Anniversary of a learning partnership This eleventh edition of the “Toyota Leadership Lessons” series about what I have learned through conversations with Isao Yoshino, marks the 4-year anniversary of when I met of Mr. Yoshino […]
Jeff Hunter has been instrumental to influencing how I think about approaching strategy development and deployment in the organizations that I support. I’m excited to share a recent Q&A session Jeff and I had about […]
Writing this post has been on my mind ever since I wrapped up an exciting, fun and engaging week of learning in Japan with my inaugural week-long #JapanLeanLearningTrip last month. I realized today that I’ve […]
How does an accounting company inspire an energized culture where people are excited to go to work every day and provide excellent customer service? I bet many of you don’t associate the words accounting and […]
A month ago I had the pleasure of attending the LEI Lean Transformation Summit – this year held in Nashville, Tennessee! The theme of this year’s Summit: “Want better employees? Be a better employer”. I’m […]
I’m excited to announce that the Association for Manufacturing Excellence (AME) San Francisco Bay Area Consortium officially launched on April 20, 2018! AME SFBA Consortium Partnership I began my partnership with AME in October last […]
I was thrilled to receive my copy of Karen Martin’s new book “Clarity First” in the mail a few weeks ago, and I’m even more thrilled to be able to share with you a recent […]
What have you been learning or working on this month? I am in the midst of a four week period with no work travel, which has been unusual in the past 12 months. Personally, I’ve […]
Japan is famous for customer service and hospitality, known as “omotenashi” in Japanese, and for being a safe and clean country – and my experiences on recent trip to Japan last month were no exception. […]
I just got back from a week and a half trip to Japan to prepare for an upcoming Japan lean study trip I’m leading on behalf of the Ohio State University. Any reason to visit […]
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