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A backlog of reflections from Japan and Australia

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May 15, 2015

It’s been an exciting month of learning from and contributing…

Exceeding customer expectations – a story of kindness and generosity in Melbourne

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May 13, 2015

I had an wonderful experience with customer service this week.…

Japan gemba visit - innovation through kaizen

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April 29, 2015

Two weeks ago I joined a Japan Lean study trip tour led by Makoto…

Lean Leadership Lessons and Gemba Visit to Toyota City, Japan

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April 22, 2015

On Monday I had the honor to spend the day with Isao Yoshino,…

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Are you listening?

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April 3, 2015

How many times have you asked a question, and then realized a…

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Behavioral Styles - what impact does national culture have?

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April 1, 2015

Last week I led a seminar on team dynamics for one of the foreign…

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Problem solving and command-and-control

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February 2, 2015

In the three and a half weeks that we’ve been in Japan, I am…

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Intentions for life in Japan

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January 9, 2015

We have arrived in Japan! We arrived to Tokyo from San Francisco…

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