The Horizons Tracker

MAY 23, 2019

Edwards Deming and encapsulated by Japanese car giant Toyota, whose quality circles, kaizen and takt time quickly spread throughout the manufacturing sector. The nature of technology development might also provide some pointers as to how learning at work should change.

Competitive Advantage 51

Competitive Advantage Kaizen Technology Learning-by-Doing 51

Deming Institute

JANUARY 16, 2017

Speaking of continuous improvement, my GM plant also had a very traditional “suggestion system,” not a Kaizen-style approach to improvement. The Livonia Philosophy (as written, not practiced) also sounds like Lean in the goal of utilizing of all people’s skill and creativity, as we practice in the Kaizen model.

Kaizen 28

Kaizen Deming Lean Manufacturing Handbook 28

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 29, 2017

Our ways of thinking about careers, colleagues, and collaboration will need to become more flexible and adaptable. The Japanese employees, while already fluent with Japanese concepts such as kaizen (improvement) and omotenashi (hospitality), struggled to become proficient in English. Aspiring to a global career.

Succession 15

Succession Globalization Tacit Knowledge GDP 15

Harvard Business Review

MAY 28, 2015

A kaizen—continuous improvement—ethos is one thing. I’ve seen it happen, and careers ended when it did. .” In other words, training divorced from excellence is mere compliance. It is more “box ticking” than human capital investment.

Training 8

Training Education Incentives Leadership 8