Tag: Toyota

Ryan McCormack’s Operational Excellence Mixtape: March 8, 2024

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Thanks as always to Ryan McCormack for this... there's always so much good reading, listening, and viewing shared here by him! Subscribe to get...

Jim Womack’s Observations and Reflections on the Evolution of Lean [Podcast]

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Scroll down for how to subscribe, transcript, and more My guest for Episode #499 of the Lean Blog Interviews Podcast is James P. Womack. Jim...

The Toyota Way: Responding to, Preventing and Learning from Mistakes with...

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Scroll down for how to subscribe, transcript, and more My guest for Episode #498 of the Lean Blog Interviews Podcast is Jeffrey K. Liker. Jeff...

From 2012: Kaizen on the Boeing 737 Line (Lean and Continuous...

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2024 Preface: I'm re-posting this blog post from 2012 about Lean at Boeing. The WSJ headline emphasizes "speed up," but that could be the...

No, You Can’t Have Too Much Psychological Safety

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Thanks to Timothy R. Clark and Junior Clark for this excellent episode of their "Culture by Design" podcast from LeaderFactor: In the episode, they debunk...

Cultivating a Culture of Learning: Overcoming Fear and Futility in Problem-Solving

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"It is in Toyota's DNA that mistakes made once will not be repeated." -- Akio Toyoda, Chairman, Toyota Motor Corporation I love that quote from Mr....

Ryan McCormack’s Operational Excellence Mixtape: January 12, 2024

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Thanks as always to Ryan McCormack for this... there's always so much good reading, listening, and viewing shared here by him! Subscribe to get...

Mastering Mistake-Proofing: Insights from Toyota’s Poka Yoke Approach

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This post is built around excerpts from the book The Mistakes That Make Us: Cultivating a Culture of Learning and Innovation. Read more about Toyota,...

Beyond Mistakes: Uncovering Toyota’s Approach to Success Through Learning

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This post is built around excerpts from the book The Mistakes That Make Us: Cultivating a Culture of Learning and Innovation. Read more about Toyota,...

Culinary Mastery Meets Continuous Improvement: Wolfgang Puck at the GE Lean...

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The GE Lean Mindset event back in September was such an exciting day. One of my highlights was not just eating food prepared by...

Gemba vs. Genba — Different Spellings or Different Words and Meanings?

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tl;dr: Same word, same meaning, different spellings. I was taught that the English version of the Japanese word that means, basically, "the real place" or...

Lean Leadership: Unpacking the Conversation Between Ford and Uber CEOs

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tl;dr: In a riveting discussion, Ford CEO Jim Farley and Uber CEO Dara Khosrowshahi delve into Lean principles, cultural shifts, and operational challenges. From...