Leading Blog

JULY 1, 2015

Here's a look at some of the best leadership books to be released in July. Management Lessons from Taiichi Ohno : What Every Leader Can Learn from the Man who Invented the Toyota Production System by Takehiko Harada. Build your leadership library with these specials on over 100 titles.

Ohno 150

Ohno Books Library Leadership 150

Curious Cat

JANUARY 17, 2017

These were the most popular quotes on the Curious Cat Management and Leadership Quotes web site in 2016 (based on page views). – Taiichi Ohno. – Taiichi Ohno. – Taiichi Ohno. – Taiichi Ohno. A bad system will beat a good person every time. – Peter Block. – Peter Block.

Ohno 40

Ohno Deming McGregor Management 40

Curious Cat

JANUARY 12, 2016

These were the most popular quotes on the Curious Cat Management and Leadership Quotes web site in 2015 (based on page views). – Taiichi Ohno. – Taiichi Ohno. A bad system will beat a good person every time. – Taiichi Ohno. – Taiichi Ohno. – Russell Ackoff. – Peter Block.

Ohno 40

Ohno Deming McGregor Management 40

Strategy Driven

NOVEMBER 7, 2013

During this time, an engineer named Taiichi Ohno (known today as the father of Toyota) began the task of building a new capacity for Japanese industrial production. Ohno was then a student of Henry Ford’s industrial process designs and innovations, but these would no longer work given the circumstances in post-war Japan.

Ohno 50

Ohno Productivity Products Six Sigma 50

Deming Institute

DECEMBER 21, 2018

Ru ssell Ackoff had a profound capacity for using stories to educate his audiences about the basic concepts of managing systems, both in his lectures and in his books. Yet, the outcomes are far too hard to see, especially when one is confident in the direction of action, and when the system is open to both familiar and unfamiliar unknowns.

Deming 31

Deming Ohno System Audience 31