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Podcast #90 features Tim Turner, a team leader at Toyota’s factory in Georgetown Kentucky (aka TMMK or Toyota Motor Manufacturing Kentucky). He is the author, along with a team of co-workers, of the new book called “One Team On All Levels: The Story Of The Toyota Team Members,” available through Amazon.com.
In the podcast, we discuss the book and the culture of teamwork at Toyota. Tim also comments on his reaction (and his colleagues’) to Toyota’s recent quality problems and the resulting bad publicity.
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About LeanBlog.org: Mark Graban is a consultant, author, and speaker in the “lean healthcare” methodology. Mark is author of the Shingo Award-winning book Lean Hospitals and the upcoming book Healthcare Kaizen. He is also the Chief Improvement Officer for the technology startup KaiNexus.



















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Great podcast, Mark!
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Thanks Mark for the opportunity to share the team members story at TMMK. It was a pleasure talking to you.
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Thanks Tim for the kind words..I feel so blessed to share a testimony that shows people of the world that we at Toyota of Kentucky are very passionate about the cars we build and the people that buy them!! God bless you brother!!
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It’s really great that this book is out to dis-spell that impersonal big-business mindset Americans have about auto manufacturers. I really enjoyed hearing about the “softer” side of Toyota. It sounds like an effective model for taking care of the employees while still being committed to a quality product.
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Great podcast! I suggest making a DVD companion to the book.
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There is a new edition of the book available now, through Productivity Press:
http://www.amazon.com/One-Team-All-Levels-Stories/dp/143986067X/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1318907367&sr=1-1
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