Associate Director, The Center for Operational Excellence
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Problem SolvingThe Center for Operational Excellence works alongside our members to foster a problem-solving culture that’s grounded in tried-and-true operational excellence tools, and that’s constant and far-reaching. Through membership, organizations gather actionable insights from industry executives at COE programming, tap into research findings focused on today’s greatest challenges, and connect with Fisher College of Business students poised to become tomorrow’s leaders.3592 min read
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Senior Director, New Ventures, The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co.
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Problem SolvingEvery business and industry has been impacted by change in the past year and, it is evident that these changes are accelerating. In fact, more change is expected to occur in the next 10 years than in the past 50 years. So, how can businesses keep up?
Staying agile in an evolving environment requires a different set of thinking, skills, and capabilities. Below are five strategies your organization can keep up with the ever-increasing pace of change:357/blogs/opex/2021/10/27/5-strategies-keep-ever-increasing-pace-change
Shingo Prize Winning Author, Lean Enterprise Institute, Shingo Institute, and Fisher College of Business
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COE ForumsEducationIn September 2021, I had the pleasure of presenting a webinar on a topic I am passionate about: Leading with Respect. If you missed this webinar, it is available in COE's Members Only Digital Content Archive. If you don't have an account, you can create an account.356/blogs/opex/2021/10/13/leading-respect-right-be-successful
Academic Director, Center for Operational Excellence
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HealthcareThis note is the second of two focusing on the design and management of a single, mass vaccine delivery site at the Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center (OSUWMC) and examining the contributions of lean thinking and practice to the cycles of design, fulfillment, and use in this one site.354/blogs/opex/2021/08/16/how-lean-thinking-and-practice-helped-put-shots-arms-part-2-wind-down-and-reflection
Academic Director, Center for Operational Excellence
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HealthcareThis essay is the first of two focusing on the design and management of a single, mass vaccine delivery site at the Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center (OSUWMC) and examining the contributions of lean thinking and practice to the cycles of design, fulfillment, and use in this one site. Look for the second, which will be published on August 16.352/blogs/opex/2021/08/02/how-lean-thinking-and-practice-helped-put-shots-arms-part-1-building-process
Leadership Coach, Consultant, Author, KBJ Anderson Consulting
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The requirements to be an effective, people-centered leader are simple in concept, but more challenging in practice. How do you achieve business results while simultaneously developing people’s capabilities? And what do you need to do to develop yourself to successfully accomplish this?351/blogs/opex/2021/07/13/leading-learn-creating-intentional-people-centered-culture
Marketing Associate, Center for Operational Excellence
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MBOEHow do you create an organization where everyone is continuously learning, improving and remaining committed to its purpose every day? Leaders from various industries including healthcare, information technology, manufacturing and finance are constantly searching for the answer to this question.348/blogs/opex/2021/06/07/5-reasons-get-a-master-business-operational-excellence-degree
Lean thinkingThe good news is we live in a world of unprecedented opportunity. If we can’t do it ourselves, we can collaborate with someone who can. The bad news is though anything seems possible, everything is not. If we want to be good at something, we need to focus. Regardless of “what” you choose to collaborate on, operational excellence has some ideas about “how” you do it. Let’s focus on that by taking a quick look at 5 reasons why operational excellence is so important in a collaborative world…
1. Value is the gold standard.347/blogs/opex/2021/05/26/top-5-ways-opex-enhances-collaboration
Associate Director, The Center for Operational Excellence
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COEMembership in the Center for Operational Excellence means your company is committed to being part of a larger community of leaders with their sights set on working better, faster and smarter. COE offers many avenues for learning and connecting with the broader operational excellence community – what’s crucial is leveraging your company’s membership to its maximum potential. Here are the 10 ways you and your organization can make the most of membership:
1. Attend our year-round events and webinars3464 min read
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The Power of Benchmarking: Sharing Challenges Across Industries
5 Strategies to Keep Up with the Ever-Increasing Pace of Change
Leading with Respect: The Right to Be Successful
How Lean Thinking and Practice Helped Put Shots in Arms, Part 2: Wind-Down and Reflection
How Lean Thinking and Practice Helped Put Shots in Arms—Part 1: Building the Process
Leading to Learn: Creating an Intentional, People-Centered Culture
5 Reasons To Get A Master of Business Operational Excellence Degree
Top 5 Ways OpEx Enhances Collaboration
10 Ways To Get The Most Out Of Membership