Where Lean Meets Loss: Grief, Growth, and Continuous Change, with April Thomas

It's Episode 110, and the highlight is our interview with April Thomas, who has drawn on her clinical healthcare background to incorporate the stages of grief into change management. We’ll delve into how they intersect with and help drive Operational Excellence. For our Book Buzz, we’re revisiting the classic book Switch by Chip and Dan Heath. The cover has the iconic light switch–and we’ve learned the hard way that change does not happen at the flip of a switch. For Q&A, we asked, what are the most common change management obstacles you see continuous improvement professionals running into? Change, grief, and progress!

Ready or not, here we come!

• 00:00 - Intro

• 01:35 - What's on the Menu?

• 02:29 - Book Buzz

  • Switch: How to Change Things When Change is Hard by Chip Heath & Dan Heath

• 15:26 - Q&A

  • "What are the most common change management obstacles you see continuous improvement professionals running into?"

• 20:35 - Featured Guest

  • April Thomas

• 45:53 - Upcoming Events

Resources:

• New! Picture Yourself a Leader as an audiobook!

• Multiple-award-winning book, Picture Yourself A Leader

• 5S Baby!, Ms. Fix-a-Lot's latest Lean Rap Video

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