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Steve Spear

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Member Of The Board Of Advisors at Common Mission Project
📍 Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States

Steven J. Spear is a Senior Lecturer at MITs Sloan School of Management, an author, and an expert in operational excellence. With a DBA from Harvard Business School, he advises organizations on creating value and innovation. Colleagues and students describe him as an exceptional expert with deep knowledge.

Steven has a strong connection to the military, having served in the US Navy. His ongoing interests include the Naval Surface Warfare Center (NSWC) and the US Navy, reflecting a continued passion for naval affairs and defense-related challenges.

He is the inventor and co-founder of See to Solve, a real-time alert system for which he holds a patent.

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Experience
24 Years
Current Role
Member Of The Board Of Advisors
Job Level
Senior
Location
Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States
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Operational Excellence
Authored the award-winning book "The High Velocity Edge" and the influential article "Decoding the DNA of the Toyota Production System" on achieving superior performance.
Healthcare Improvement
As a Senior Fellow at the Institute for Healthcare Improvement and author of "Fixing Healthcare From the Inside, Today, " he focuses on solving systemic healthcare issues.
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Career

Work history

7-2020
Member Of The Board Of Advisors
Common Mission Project
12-2016 - 6-2018
Advisor
The Accelerating Therapeutics for Opportunities in Medicine (ATOM)
6-2016 - 6-2019
Strategic Advisor
GSK
1-2016
Founder and co-creator
See to Solve
11-2015 - 7-2024
Contributor
IT revolves
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Education
7-1995 - 6-1999
DBA
Harvard Business School
7-1993 - 6-1994
Graduate School of Business--Future Professors of Manufacturing Program
Stanford University
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