State of Readiness | Tim Pettry; CI Program Director, Cleveland Clinic

State of Readiness | Tim Pettry; CI Program Director, Cleveland Clinic

Give a listen… My guest today is Tim Pettry, Program Director for Continuous Improvement at the Cleveland Clinic’s Akron General (CCAG) Hospital where he directs the implementation of a Culture of Improvement for over 5,500 caregivers, utilizing the Cleveland Clinic Improvement Model. One of the biggest “take-aways” of this conversation is the difference in syntax…

State of Readiness | Kevin Robinson, Toyota Alumni

State of Readiness | Kevin Robinson, Toyota Alumni

About the Podcast My guest today is Kevin Robinson, Managing Director of OPEX Performance Solutions Ltd and Toyota Alumni; having spent over 28 years at Toyota UK at the Deeside Engine Plant; starting as an Engineer in 1991 and working his way up the ranks until retiring as the General Manager of Manufacturing Operations. Rather…

State of Readiness | Sam Smolik ā€œThe Power of Goal Zeroā€

State of Readiness | Sam Smolik ā€œThe Power of Goal Zeroā€

My guest today is Sam Smolik, SVP Americas Manufacturing (retired) for LyondellBasell and author of the book, “The Power of Goal Zero“. After his retirement, Sam decided to share the lessons learned during his journey and years of experience – the best practices and techniques for achieving Operational Excellence – and that led him to…

State of Readiness | William Bierce; “Smarter Business Exits”

State of Readiness | William Bierce; “Smarter Business Exits”

In this episode of ā€œState of Readinessā€, I welcome William “Bill” Bierce, co-founder of Bierce & Kenerson PC and author of the book, “Smarter Business Exits“. I have known Bill for some time. He is a multi-faceted and worldly individual who is engaging in conversation on many topics. The topic of discussion for this episode is…

State of Readiness | Michael F Schein; Author of “The Hype Handbook”

State of Readiness | Michael F Schein; Author of “The Hype Handbook”

Hello and welcome to another episode of ā€œState of Readinessā€. My guest today is Michael F. Schein; the Head Hype Man at MicroFame Media, a company that specializes in making consultants and coaches famous in their fields, and author of the book entitled ā€œThe Hype Handbook: 12 Indispensable Success Secrets From the Worldā€™s Greatest Propagandists,…

State of Readiness | Marcy Axelrod; Author of “On Your Game”

State of Readiness | Marcy Axelrod; Author of “On Your Game”

About the Podcast In this episode of “State of Readiness“, I welcome Marcy Axelrod, Author of “On Your Game” where she explains that each of us have our “A-game”; our individual “superpowers” that we bring every day. And most of the time we are on our game. But what do we do when we get…