Daily Archives: March 26, 2026

Tesla builds cars in what used to be the NUMMI factory, a joint venture between Toyota and GM (which meant it was run as a Toyota plant with "Lean" practices). Before that, it was a dysfunctional GM plant. Now that it's a Tesla plant, did they learn from Toyota or does it seem more like "the old GM?"

In strategy deployment -- also known as hoshin kanri -- there's a practice called "catch ball." The metaphor is pretty straightforward. Goals and priorities...