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.

Toyota Tops GM in Sales

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Toyota topples GM as global sales leader - USATODAY.comIt's been long expected, but the day is finally here: Toyota is now the global...

"Toyota Talent" out April 29

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Amazon.com: Toyota Talent: Books: Jeffrey Liker,David MeierThis has been an exciting week for me. Monday, I met David Mann, author of Creating A...

Ford: Quality equal to Toyota

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Detroit News ArticleIn terms of initial vehicle quality, Ford Motor Co. is in a statistical dead-heat for second place with Japan's Toyota Motor Corp....

Technology Is Key, Toyota Exec Says(?)

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Chron.com - Houston ChronicleThe question mark was my addition to the headline. I wonder if this what the motivation behind this comment from...

Thoughts on Driving a Prius

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Car Keys Could Go the Way of Tail Fins - New York Times So I've finally become a Toyota driver, driving an employer-provided Prius for...

Toyota’s Convis to Retire

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Press Named to Toyota Board - The Car ConnectionToyota's Gary Convis, a leader who I have admired greatly, is retiring in June:Toyota also announced...

Jim Press to be named Toyota Director

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asahi.com : Toyota to name first foreign directorCongratulations to Jim Press: Toyota Motor Corp., seeking to add an international flavor to its management, will...

Job Opportunity with the "Dell Lean Model"

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Lean opportunities coming to Central TexasI've been critical of folks who lump Dell into the "lean" world, since Dell hasn't really done much according...

Challenges to "Respect for People"?

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UAW, Toyota workers to talkWe often talk about Toyota and "respect for people" as one of their main pillars. I'm sure most of...

My Bitchin’, Toyota

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With apologies to the band the Dead Milkmen and their song "Bitchin' Camaro." Note the comma in my title, though.It's ironic that my...

Toyota’s Top Suppliers

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Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing North America, Inc. :: Toyota Honors Top Suppliers For 2006Toyota Way Principle #11:Respect your extended network of partners...

Toyota touts ongoing "waste removal"

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Mlive.com ArticleHere's an article with Toyota (and former Chrysler) exec Jamie Bonini talking about continuous improvement:"Our 2010 vision is to be the most admired...
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