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The Curious Case of the Small Business (Q&A)

MPI Insight sat down with MPI CEO John Brandt to talk about the challenges and opportunities for small business owners right now, and to spotlight case studies in performance improvement excellence with a small team. MPI Insight: In your writing, you always make a point to use case studies from small businesses, often with 20 employees or fewer. Why do you make a habit of focusing on small business? John: Many times if you’re learning about a business concept or how a business can get better, you’ll go online or read a magazine to find examples, but they're almost always huge [...]

By |2022-09-30T15:13:41+00:00September 30th, 2022|Interview, John R. Brandt, Small Business Advice|Comments Off on The Curious Case of the Small Business (Q&A)

Bringing Change Management to Life: An Interview with George Taninecz

Performance Improvement expert and MPI’s VP of Research George Taninecz on the art of the huddle, the role of lean in healthcare, and his new change management novel, Winning Innovation. MPI Insight: George, you’ve spent your career as a student of performance improvement, in particular lean manufacturing. You had a front row seat to the advent of lean in manufacturing while you were an editor at IndustryWeek and then you eventually became a partner and VP of Research at The MPI Group. What is your work like with performance improvement at MPI now? George: MPI comes at it from a [...]

By |2022-08-24T18:08:53+00:00August 23rd, 2022|George Taninecz, Healthcare, Leadership, Process Improvement|Comments Off on Bringing Change Management to Life: An Interview with George Taninecz