizen McKinsey Operations 15

Tanveer Naseer

DECEMBER 10, 2013

Consider how the following quotes resonate with your own conception of leadership as it relates to the future. In regards to the future, Drucker advocated using this with kaizen, or continuous, ongoing improvement. This could lead, he believed, to genuine innovation. Drucker Foundation for Nonprofit Management), and Jossey-Bass.

Drucker 272

Drucker Kaizen Short-term Library 272

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 27, 2014

I studied large-scale change and innovation efforts in 56 randomly selected companies in the high-tech, retail, pharmaceutical, banking, automotive, insurance, energy, non-profit, and health care industries. Many change leaders use Six Sigma , Kaizen , and Lean for continuous improvement. Change management Execution Leadership'

Middle Management 16

Middle Management Six Sigma Taylor Taylorism 16

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 21, 2016

Founded in 1966, Norwegian quickly became an innovator in its field as the first company to offer round-trip cruises that nearly anybody could afford. That’s because overload is a surmountable crisis—under the right leadership. An innovator? Consider the case of Norwegian Cruise Line. Were we a price cutter?

Company 13

Company IPO Price Loyalty 13

Harvard Business Review

MAY 28, 2015

.” When I see just how difficult and challenging it is for so many smart and talented organizations to innovate and adapt under pressure, I see people who are overeducated and undertrained. A kaizen—continuous improvement—ethos is one thing. That scares me. This was a precarious time.

Training 8

Training Education Incentives Leadership 8

Harvard Business Review

MAY 5, 2016

” That clean-sheet perspective emboldened Intel’s leadership to abandon memory and focus on microprocessors. They see disrupted incumbents from retail, finance, health care, transportation, professional services, and manufacturing requiring radical restructuring of assets, productivity , and innovation.

Levitt 8

Levitt Disaggregation Kaizen Call Center 8

Lead Change Blog

FEBRUARY 17, 2016

We got our black belts in six-sigma; words or acronyms like Kaizen, PDCA, TQM, QC and ISO became everyday parts of our work language. ” Welcome to the era of growth through innovation. Authenticity creates trust; trust is a must-have ingredient in the risk-taking recipe required for innovation. Fun leaders are about light.

Six Sigma 150

Six Sigma TQM Airlines Wilde 150

Deming Institute

JUNE 30, 2020

Learning to do things “right” is important and all sorts of training exist for doing so, including Lean Six Sigma, Kaizen, Plan-Do-Study-Act, Statistical Process Control, and ISO certifications to name just a few. Leadership and Management. Note particularly the significant and profound difference between quadrants three and four.

Covey 69

Covey Deming Learning-by-Doing Six Sigma 69

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 27, 2015

Where they fail, however, is at turning those ideas into actual innovations. Indeed, few creative ideas ever become innovative products or services. And yet too many managers see a lack of innovation in their companies and lament their teams’ “lack of creativity.” HBR Must Reads on Innovation.

Creativity 8

Creativity Team Kaizen Innovation 8