Katie Anderson, author of Learning to LEAD, Leading to LEARN
Episode description
Katie has spent 20 years of experience in supporting change and improvement
in organizations across a range of industries, including healthcare,
manufacturing, academia, biotech, government, start-ups, and business. Her
professional focus since 2006 has been on leading transformational change in
healthcare organizations and other industries.
Prior to founding KBJ Anderson Consulting, she held a senior Lean leadership roles at
the Sutter – Palo Alto Medical Foundation and Stanford Children’s Health; was a
Fulbright Scholar to Australia and a consultant for PwC Australia; and worked
as a research analyst at the University of California, San Francisco and the
University of Sydney.
Katie is a faculty member of Catalysis (formerly the Thedacare Center for Healthcare Value)
and the Lean Enterprise Institute, where she teaches coaching and
problem-solving workshops.
She is also coaches Master’s students in the Fisher School of Business MBOE program
and a facilitator for the Association for Manufacturing Excellence (AME) San Francisco Bay Area
Finally, she serves as a Member of the Board for the Mother’s Milk Bank and a Member of the