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Toyota Leadership Lessons: Part 10 - Practice Personal Hoshin Kanri or Goal Setting

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January 18, 2018

What is the best way to learn a process? Practice on yourself! After…

Gemba Academy Podcast: How to Use A3 Thinking with Katie Anderson

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July 27, 2017

Today Gemba Academy published a podcast that I recorded with…

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Toyota Leadership Lessons: Part 8 - "The A3 isn't a magical tool"

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June 29, 2017

When I was back in Japan last month for a visit – my second…

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Coaching for Improvement: Using A3 Thinking For Personal Development (Part 3 - Moving to the "Right Side" and Action)

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October 19, 2016

Using A3 thinking to coach for personal development In previous…

When to "A3"? - 3 problem solving tools to match the complexity of your problem

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September 13, 2016

Have you ever wondered: "Does every problem require an A3?" I've…

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Coaching for Improvement: Using A3 Thinking For Personal Development (Part 2 – Getting Started on the Left Side)

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September 6, 2016

How should I start coaching using the personal A3 process? Many…

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Coaching for Improvement: Using A3 Thinking For Personal Development (Part 1 - Overview from Lean Coaching Summit)

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August 25, 2016

A3 thinking is well known in the Lean community as a process…

A3 Thinking History and Insights from John Shook and Isao Yoshino in the Lean Post

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August 6, 2016

I just spent most of this week unloading boxes of our life from…

Gemba visit: Tokyo hospital with strong commitment to quality improvement Part 2 - Quality Committee Meeting

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February 1, 2016

When I met with the President of a Tokyo metropolitan hospital…

12 Questions to Ask Yourself Before Making Your New Year Resolutions and Goals

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December 24, 2015

As the end of the year is coming, it is time for reflection and…

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Toyota Leadership Lessons: Part 5 - "If you believe you are perfect, you won't find the answer"

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October 12, 2015

This is the final part in my recent series of posts about my…

Effective Questions to Support Problem Solving Thinking

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September 9, 2015

A few weeks ago I joined my coach, friend and colleague Margie…

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