Visual Workplace Radio: Let The Workplace Speak

Some US politicians have provocative notions about Mexico and its society. They talk about keeping the Mexican people out of the USA—while, in the view of other political leaders, we should be looking for ways to bring more Mexicans in. Gwendolyn Galsworth, your host and visual expert, spent last week in one of Mexico’s main industrial cities—Queretaro. She was there under the auspices of the Opex Academy-Shingo Prize to conduct visual site assessments, meet with business leaders, and spread the word about workplace visuality and its power to inform and transform. And what a trip it was. Although Gwendolyn has worked in Mexico’s maquiladora centers since 1986 -Juarez, Matamoros, Reynosa-, this time she went deeper and further—and encountered that country’s beating heart. Tune in this week as she shares what she discovered: that nation’s rich value system that we in the USA would do well to appreciate and cultivate in our own lives and companies. Tune in-Learn more.