Constant Change and Growth

Posted on August 29, 2007  Comments (2)

The Toyota Secret: Constant Change And Growth by Norman Bodek

the chairman of Toyota Motor Corporation. He said, “Failure to change is a vice! I want everyone at Toyota to change and at least do not be an obstacle for someone else who wants to change.”

Every day the manager should look around the company, take videos and still pictures, and challenge people to grow, to eliminate non-value adding wastes, to use their brains to identify and solve problems, and to improve their skills and capabilities. Why else do we need managers? A manager’s job is to stimulate people to change for the better, every day.

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2 Responses to “Constant Change and Growth”

  1. BlogOxide
    September 1st, 2007 @ 12:31 pm

    Insightful thought, especially to grow the professional minds by motivationg them!

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