
Lean thinking
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Sep 16, 2026
Matt Zayko, Head of Global Lean Office, GE HealthCare: Why Change Fails After It Works
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10:45Matt ZaykoGUEST
There's a better appreciation for it nowadays.
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10:47Matt ZaykoGUEST
But again, I think back 30 years ago, you know, we all you and I probably both read the book Lean Thinking or inspired by, you know.
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10:55Matt ZaykoGUEST
sensei model and moving fast.
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11:00Matt ZaykoGUEST
When you move fast, it's easy to forget how to sustain these new rapid transformations that you're undergoing.
9 PE-Backed Exits and 20+ Add-on Acquisitions: What Winning Private Equity CEOs Get Right
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31:48Alex RawlingsHOST
And from an education standpoint, what book, framework, resource has had the biggest influence on
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31:56Paul GoldenGUEST
you and how you lead? It goes back to my days at Danaher and actually prior to Danaher, I got exposed to the book Lean Thinking by Womack and Jones.
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32:06Paul GoldenGUEST
And things just really clicked for me in the perspective they were putting forward of, you know, what I've mentioned before, focusing on what the customer values the most and then looking really critically at all the things that you do and asking why.
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32:28Paul GoldenGUEST
and and and then you know learning techniques at danaher that were built off of the toyota production system that became the dinner business system that was heavily focused on that voice of the customer value of the customer with the danaher business system you know they also really focused on creating a linkage between your strategy, and your execution.
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32:55Paul GoldenGUEST
And that's something that I think most companies and didn't necessarily come out of the book lean thinking and something that dinner does exceptionally well.
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33:04Paul GoldenGUEST
The other two things I, you know, books or, or frameworks.
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33:11Paul GoldenGUEST
One is Good to Great by Jim Collins.