Tag: Respect for People

Northwest Air, Out of Chapter 11, Aims to Mollify Customers, Labor - WSJ.comMollify (v): to soften in feeling or temper, as a person;...

shmula » eBay and Toyota: Respect for People : Business, Technology, and Stuff in BetweenOur friend, Pete Abilla, is two weeks into his...

VA Pittsburgh Healthcare System, Toyota Production System --> Dead Link Here is a nice succinct definition of the Veteran's Affairs hospital production system in Pittsburgh....

'Lean Production' May Also be a Lean Toward InjuriesPeople getting hurt would be a good indicator of Lean As Misguidedly Executed. The above...

Star-Telegram.com | 04/06/2007 | America's Great Automotive StuntmenLocal car columnist Ed Wallace seems like a friendly curmudgeon. This week, he writes about Ford's...

Circuit City's harsh layoffs give glimpse of a new world First off, Circuit City is not a "Lean" company. So when people ask "is Lean...

The End of the Line as They Know It - New York TimesThe link above is an article about "Detroit Three" employees taking voluntary...

Starbucks Gossip: I know Starbucks would never allow a sign like this to be posted... One blog I follow sometimes is one run primarily for...

By Dan MarkovitzYesterday's Wall Street Journal ran an article explaining that employees are more likely to embrace changes when they're fully informed of the...

In the Lead - WSJ.comMaybe the whole Toyota notion of "respect for people" and developing employees is the real "secret" sauce that companies can't...

Back to my original post about gaming the system, there are three ways people can respond to pressure to improve: They can work to improve...

A few weeks back, the British media was having a field day with reports of and complaints about what sounds like a horribly misguided...