Anniversary of a learning partnership This eleventh edition of the “Toyota Leadership Lessons” series about what I have learned through conversations with Isao Yoshino, marks the 4-year anniversary of when I met of Mr. Yoshino […]
After an intense two months of travel for many exciting professional and personal opportunities – including being part of the ELEC 2017 in the Netherlands and a week of vacation with my family – I’m […]
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 on the concepts of structures of practice and how we […]
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 years ago when I was living in Tokyo, but our […]
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 […]
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 […]
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? […]
This past week I have been thinking a lot about the concept of coaching and what it means for us as leaders. I’ve spent time with Toyota leaders, taught a class on Lean Leadership, and […]
I’m finally back in Tokyo after a week of travel and site visits, followed by nearly two weeks in the United States and then a week of hosting several visitors in Japan. The past month has […]
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