The Horizons Tracker

SEPTEMBER 7, 2020

Edwards Deming and encapsulated by Japanese car giant Toyota, whose quality circles, kaizen, and takt time quickly spread throughout the manufacturing sector. The post 5 Steps To Develop A Learning Culture At Work first appeared on The Horizons Tracker.

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Osborne Development Tacit Knowledge Kaizen 96

Lead Change Blog

FEBRUARY 17, 2016

We got our black belts in six-sigma; words or acronyms like Kaizen, PDCA, TQM, QC and ISO became everyday parts of our work language. We learned the quality lessons of Edward Deming, Joseph Juran, and Phil Crosby as well as the lean thinking lessons of James Womack. The benefits were significant.

Six Sigma 150

Six Sigma TQM Airlines Wilde 150

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 4, 2017

Productivity in most developed economies has been anemic. Beyond wages, other forms of investment in human capital include education and training, improved healthcare, and other, less obvious investments, such as the time and space to explore new ideas and professional development opportunities.

Human Capital 15

Human Capital Kaizen Agility Energy 15

Harvard Business Review

MAY 8, 2012

Six Sigma , Kaizen , Lean , and other variations on continuous improvement can be hazardous to your organization's health. Similarly, Japan's automobile industry has been plagued by a series of embarrassing quality problems and recalls, and has lost market share to companies from South Korea and even (gasp!) the United States.

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Six Sigma Kaizen Govindarajan Telecommunications 17

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 4, 2013

It has a more rigorous organization structure that divides responsibilities between the innovation team and development team, and strengthens management around the opportunity pipeline. These teams have disciplined processes to get the technology to market, generally with a one- to two-year product horizon.

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Technology Innovation Kaizen Chief Executive Officer 8

Harvard Business Review

JULY 17, 2012

The better we know and understand who customers want to become, the better we can invest and develop the innovations necessary to get them there. To see customers as the assets they really are, the strategic design and marketing question must shift from "What's the new value of the innovation?" Call it "customer kaizen.".

Human Capital 15

Human Capital Supply Chain Kaizen Innovation 15

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 29, 2017

The Japanese employees, while already fluent with Japanese concepts such as kaizen (improvement) and omotenashi (hospitality), struggled to become proficient in English. In some sectors, the global market demands for English-speaking workers makes a global career quite attractive. It consists of five key actions.

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Succession Globalization Tacit Knowledge GDP 15