
Toyota Leadership Lessons: Part 9 – Learning the value of asking questions
I have come to believe, through my personal practice and learning from mentors (including Margie Hagene, Isao Yoshino, John Shook, and others) that asking effective
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I have come to believe, through my personal practice and learning from mentors (including Margie Hagene, Isao Yoshino, John Shook, and others) that asking effective

My latest article for the Lean Enterprise Institute’s Lean Post was published today: “Do You Practice Routine Personal Development?” I’ve been musing a lot lately

New book: The Lean Strategy As I mentioned in the Gemba Academy podcast released two weeks ago, the most recent business book that I have read

New book: The Lean Strategy As I mentioned in a Gemba Academy podcast released last week, the most recent business book that I have read is

Today Gemba Academy published a podcast that I recorded with Ron Pereira last week. Ron and I first started looking into recording a podcast together two

How many morning or “start-up” meetings have you been part of that are fun and invigorating? I bet none as energetic and the one that Tim Wolput

When I was back in Japan last month for a visit – my second visit since moving back to the U.S. in June 2016 –

Two weeks ago I was in Palm Desert for the annual Lean Healthcare Transformation Summit co-hosted by Catalysis and the Lean Enterprise Institute. It was the

This week I’m attending the Lean Healthcare Transformation Summit in Palm Springs, co-hosted by two of the organizations for which I’m a faculty member of

I just got back from a 9-day trip to Japan and it was everything I hoped it would be from both a personal and professional perspective.

I’m at the San Francisco International Airport and about to board my flight back to Japan – the second time since we departed as residents

In the first two posts in this series, I shared how the leaders of Nakano City, one of the 23 wards within the Tokyo metropolitan area,
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