Category Archives: Respect

Trust: Respect for People

Posted on June 30, 2006 by John Hunter

Respect for People [the broken link was removed*], Toyota.co.jp Respect for People has always been important to Toyota, and nowhere is this more evident than in the relationship among Toyota associates. … There has been only one exception to this … Continue reading →

Posted in Deming, Lean thinking, Management, Respect, Toyota Production System (TPS) | Tagged layoffs, leadership, management, organization as a system, respect for people, Toyota, usability | 2 Comments

Respect for People

Posted on May 8, 2006 by John Hunter

A very thoughtful post, Respect for People on the Kaikaku blog raises some interesting questions. What does respect for people really mean? Toyota empowers people: To stop the line – to stop every other worker from working – that is … Continue reading →

Posted in Lean thinking, Management, Popular, Respect, Toyota Production System (TPS) | Tagged coaching, communication, curiouscat, management, managing people, Popular, Psychology, respect for people, training | 9 Comments

What Innovation Means to Tesco

Posted on March 29, 2006 by John Hunter

What innovation means to Tesco [the broken link was removed] by Sir Terry Leahy (Chief Executive of Tesco): Innovators are all around us; innovation is after all just another word for an idea and we can all have those. Businesses … Continue reading →

Posted in Lean thinking, Respect, Systems thinking, UK | Tagged Innovation | 1 Comment

Toyota Special Report: Thinking Production System

Posted on February 13, 2006 by John Hunter

Toyota Special Report: Thinking Production System [the broken link was removed]. A very interesting article on Toyota’s web site (www.toyota.co.jp). At the 2003 Automotive Parts System Solution Fair, held in Tokyo, June 18, 2003, Teruyuki Minoura, then-managing director of global … Continue reading →

Posted in Management, Quality tools, Respect, Systems thinking, Toyota Production System (TPS) | Tagged organization as a system, Toyota, Toyota Production System (TPS) | 1 Comment

Performance of People and Appraisal

Posted on December 5, 2005 by John Hunter

The Statistical and Scientific Thinking blog, by John Dowd, has several interesting posts on the Performance of People [the broken link was removed]: Why can’t performance be numerically rated and ranked? It can’t be defined operationally, it can’t be measured … Continue reading →

Posted in Deming, Management, Performance Appraisal, Psychology, Respect | Tagged managing people, Performance Appraisal, Psychology | Comments Off

Excessive Executive Pay

Posted on December 4, 2005 by John Hunter

Topic: Management Improvement Via Christian Sarkar [the broken link was removed], Too Many Turkeys, The Economist: Executive compensation in America – already far ahead of the rest of the world, despite the best efforts of overseas managers to catch up … Continue reading →

Posted in Management, Psychology, Respect | Tagged business, curiouscat, deadly diseases, executive pay, leadership, overpaid executives, Systems thinking | 18 Comments

Toyota Manufacturing Powerhouse

Posted on November 28, 2005 by John Hunter

Great required reading [the broken link was removed] via Evolving Excellence, Relentless [the broken link was removed], Detroit News: As Toyota expands rapidly, it is also grappling with a shortage of skilled managers and engineers. When it decided in June … Continue reading →

Posted in Lean thinking, Management Articles, Manufacturing, Psychology, Respect, Toyota Production System (TPS) | Tagged executive pay, management, Toyota | 3 Comments

Management Training Program

Posted on October 28, 2005 by John Hunter

Fog Creek Software Management Training Program by Joel Spolsky: Finally, when you’re really really good, they let you hang around with Yussef on the ovens. Yussef was about 100 years old and so good at running the ovens it was … Continue reading →

Posted in Deming, IT, Management, Popular, quote, Respect, Systems thinking | Tagged curiouscat, Education, Joel Spolsky, long term thinking, management, Software Development, training | 3 Comments

Performance Without Appraisal

Posted on October 1, 2005 by John Hunter

In response to the Alternatives to Stack Ranking? post on the popular Mini-Microsoft blog. I’m also taking some time to contemplate on Deming’s points and assess how Microsoft is doing against them. … What I would deeply appreciate is real-world … Continue reading →

Posted in Deming, Management, Performance Appraisal, Psychology, Respect | Tagged Deming, management, managing people, organization as a system, Performance Appraisal, Peter Scholtes, respect for people | 7 Comments

Going Lean in Health Care

Posted on August 17, 2005 by John Hunter

Going Lean in Health Care [the broken link has been removed] a report from the Institute for Healthcare improvement based on presentation by James Womack and others. This report is an another excellent resource from IHI, which I have mentioned … Continue reading →

Posted in Health care, Lean thinking, Management, Respect | 7 Comments