Tag: Toyota

Toyota Thinking: Leadership, Systems, and Continuous Improvement

Toyota is often cited as the inspiration for Lean, but its success is rooted in leadership behaviors, management systems, and a deep commitment to learning—not tools or slogans. This archive brings together blog posts, podcasts, and reflections on Toyota’s approach to quality, continuous improvement, psychological safety, and respect for people. Many of these posts explore what leaders outside Toyota often misunderstand—and what truly matters if they hope to learn from Toyota rather than copy it.

Belated Book Review: The Machine That Changed The World

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Mark's note: Christina Kach is back with a new post, this time a review of what should probably be considered a "Lean classic." Come...

John Shook – #Lean Production Meets #LeanStartup

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After their recent recorded conversation, it was great to see John Shook, CEO of LEI, and Eric Ries, Author of  The Lean Startup together...

Notes from Day 1 of the #LeanStartup Conference 2013

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It was an amazing first day of the Lean Startup conference yesterday in San Francisco. Videos will be available online soon, but for now...

Conversation Between John Shook & @EricRies on Putting the #Lean in...

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The Thanksgiving weekend was a great opportunity to catch up on some reading and viewing that had accumulated in my browser and inbox. One thing...

The Book That Changed Me: Understanding Variation by Donald J. Wheeler

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TL;DR: Understanding Variation by Donald J. Wheeler is the most influential book in my Lean journey. It taught me how to distinguish signal from...

‘Lean and Green’ is Free

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Mark's note: What follows is a guest post by Keivan Zokaei about the necessary and unsurprisingly overlap between Lean principles and environmental stewardship. I...

The Evolution of ‘Lean Production’: Reflecting on 25 Years Since the...

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TL;DR: This post revisits the origins of lean production through John Krafcik's 1988 article, reflecting on how lean manufacturing began as an integrated management...

Eiji Toyoda, Credited with Developing TPS and Expanding Toyota into North...

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Eiji Toyoda, a key figure in the growth and expansion of Toyota and the Toyota Production System practices has passed away this week, just...

Brilliant 1981 Article: “Why Japanese factories work” – Relevant for Healthcare...

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The year is 1981. A Major League Baseball strike interrupts the season. We're in the midst of the Cold War. President Reagan is shot....

“The Economist” Magazine Highlights a Lean Hospital in Sweden

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I was fortunate to have the chance to speak and visit at a few hospitals in Sweden back in February, 2010 (see my blog...

Management Improvement Carnival #197: Lean & Deming

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Again, I'm very happy to host the Carnival for  John Hunter  and his  Curious Cat management improvement blog. My job here is to share...

Video: Toyota Helps a NYC Food Bank & Hurricane Sandy Victims

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Here's a video produced about some work that Toyota's TSSC  did for a New York City food bank, applying Toyota Production System principles to...
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