Collaborative performance is central to lean thinking. Why, then, is it so often ignored?
On our trip to Japan to launch The Machine that Changed the World in 1990, the Chairman of Toyota, Dr. Soichiro Toyoda, told me: “The only competitors we really fear are the Germans, if they ever learn to work together”. I have used this quote many times since to provoke and challenge German audiences. However,…
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