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21/04/200828/12/2014 on agile, lean, people, process, quality, respect for people, translation

Respect for people, the translator’s edition

In the spirit of Lean my colleague and friend Mika Pehkonen writes how they are able to respect people, get them to do what they are best at and most motived to do. I’d say that’s a win-win-win situation! we pay our translators by the hour, not by word count. This means that the translator …

19/03/200828/12/2014 on andon, lean, lean thinking, learning, mistake-proofing, poka-yoke, respect for people, toyota, tps

Admitting mistakes is the first step to learning, not just for you, but also for your team and company

Here is an excellent piece from the blog Evolving excellence about how a worker at Toyota battled his fear of admitting a mistake and was rewarded by his pears and supervisor for not hiding, but rather disclosing the mistake he had done. Admitting you committed a mistake is a very important part of continuous improvement. …