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6 Silent Productivity and Profitability Pitfalls, part 1 of 7

Strategy Driven

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.

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Using Technology to Improve The Sharing of Knowledge

Curious Cat

There are many things needed to improve the success of organizations improvement efforts but I believe the right knowledge (the ideas talked about by Deming, Ackoff, Ohno, Scholtes, etc.) They can also be powerful tools to connect people to internal resources within your organization. will help a great deal.

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28 Facial Hair & Beard Types: Leaders Who Rock Them

Miles Anthony Smith

The more dominant and powerful you appear to others, the more likely you are to be hired as a senior executive and the higher your pay. Soul Patch ​Apolo Anton Ohno, Howie Mandel, and Billy Bob Thornton have sported a little soul with their facial hair. A woman judged more beautiful than most may find it harder to get a top job.

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