Continuous Improvement
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Guidon Hosts Virtual Conference on Achieving Operational Excellence
by Ron Wince Published September 16, 2010Filed Under:
We’re fast approaching our first annual Operational Excellence Virtual Conference. Our purpose behind the event is to take advantage of the latest technology innovations to help our clients and friends exchange ideas, learn from each other and to hear from leading thinkers on the challenges of leadership and thriving in the new economy...
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Ron Wince on the Key to Improving Healthcare
by Ron Wince Published February 25, 2010Filed Under:
I was excited to be able to contribute a guest post on the Center for Health Transformation (CHT) American People’s Online Health Summit blog this past week. In my post (titled, “Ownership is the Key to Improving Health Care”) I talk about the need for new thinking and perspective as it pertains to health care reform.
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Culture Trumps Reorganization Every Time
by Ron Wince Published July 14, 2010Filed Under:
In his recent editorial column in Government Executive...
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Evaluating the Effectiveness of a Continuous Improvement Team
by Ron Wince Published September 28, 2010Filed Under:
Continuous Improvement is the ongoing effort to improve products, services or processes. The challenge is that in order to sustain improvement throughout your organization, it requires commitment from the people within your organization and the right tools and training for getting the job done.
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Guidon Hosts 2nd Annual 2012 High Performance Virtual Summit “Leaders Creating Real Change”
by Ron Wince Published February 2, 2012Filed Under:
We’re fast approaching our second annual High Performance Virtual Summit. The event will focus on ways to cope with the new era of disruptive change. The virtual summit will be conducted on February 29, 2012 and will bring together healthcare leaders from across the country including Gundersen Lutheran, Center for Health Transformation and Stand Up To Cancer to share actionable insights on how healthcare organizations can implement progressive strategies and tactics to become more efficient and in many cases… survive.
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“Undercover Boss” – Waste Management Uncovers Waste
by Ron Wince Published February 9, 2010Filed Under:
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The ‘WIIFM’ Factor with Lean Six Sigma
by Ron Wince Published October 14, 2009Filed Under:
One of the most frequent conversations that comes along from Lean Six Sigma and other Continuous Improvement practitioners is around their frustration with senior leaders and sponsors who “don’t get it” regarding Lean and Six Sigma or business process improvement. Most of the time the conversation is about a gap in sponsorship, buy in, leadership, etc. and the people I am speaking with are venting their frustrations.
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Top Five Reasons CFOs are Playing a More Significant Role in Quality Improvement Programs
by Ron Wince Published September 15, 2010Filed Under:
For the past few decades, chief financial officers (CFOs) were left to focus on “bean counting” and played little or no role in an organization’s quality improvement initiative. Increasingly, that role is changing and more organizations are having CFOs front and center in leading quality efforts. Here are the reasons why...
