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5 Steps To Develop A Learning Culture At Work

The Horizons Tracker

Edwards Deming and encapsulated by Japanese car giant Toyota, whose quality circles, kaizen, and takt time quickly spread throughout the manufacturing sector. The first-generation of the learning organization reached its nadir with the continuous improvement movement launched by W.

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How to Successfully Work Across Countries, Languages, and Cultures

Harvard Business Review

The CEO, Hiroshi Mikitani, realized that doing business in multiple languages prevented the organization from sharing valuable knowledge across the organization’s existing global operations, as well as those that were being newly established. Interactions are also vital for sharing knowledge across sites.