Episode 43 - What’s the real purpose behind the Japanese management practices fueling Lean and Agile—like kata, obeya, and A3 reports? These practices with a prescribed format or template without understanding the purpose and intention that make them successful. In this episode, we’re picking up on my conversation with Tim Wolput, Japanologist, Toyota Way management expert, and former World Aikido Champion, in Part 2 of this masterclass on Japanese culture and leadership. The post Culti...| Katie Anderson
Episode 42 - YHow much of the Toyota Way is dependent on Japanese culture? And how much of it all comes down to… being human? There are questions I’ve explored with over 130 global leaders who’ve joined my Japan Leadership Experience programs. And to help you answer the question too, I’ve invited Tim Wolput – Japanologist and Toyota Way Management expert, to Chain of Learning. The post Doing the Right Thing: Japanese Management Masterclass Part 1 with Tim Wolput appeared first on Ka...| Katie Anderson
All Models Are Wrong, and Some Are Useful By Tom Geraghty This is one of my favourite, and most often used, aphorisms. It’s attributed to George Box, a British statistician, from a 1976 paper on Science and Statistics, though the […]| Psych Safety
In a new podcast series, Jacob Stoller and podcast host Andrew Stotz discussed five major management and productivity myths and how Lean and Deming thinking solve them.| The W. Edwards Deming Institute
We love to measure stuff, don’t we? Maybe it’s human nature, but we seem to have a strong desire to make the intangible tangible, and we tend (or at least many of us do) to believe in the robustness of […]| Psych Safety
In this second of four posts, Marty Laurence describes how he took Deming thinking into a GM plant. He adapted to meet the local conditions and, over nine years, his team achieved tremendous success.| The W. Edwards Deming Institute
Interview with Bill Hunter, Brian Joiner and Peter Scholtes (listen to the interview) on a Public Affair, National Public Radio about improving management practices in the USA. The interview is over 30 years old now but the better management ideas are as true today as they were then.| management.curiouscatblog.net