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 wanted to share some of professional reflections here, with a […]
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 11 months ago. I’m super excited to be back to […]
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, utilize kaizen (small continuous improvement) and kaikaku (large breakthrough improvements) as their […]
In the first post in this series, I shared how the leaders of Nakano City, one of the 23 wards within the Tokyo metropolitan area, describe how they see kaizen (small continuous improvement) and kaikaku (large breakthrough improvements) […]
Less than a month before my family wrapped up our time in Japan last June, Tim Wolput of Lean Japan Study Tours invited me to join him on a day-long gemba visit to two different […]
My latest article for the Lean Enterprise Institute’s Lean Post, “Developing Better Habits Through A3 Thinking”, was published today – check it out and let me know what you think. Personal improvement In the article, […]
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 […]
As I’ve written about in earlier posts, last spring I led a study trip to the Japanese “5S City” of Ashikaga to learn about how organizations in the town practice Lean management and how the concepts of “joy” and “revitalization” […]
Last week Mark Graban published a podcast on his website LeanBlog.org that we recorded recently about how living in Japan has shaped my perspective a Lean thinker and practitioner. I always enjoy talking with Mark and exchanging thoughts […]
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