Tag: Quality Circle

Episode #424: Balaji Reddie, Founder of the Deming Forum of India

0
Scroll down for how to subscribe, transcript, and more My guest for Episode #424 of the Lean Blog Interviews Podcast is Balaji Reddie, the founder of...

Episode #423: Laura Kriska, the First American Woman to Work at...

0
Scroll down for how to subscribe, transcript, and more My guest for Episode #423 of the Lean Blog Interviews Podcast is Laura Kriska, a Cross-Cultural Consultant...

Interview With the First American Woman to Work for Honda in...

0
I don't share every episode of "My Favorite Mistake" here (but I do hope you'll subscribe and listen). As a reader of this blog,...

Lessons Ford & the UAW Learned in Japan in 1981 Still...

4
I continue sharing documents from the Don Ephlin library archive. What did Ford and the UAW learn when they visited Japan in 1981? Many of the things that made Japanese industry successful are the same things that make organizations successful with Lean today, including in healthcare.

“Quality Circles” Are Alive & Well in Japanese Organizations; We Might...

9
One question I was asked to ask during my Japan trip was to see if "Quality Circles" are still active in Japanese companies. I...