Expanding the Practice of Continuous Improvement
At the 2018 AME Conference in Boston, I finally met Ron Pereira of Gemba Academy at Tuesday evening's cocktail hour. I had done an interview with Ron almost a year prior, and was excited to meet him in person. We chatted for a bit, then he asked me if I wanted to do a… Continue reading “Why I Needed to Leave Toyota” – An Interview with Gemba Academy
We have all been there. You pick out a color of paint for a room in your house thinking that it's going to look great. After a few strokes, you notice the color is not quite what you thought it would be. That's okay, you think. It will look better when it dries. So you spend the majority… Continue reading Kaizen in the Kitchen
Leaving Toyota was one of the most difficult and painful decisions I have ever made. Working there was a tremendous experience. I fit naturally into Toyota's deep-seated culture of continuous improvement, and found my values to be in total alignment with the companies. The phrase, "Toyota builds people, not cars" was completely true. I was… Continue reading Why I Needed To Leave Toyota
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