Parenting Tips from Toyota
18 March 2008
Last summer I learned a valuable lesson from Hoseus Executive Director of the Center for Quality People and Organizations (CQPO). I was reminded of it…
Karoshi
5 December 2007
I’ve chosen to address a fairly morbid topic today: Death. Death is inevitable. As of yet, modern science has not created a cure for death. There are…
What is your training threshold?
12 September 2007
I think we all know what the Law of Diminishing Returns is but for the sake of clarity I’ve included the wise words of Wikipedia to improve our unders…
Are you Smarter than a 5th Grader?
4 September 2007
If you are not smarter than a 5th grader it may not be entirely your fault. It turns out that most of us just can’t remember the things that were told…
Lean to be Lean
8 August 2007
This morning on my drive to work I was listening to a podcast of a speech given in 1991 (Link to transcript; Link to audio). The speaker related the f…
Toyota Training the World...sort of
1 August 2007
It appears that Toyota has set up a 3 year technical training school in India to expand automobile manufacturing expertise in that area. According to…
Simple to Complex
23 July 2007
In the Toyota Talent book by Liker and Meier a principle called “Simple to Complex” is discussed. Here is their description of the principle: “When l…
Strengthening the Human Supply Chain
10 July 2007
The other day Mathew May mentions an article found in Strategy and Development (free registration). This article was titled Win-Win Sourcing by Jackso…