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David (Toyota) vs. Goliath (Big 3)

By Ron Pereira - July 5th, 2007

Guy Kawasaki had an interesting post today in reference to the types of stories people like to talk about. There were nine types discussed… but one immediately caught my eye. David vs. Goliath. In the story of David and Goliath, th

Three More Ways to Increase Personal Productivity through 5S

By Jon Miller - July 5th, 2007

The discipline of 5S increases personal productivity by making your work environment simpler, more structured, and safer. Much of the time that is saved is time not spent looking for things by being able to see right away whether every

Toyota Production System A to Z

By Jon Miller - July 3rd, 2007

If you ever find yourself face to face with a Japanese Lean sensei, you might find some of these words useful in building common ground. Andon – Colored lamps (red, yellow, green) or visual indicator of abnormalities Batch –

Your Lizard Brain Wants to Help You Be Lean

By Jon Miller - July 2nd, 2007

An article on July 1, 2007 in LiveScience titled Study Reveals Why We Learn From Mistakes sheds light on why visual management and the habit of genchi genbutsu is so important to problem identification and learning. Once again, brain s

3 Easy Steps to Becoming More Effective

By Ron Pereira - July 2nd, 2007

No matter what you do for a living or vocation, you will be in a position to double, possibly triple, your effectiveness after reading this post. I am so confident you will be successful if you follow my advice I offer a complete, mo

Intuition, Information and the Toyota Production System

By Jon Miller - July 1st, 2007

There are quite a few things that are counterintuitive about the Lean management system known as TPS. They are all fairly simple things, but hard to do since they feel wrong to people who have not been swimming in the waters of TPS for

Parkinson’s Law

By Ron Pereira - July 1st, 2007

I am on page 75 of “The 4-Hour Workweek.” The jury is still out on whether this book is total bull pucky or border line genius. Here is an excerpt explaining an interesting time management concept. Parkinson’s Law

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