What does love have to do with it? Most of us are familiar with this refrain from Tina Turner’s famous song from the 1980s, but the concept of “love” is not one commonly used when […]
Last week I had the pleasure of participating in the Lean Transformation Summit in Carlsbad, California. It was the first time that I’d attended the all industry Summit in the United States, though I’ve been several […]
Getting out of the habits of telling and showing up as the “expert” are two of the most important habits to break if you want to create an organization filled with problem solvers. Lean Post Roundup […]
Endings, beginnings and reflections 2016 ended with with joy and sadness, with my family coming together to celebrate the holidays and with my father passing away shortly afterward. It’s been a powerful experience. I had intended […]
What was the thinking that led up to the development of the Toyota Way in 2001? I asked my friend Mr. Isao Yoshino, a 40-year Toyota leader, this question and he shared his thinking with me […]
Using A3 thinking to coach for personal development In previous posts, I’ve walked though the value of using A3 thinking to support personal improvement and how you can coach someone through the “left side” of […]
New Book: The Toyota Way to Service Excellence Earlier this summer, Jeff Liker reached out to me to see if I would be interested in reading an advance copy of the new book he had […]
My latest article for the Lean Post titled “Summit Reflections: Knowing What You Need to Improve” was just published! In it, I reflect some questions that came to mind during the Lean Coaching Summit based on this […]
How should I start coaching using the personal A3 process? Many of you have reached out to me in the past two weeks since I published the first post in this series about using the personal […]
A3 thinking is well known in the Lean community as a process for solving organizational problems, but did you realize that it can be a powerful process for personal development and leadership coaching as well? […]
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