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In June before I left Japan for our summer visit back to the United States, I jumped on the bullet train to Nagoya again to spend the day with Isao Yoshino,
My fourth article for the Lean Post was published today: “Standout Lessons from the 4th Annual Lean Coaching Summit”. After reflecting on the Lean Coaching Summit notes I shared in
Last past week I attended the Lean Coaching Summit in Seattle, Washington. The event was a great opportunity to connect with other Lean thinkers across different industries and share our thinking about
It has been surprising to me since moving to Japan six months ago to learn that very few hospitals and health systems are using Lean or the Toyota Production System
Six months ago exactly, my family arrived in Japan on an 18-24 month assignment. On our first morning in Tokyo, I wrote my first blog post to document my intentions for
I’ve been spending a lot of time traveling on the Shinkansen and other trains for gemba visits to Japanese organizations and with my family on the weekends. Rail travel in
Before I visited the Toyota Kyushu plant to talk with the Toyota TPS Promotion Office manager, I posted on social media to see if anyone had questions for me. I was able
Following our tour of the Toyota Kyushu plant, which I wrote about in an earlier post, my Japanese colleague was able to set up a personal meeting for us with
Last week I flew down to Japan’s southern island of Kyushu to visit the Toyota Kyushu Miyata plant and have a private conversation with the Toyota Production System (TPS) Promotion
When I had my meishi (business cards) made a few months ago, I chose the kanji characters for the word “Intention” as my logo. There are many words that are
One of the presenters that I enjoyed the most at last month’s Australasian Lean Thinking and Practice Summit was Doug Rickarby from Toyota Australia. He shared his journey of working
I am a great believer in the power of personal reflection and using problem solving thinking to develop ourselves as Lean Leaders. Problem solving thinking (using the PDSA or A3 thinking process) can
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