There's a Better Way
Women in Business Podcasts
Women in Business
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.
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