


What does "Lean" mean in Japan? Are Japanese hospitals practicing "Lean"?
As a Lean healthcare practitioner and coach, it has been one…

Toyota Leadership Lessons: Part 6 - Coach like you are making sushi
Earlier this week I went to Nagoya for a day trip to visit with…







Toyota Leadership Lessons: Part 5 - "If you believe you are perfect, you won't find the answer"
This is the final part in my recent series of posts about my…







Toyota Leadership Lessons: Part 4 -- Helping to Develop People
During my visit Nagoya in June, Isao Yoshino and I spent many…







Toyota Leadership Lessons: Part 3 - Toyota Commemorative Museum of Industry and Technology
After running into the former Chairman of Toyota, Mr. Cho,…







Toyota Leadership Lessons: Part 2 - Chance Encounter at Nagoya Station
In June before I left Japan for our summer visit back to the…




Toyota Kyushu gemba visit: Part 3 - "If you always ask for success, then people will lie."
Before I visited the Toyota Kyushu plant to talk with the Toyota…




Toyota Kyushu gemba visit: Part 2 - TPS Promotion Office
Following our tour of the Toyota Kyushu plant, which I wrote…




Toyota Kyushu gemba visit: Part 1 - Miyata plant tour
Last week I flew down to Japan's southern island of Kyushu to…


The Toyota Australia Story - People are the Most Important
One of the presenters that I enjoyed the most at last month's…







Lean Leadership Lessons and Gemba Visit to Toyota City, Japan
On Monday I had the honor to spend the day with Isao Yoshino,…