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How can growing businesses use lean principles to drive sustainable growth? How can entrepreneurs create businesses that deliver superior customer value and reach “unicorn” status by removing inhibitors to scale...
What does operational excellence mean? How can leaders create a culture of continuous improvement? And what does leadership really mean and look like? In his book The Façade of Excellence:...
I am excited to continue my author interview series with longtime friend and colleague, Ken Pilone, who’s written an a great introductory book on lean transformation called Lean Leadership on...
As leaders and continuous improvement practitioners, we’re committed to creating a people-centered learning organization. But how? Most importantly, by creating the right culture – one that is connected through systems...
Recently I recorded my 6th episode of the Gemba Academy Podcast with host Ron Pereira when we were together in person at the Association for Manufacturing Excellence (AME) 2022 conference...
How is GE’s CEO Larry Culp leading with lean to turnaround the company? It was an incredible honor to not only hear Larry Culp, the CEO of General Electric and...
How can you easily apply scientific thinking to everyday problems and strategic challenges? And how can you better coach others to think? How can you apply the Toyota Kata improvement...
In mid-2022, I was invited by the Brazilian business school Grupo Voitto to give a virtual keynote at their annual international leadership conference, the QP Summit 2022, to speak about...
As leaders and continuous improvement practitioners, we’re committed to learning and to creating a “learning organization”. But how? Any leader seeking to create a learning organization must cultivate both the...
The podcast episode that inspired Larry Culp, CEO of GE, to read and recommend my book Learning to Lead, Leading to Learn: Lessons from Toyota Leader Isao Yoshino on a...
I’m excited to bring you my 10 top books (or rather, 10 of my top books…as there are so many great ones) on the history and foundations of lean management,...
Recently I was on The Lean Effect Podcast with Mark De Jong. I’ve been following Mark and his podcast for a few years and enjoy his insightful interviews with global...
Wow, I can’t believe it! This past week marks the two month anniversary of the launch of both the ebook and paperback versions of Learning
What does your life tapestry look like? Today, we are all are living in a time of unprecedented uncertainty. As we work to move from
This week one of my most favorite interviews yet about Learning to Lead, Leading to Learn was released. The interview was a celebration and a
It’s an exciting week! Not only did this week mark the three week anniversary of the debut of my book Learning to Lead, Leading to
Less than two days ago, I filled in my daruma doll’s right eye symbolizing the completion of the book writing process! (Below is the live
The countdown is on! I can’t believe that my book Learning to Lead, Leading to Learn: Lessons from Toyota Leader Isao Yoshino on a Lifetime
How do you create culture? As I’ve learned from Mr. Isao Yoshino – and from my own experiences leading change in organizations – it happens
How can we use our creativity – and kindness – to help us move forward into a better future? The latest article that I’ve written
One of the great joys of the past five years has been the unexpected friendship that I’ve developed with Isao Yoshino. I have learned so
When my dad was diagnosed with ALS in the fall of 2015 while I was living in Japan, my parents adopted a motto to help
It was an exciting week last week for me! Not only was it the five year anniversary of my first meeting with Isao Yoshino in
This week marks five years since the first time I met up with Isao Yoshino in Japan! It’s a fitting week to publicly announce my
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