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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,
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
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
Earlier this year I led a Lean study trip to the Japanese town of Ashikaga, which considers itself to be the “5S Mecca of the
What was the thinking that led up to the development of the Toyota Way in 2001? I asked my friend Mr. Isao Yoshino, a 40-year Toyota
What did you learn about Lean in Japan? Many of you have asked me to name my top take-aways about lean, leadership and culture now
In October, 2016 I went on a one-week trip to Tokyo to attend a traditional Japanese Shinto wedding ceremony and visit the city that I
Two weeks ago I saw an article in the Japan Times titled: “Nagoya hospital taps Toyota’s famed workflow to reduce staff errors”. My interest was
I am writing this blog post while I’m on what will be my last Shinkansen (bullet train) journey for awhile. In less than three weeks,
In the first post in a series of reflections from my visit to Toyota Memorial Hospital (TMH) in Toyota City, Japan, I declared that Toyota Memorial is
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