Tag: Toyota

Cartoon: The Workplace “Brain Check Station”

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Here's my latest cartoon collaboration with a skilled artist (and medical assistant), Carrie Schurman. You can see the whole series via this link. How many organizations ask...

The Patriots, Coach Belichick, Aspects of Lean Thinking, and Dr. Deming

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Earlier this month, for the College Football Playoff championship game, I wrote about "Lessons from the Football Coaching and Leadership Styles of the Oregon...

Visiting and Touring the Toyota Tsutsumi Plant, Part 2

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Last week, I wrote a post (part 1) looking back at our visit to the Toyota Tsutsumi factory that was part of our Japan tour that took...

My Visit to the Toyota Tsutsumi Plant, Part 1

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I've been overdue in writing more posts about our Japan tour that took place two months ago now. See previous posts in this series....

Putting Up Signs and Shooting Down Ideas

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A friend sent me a link to this article, "7 cultural concepts we don't have in the U.S.," and he told me to check...

What’s Up With Neckties in Healthcare?

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It's a simple question: what's up with so many men wearing ties in healthcare? Are you / they wearing them because you like to,...

Bringing Me Problems is OK, We’ll Find Solutions Together

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It's a bit of a modern management cliché to say, "Don't bring problems! Bring me solutions!" I think what that means is, "Don't just complain!...

A Hotel, Time Quotas, Systemic Problems, and Employees Not Having the...

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I travel a lot and, thanks to my work, I'm pretty well attuned to the idea of not blaming individuals for systemic problems in...

Words vs. Simple Visuals; A Secret About Japanese Hospitals

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This tweet and photo made me chuckle the other day... If it's "your right" or "your left" as you're going up or down the stairs,...

Our Toyota Tour Guide’s Small Improvement — Kaizen in Action

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We just finished our second day of our Kaizen Institute Japan Lean Tour and it's been great so far. Follow us via the hashtag...

What I’m Listening To: Atul Gawande, Toyota’s Jeff Miller, Eric Ries

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I've occasionally had a "What I'm Reading" post, where I share links to articles that I've enjoyed that don't necessarily merit a whole blog...

Lean is a “Generic” Term for TPS (and The Toyota Way),...

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People often say Lean is pretty simple (or that it's just "common sense"). Yeah, some of the concepts are simple... but sometimes deceptively so....
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