It is rare that one reads something written in 1978 that feels relevant to today’s world in so many ways that is hard to explain all of its consequences. This is what happened today and I wanted to share that. The following is a couple of paragraphs from the “Toyota Product System” (TPS) by Taiichi …
It is seldom that we have the opportunity to learn from the masters, the Sensei. Here’s a good post for those of us that are interested in TPS (Toyota Production System). I especially like this part: In 1943 Taiichi Ohno was transferred to the automotive side of Toyota from the Loom Works. The architect of …
For many people that have read about the Toyota Production System (TPS) the image of Toyota has been improved and their willingness to buy a Toyota car has been positively affected (heck, I _want_ to buy a Toyota, I just can’t justify buying a car). But how about reasons not to buy a product from …
If you have been following this blog, it is no news for you that I’m a big fan of what is known as Toyota Production System and it’s ideas as described by Jeffrey Liker in the famous “Toyota Way“. What you don’t know is that I’m a big fan of many other companies that exhibit …
Through Elisabeth Hendrickson I got to Brett Pettichord’s post about the role of feedback in Agile. Read it if you haven’t yet. Here are the pearls that made me post this: “If you don’t have meaningful feedback then you’re not agile. You’re just in a new form of chaos.” and “Agile practices build a technical …
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. …
