Tag: Toyota

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!...

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...

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,...

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...

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...

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....

In case you missed it, see Saturday's post: "Why Toyota is Eliminating the Andon Cord from its Factories." As I occasionally do, today's post is...

If you clicked on my intentionally attention grabbing headline (or what might be a parody of those)... no, Toyota isn't killing their famed and...

In March, I wrote a post titled "Is it Lean's Fault or the Old Management System's?" about how people's complains about Lean are actually...

In November 2012, I had the opportunity to visit Japan for the first time as part of a Lean healthcare study mission. It was...

As I sometimes do, I'm going to close out a bunch of browser tabs and share some articles that caught my eye recently but...

California week on the blog continues after yesterday's post about Lean at San Francisco General Hospital. Today, I'm flying to Los Angeles to attend the...