Steven Spear

Steven Spear is a Senior Lecturer, System Dynamics, in the Department of Business Administration at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. He is principal of SeeToSolve LLC, whose SaaS products support the tapping into of an enterprise’s distributed and collective intelligence, and he is author of The High Velocity Edge. As a senior lecturer at MIT’s Sloan School of Management, Spear teaches in graduate and executive education programs and has advised several dozen graduate theses. His research has had broad application and impact, serving as the basis for various systems and programs at companies like Intel, Pratt and Whitney, Intuit, Novelis, and GSK.

Steven Spear is a scholar specializing in innovation, operations management, healthcare management, patient safety, and lean manufacturing. His research explores how operational excellence can drive organizational learning and improve patient care. Spear's work highlights the Toyota production system as a model for managing complex systems, emphasizing just-in-time practices and problem-solving in healthcare and manufacturing. His publications address challenges such as medical errors, operational failures, and the integration of diagnostic tools into work systems. Spear's research underscores the importance of real-time problem solving and adaptive work systems in achieving operational excellence.