Tag: Japan Tour

Lean Whiskey #49: Japan Study Tour, a Lost iPhone, and Some...

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Listen: It's Episode 49 of the Lean Whiskey podcast with Jamie Flinchbaugh and Mark Graban! Mark shares tales of his holiday / study tour trip to...

Ten Years Ago — In the News Visiting a Japanese Lean...

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Just over a week ago, I got back from Katie Anderson's Japan Study Trip. It was amazing! I have so much to write about...

Lost My iPhone in Tokyo: A Lesson in Japanese Kindness and...

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I'm thrilled to be back in Japan for the first time in five years. Today is the start of Katie Anderson's Japan Study Trip...

Reflecting on my First Time Meeting Isao Yoshino in Japan —...

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I'm very excited to depart for Japan on Sunday for the first time in five years! The week of November 11, I'll be part of...

Japan Study Trips: A Voyage of Leadership Discovery with Katie Anderson

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Scroll down for how to subscribe, transcript, and more My guest for Episode #504 of the Lean Blog Interviews Podcast is Katie Anderson, author of...

Japan Study Trips: A Voyage of Leadership Discovery; Mark Graban and...

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The other day, Katie Anderson and I did a livestream about her November Lean study trip to Japan. I'm going with her in November....

Come to Japan With Me and Katie Anderson in November to...

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I'm excited to announce that I've registered for Katie Anderson's Japan Study Trip in November!Between 2012 and 2019, I visited Japan five times, and...

The Path to Patient Safety in Japan (or Elsewhere): Reporting Problems,...

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tl;dr summary: The blog post discusses the importance of reporting and solving problems for patient safety in Japan. It highlights stories from two hospitals...

Why are Factories in Value Stream Maps Drawn That Way? What’s...

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Typically, the customer (or supplier) icon in classic Lean "Value Stream Mapping" looks like a factory. Well, it looks like what might appear to be...

Making People and Making Things – in Japan or Mr. Rogers’...

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Monday was the first day of my fifth Lean study trip to Japan. Yesterday, I had the opportunity to once again visit a Toyota...

Inside Toyota’s Takaoka #2 Line – Flexibility and Kaizen

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This is an interesting article: Inside Toyota's Takaoka #2 Line: The Most Flexible Line In The World I had a chance to visit the 'Takaoka #1"...

Toyota as a “People Development Company”

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When I had the chance to go back to Japan last October with Honsha, there was a big focus on what the former Toyota...