Tag: Toyota

Those of you who know my background know that I spent the first 10 years of my career working in various manufacturing sectors (including...

Toyota has produced a series of videos that show how their innovations, technology and otherwise, have benefitted people outside of automobiles. One video that caught...

I really enjoyed having the chance to be in Cincinnati yesterday to participate in a Lean Healthcare workshop put on by TechSolve, a non-profit...

Episode #111 brings us some time with Professor Jeffrey Liker from the University of Michigan, the well-known author of many books in the The...

One of my favorite of the 14 "Toyota Way" principles to discuss with hospitals, in particular, is  principle #8, which  says: "Use only reliable, thoroughly...

I got a question via Twitter yesterday from somebody who asked how to help production operators make the case to supervisors that their kaizen...

I'm finally blogging about a Wall Street Journal article from just before Christmas - it's still a generally interesting topic, I think. The article...

The other day, I was reading the latest issue of Esquire magazine, with an interview with the famed actor Robert De Niro. One thing he...

I received a question from a reader, a retiree from a manufacturing company who is now a volunteer for a healthcare organization. We have...

This is just my second time attending the annual Institute for Healthcare Improvement annual forum - one of about 6,000 medical professionals, leaders, and...

Hat tip to regular blog reader Andrew B. for letting me know that A17 of today's New York Times was a full page ad...

I blogged about this a few weeks back, but Toyota has posted an outstanding short video about their work at a food bank, applying...