Taiichi Ohno got some hints about “Just In Time” from American supermarkets. Supermarkets are everyday things today. But how was it when...

Why did the Roman Empire grow so much? Charismatic leadership. Political system. Law. Tax. Military. There are many reasons to be...

“Do not blame the character of the child or the parent. Investigate the system (or the mechanism).” Advice, a child clinical...

The production doesn’t stop even if there are many problems. The production stops without the intention of the management. The production...

Many words have multiple meanings. When we work, we use words. But we need to be careful since many words have multiple meanings. As I...

“Business needs” change according to the change in the market. I get excited about such change since it is an opportunity to learn...

Business needs are something that the business leader can dedicate time and resources to accomplish. Taiichi Ohno’s Toyota Production...

A manager owns a change point. It sounds like a simple concept, yet I have seen many contradictions. Can we draw a connection between a...

Change should not be a gamble. It should be a scientific process. Yet, many gambles on change. We change randomly. We change everything...

How do you position yourself to observe? There is a famous episode of Taiichi Ohno drawing a circle on the floor and challenging to...

Everything our eyes capture must be prioritized and used; otherwise, those are just a waste. Our eyes are flexible to capture things in...

The eye of insects sees the details of the shop floor. The eye of fish looks for the flow. The eye of birds sees the overview. The eye of...

Since I discussed Confucius, I'll mention one more point. After Confucius's death, his students eventually split into two groups. The...

Following up on my previous post, here are lists of some comparisons that Confucius did between 【君子】true leader and 【小人】the little man....

Continuing from my previous post, how would I translate 【君子】 and 【小人】? I would translate those as follows; 【君子】; True leader with virtue....

Taiichi Ohno’s “Workplace management” starts with a chapter called “The Wise Mend Their Ways.” This is another poor translation, but I...

When we implement standardized work, we face the challenge of training the skills. Here, I want to share what is my approach to skill...

I ran into this factory version of the Tortoise and the Hare. The highly skilled operator took breaks so frequently that the operator was...

Refined skill forms a beautiful line. A concept that I thought of as I understood standardized work. Then I ran into a word called...

I was talking with a plant manager about the need for skill training. As I discussed, I was thinking about the synonym for his use of the...