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There's a Better Way is a podcast series focused on exploring how management principles can provide solutions in your personal and professional life. Each episode, Dr. Aravind Chandrasekaran, professor and academic director at The Ohio State Fisher College of Business, will sit down with a prominent expert or faculty leader to discuss a problem we all face in our world today. This program is brought to you by the Master of Business Operational Excellence.
There's A Better Way is now on the iTunes directory, and can be found via your favorite podcast player by searching "Fisher Executive Education."
Episodes
Episode 3: Diversity and Inclusion
Associate Dean for Diversity and Inclusion, Dr. Steffanie Wilk, will join us this week to talk about diversity and inclusion in organizations, and how the lack of diversity may affect your operations.
Episode 4: Women in Leadership
To celebrate International Women's Day on March 8, Aravind sat down with Dr. Susan Moffatt-Bruce, executive director of University Hospital and professor of surgery. Dr. Moffatt-Bruce shares her journey from clinician to senior-level administrator, and her advice to others who are looking to grow as an individual and as a leader.
Episode 10: Managing Effective Teams
What's the best way to build and manage a team? Dr. Tanya Menon, associate professor at Fisher, sits down with Aravind to discuss team building, micro vs. macromanaging, office space layouts, brainstorming and more. Dr. Menon conducts research on decision making, influence, culture, teals and networks, and she's been cited in various media outlets including the Wall Street Journal, Boston Globe and The Economist Intelligence Unit.
Episode 14: United States Postal Service
How does a package get from an Amazon warehouse to your front step? What processes are in place to keep those packages moving and employees safe? The United States Postal Service (USPS) uses operational excellence strategies to keep this complex organization moving forward. Linda Richmond, an MBOE alumna, and Western Area Master Black Belt for the United States Postal Service, sat down with Aravind to discuss her role and how she utilized her learnings from the MBOE program within USPS.
Episode 15: Lean Transformation in Detroit
Bethany Melitz grew up with lean and now serves as the Director of Lean (Continuous Improvement) for the City of Detroit. She sat down with Aravind to share the various initiatives happening in Detroit and how they are getting the community involved with the city's comeback. Bethany and her "lean team" are making a big impact with everything from road conditions to job placement.
Katie Anderson, lean consultant, has studied the origin of Lean first-hand while living in Japan. After working in healthcare, Katie started her own consulting firm, striving to help others connect their purpose and process. Katie sat down with Aravind to discuss the differences in Lean across cultures, and how understanding the Lean origins can be beneficial when incorporating process improvement.
It's a common misconception that lean in accounting equates to merely a cost-cutting tool. Chairman of the Lean Enterprise Institute, Jean Cunningham, sits down with Aravind this week to discuss a broader model of lean in accounting. Through improved decision-making and impact on the five different "levers" of financial outcomes, Cunningham discusses the impact of lean accounting on value creation.
Episode 31: COVID-19 and Disruptions to Supply Chains
The COVID-19 pandemic has brought an unprecedented and unpredicted impact on economies around the world. This week, Dr. Keely Croxton, associate professor of logistics in the Department of Marketing and Logistics at The Ohio State University, discusses the effect this pandemic has had on downstream supply chains with manufacturers, distributors, retailers and consumers.
Episode 34: Collaborating with Competitors
Partnering with workplace competitors seems counterintuitive, yet Lynn Kelley, PhD and retired continuous improvement professional, argues for the methods and effectiveness of turning competitors into collaborating teammates.
Episode 35: Problem Solving in Medicine
Dr. Hanah Polotsky, physician and director of continuous improvement at Kasier Permanente group, joined Aravind to discuss a problem solving method for physician-led organizations called SOAP. Polotsky describes the subjective, objective, assessment, and plan aspects of SOAP, and how they lead to operational excellence within medical processes.
Episode 37: Equality vs. Equity
Dr. Cynthia Turner, Chief Diversity Officer and Assistant Dean at Fisher College of Business, discusses the history of the Black community in America, the difference between equality and equity, and the need for action from both the individual and the institution in fighting against systemic racism.
Episode 39: Personal Commitments Add Value to the Workplace
When you’re engaged at work, you’re using a set of skills and cognitive resources and when you step away from work you engage in something that requires a different set of skills. This is incredibly beneficial and allows us to come back to the original task with a sense of recovery and engagement. This week, Aravind sat down with Tracy Dumas, associate professor of management and human resources at The Ohio State University Fisher College of Business to discuss how our personal and professional lives interface with one another.