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Tracy O'Rourke on Vaccinations, Lean Six Sigma in Government, and More

Tracy O'Rourke on Vaccinations, Lean Six Sigma in Government, and More

FromLean Blog Interviews - Healthcare, Manufacturing, Business, and Leadership


Tracy O'Rourke on Vaccinations, Lean Six Sigma in Government, and More

FromLean Blog Interviews - Healthcare, Manufacturing, Business, and Leadership

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Length:
51 minutes
Released:
May 25, 2021
Format:
Podcast episode

Description

Co-founder of the Just-in-Time Cafe
Show notes: https://www.leanblog.org/415
My guest for Episode #415 of the Lean Blog Interviews podcast is Tracy O'Rourke. She is the co-author of The Problem-Solver's Toolkit: A Surprisingly Simple Guide to Your Lean Six Sigma Journey. She is co-founder of the Just-in-Time Cafe (which producers podcasts, webinars, and more). She is also a self-described “process improvement ZEALOT!”
We had the chance to meet up to visit two vaccination sites in San Diego in March, and the two photos in the post are from that time together (as I blogged about here). That's one of the topics in this episode.
Topics, questions, and links related to today's episode include:
How did you get introduced to C.I. and what flavor(s)? How did you become a Zealot?
She is the Lead Instructor at UC San Diego for the Lean Six Sigma Green Belt (public offering)
Visiting the UCSD vaccination sites  – University and health system
What we saw
Walking the process


Jerry Wright handed her the torch to be the SoCal Lean Network Chair
20 years in consulting, from industry to government, non-profit and education
Can you tell us about a specific example of some of the work you've done in government? 
How do you know that it worked? 


She's also part of the Lean Communicators Network
Released:
May 25, 2021
Format:
Podcast episode

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In this series, started in 2006, Mark Graban interviews leaders, practitioners, innovators, and legends in the ”Lean community.” Topics include Lean in manufacturing, healthcare, startups, and other settings. Special emphasis is given to leadership and management system concepts, including the Toyota Production System and related methods. But, we don‘t talk about ”Lean Six Sigma” much around here, if that‘s of interest to you... if you agree that Lean is more than ”just a bunch of tools in the improvement toolbox,” then this is the place for you. Visit the blog at www.leanblog.org. For feedback, email mark@leanblog.org. All past episodes, with show notes and more, can be found at www.leancast.org.