The Improvement Nerds Podcast

Episode 12 with Travis Lozier was a lot of fun to create. In this episode Travis and I discuss Process Based Management and celebrate the forward-thinking organizations that view their processes as assets. Travis is the Chief Quality Officer at Jordan Johnson Inc. Travis's personal mission is to unlock human potential. Travis claims to be a 100% Certified Improvement Nerd and he has the credential...

During this episode, Emily and Dane nerd out with me about their process improvement approach, called Enable Management Systems. The Enable Management System is all about helping everyone in the organization to unite around common goals, while engaging in routine dialog about what is working and what is not working. This is a true passion for Emily and Dane. As you listen in, I think you will see...

Nerding out with Mark Ryan about Lean Coffee was a lot of fun. For several years now, Mark Ryan and Sarah White have been hosting Lean Coffee session in Indianapolis, Indiana. The focus of the sessions are to help bring improvement professionals together to connect, share, and learn. I encourage you t connect with Mark Ryan on LinkedIn. And, to stay up to date on all the Lean Coffee Indy activitie...

In this episode in #nerdout with a fellow #improvementnerd, Jacqueline Martinez. Be warned, this gets really nerdy, really fast as Jacqueline starts the episode out by talking about the value that HR can create in an organization. As she shares this summary, she talks about the way HR functions as an end-to-end value stream, what she calls "hire to retire". Jacqueline gets way outside of the tradi...

In this episode, I nerd out with Eric Eicher, co-owner of RightHAND, a consulting company that helps organizations through creative storytelling, brand strategy, and problem definition.

Join me as I #nerdout with Nick Smarrelli, CEO of GadellNet . As Nick Smarrelli puts it, "creating a culture that is values-driven is the responsibility for every leader". Organization's values can't be complex, or un-actionable. And that they can't just be a collection of words posted on the wall. Values should serve as the organization's compass. Values should be role modeled by everyone interac...

Join Julie Kratz and I as we Nerd Out about the importance of Diversity and Inclusion, and a hope for a better and brighter future.

In Episode 6 Amanda Cross and I sit down a discuss how her work has a technical writer has changed over the last 15 years. In this conversation Amanda promotes the importance of becoming a learning organization through sharing knowledge and best practices to elevate everyone's performance.

In this episode Alex Perry asks one of the hardest questions I have ever been asked. "What improvement or important change has ever happened absent of good communication?". I was stumped. Still am actually. During this episode, you will see that Alex is a ball of energy. Her path to becoming a professional coach, like most, was not a straight line. In fact, before starting her consulting business,...

This past week LP and I had the pleasure of attending the Health Systems Process Improvement conference in Savannah, Georgia. In this episode we nerd out about the conference and share some of our key takeaways.

Rachel shares her journey as she nerds out about the Enneagram and how she became an Enneagram coach and personal advisor. Whether you have been typed or have never heard of the tool before - this episode is for you. Rachel gets down and dirty while highlighting some resources to help you get back to your authentic self. Rachel spent 17 years in healthcare as a bedside nurse and executive. She dis...

Join us for Episode 2 as Travis Lozier and I discuss the people who have influenced us and helped us to grow as people. Without these mentors we would have had to figure out a lot of things on our own - and that would have been disastrous, because let's be honest, we were and still are a project. As Travis and I share in this episode, the two of us have known each other for almost 20 years. We ini...

Join us for Episode 1 as Travis Lozier and I get the ball rolling on this podcast idea we are calling the Improvement Nerds Podcast. The production isn't perfect, but it is definitely nerdy. We were so excited to be embarking on this journey, that we weren't going to let perfect be the enemy of good. So we hit the record button and just started talking about the vision behind the Improvement Nerds...