Comments on: Inside the mind of Taiichi Ohno http://jamieflinchbaugh.com/2009/09/inside-the-mind-of-taiichi-ohno/ on lean culture, transformational leadership, and entrepreneurial excellence Thu, 09 Sep 2010 16:25:37 -0400 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 By: Jamie Flinchbaugh http://jamieflinchbaugh.com/2009/09/inside-the-mind-of-taiichi-ohno/comment-page-1/#comment-10 Jamie Flinchbaugh Fri, 25 Sep 2009 19:19:56 +0000 http://jamieflinchbaugh.com/2009/09/inside-the-mind-of-taiichi-ohno/#comment-10 Thank you all for your comments. Bob, the person is at the heart of it all. TPS is first and foremost a human system. This is why Toyota always says they are building people before building cars. The only thing that differentiates a company over the long term is the capabilities and creativity of the people; everything else can be copied. Jamie Thank you all for your comments.

Bob, the person is at the heart of it all. TPS is first and foremost a human system. This is why Toyota always says they are building people before building cars. The only thing that differentiates a company over the long term is the capabilities and creativity of the people; everything else can be copied.

Jamie

]]> By: Bob MacPherson http://jamieflinchbaugh.com/2009/09/inside-the-mind-of-taiichi-ohno/comment-page-1/#comment-9 Bob MacPherson Fri, 25 Sep 2009 18:40:44 +0000 http://jamieflinchbaugh.com/2009/09/inside-the-mind-of-taiichi-ohno/#comment-9 Jamie, Wise caution to companies that want to be like Toyota. Now granted, most of my experience is with Ford, GM, and AB Volvo, but I have also done work with Alcoa and a number of smaller suppliers who stumble and fail trying to take short cuts on their way to seeking the Holy Grail. Too often, the main customers are engineers whose lifelong focus on tools actually works against them. None of this stuff, no matter how well executed from a tools standpoint, will stand the test of time if you have not addressed the culture and more specifically, the person who is at the heart of it all. Jamie,
Wise caution to companies that want to be like Toyota. Now granted, most of my experience is with Ford, GM, and AB Volvo, but I have also done work with Alcoa and a number of smaller suppliers who stumble and fail trying to take short cuts on their way to seeking the Holy Grail. Too often, the main customers are engineers whose lifelong focus on tools actually works against them. None of this stuff, no matter how well executed from a tools standpoint, will stand the test of time if you have not addressed the culture and more specifically, the person who is at the heart of it all.

]]> By: Ron Pereira http://jamieflinchbaugh.com/2009/09/inside-the-mind-of-taiichi-ohno/comment-page-1/#comment-8 Ron Pereira Fri, 25 Sep 2009 02:00:34 +0000 http://jamieflinchbaugh.com/2009/09/inside-the-mind-of-taiichi-ohno/#comment-8 I absolutely loved this book... in fact I've read it several times. It's simple yet profound. I highly recommend it to anyone serious about learning the 'why' of lean instead of just the 'how.' Oh, and welcome to the blogosphere Jamie! I look forward to learning from your wisdom! I absolutely loved this book… in fact I’ve read it several times. It’s simple yet profound. I highly recommend it to anyone serious about learning the ‘why’ of lean instead of just the ‘how.’

Oh, and welcome to the blogosphere Jamie! I look forward to learning from your wisdom!

]]> By: Jon Miller http://jamieflinchbaugh.com/2009/09/inside-the-mind-of-taiichi-ohno/comment-page-1/#comment-6 Jon Miller Wed, 23 Sep 2009 16:28:37 +0000 http://jamieflinchbaugh.com/2009/09/inside-the-mind-of-taiichi-ohno/#comment-6 Hi Jamie, Thanks for featuring Ohno's book. Another good book featuring interviews with Ohno's students and their memory of him as a teacher during the early days of Toyota development of the lean system is The Birth of Lean published by LEI. Jon Hi Jamie,

Thanks for featuring Ohno’s book. Another good book featuring interviews with Ohno’s students and their memory of him as a teacher during the early days of Toyota development of the lean system is The Birth of Lean published by LEI.

Jon

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