Visual Workplace Radio: Let The Workplace Speak

Did you know: 50 percent of our brain function is dedicated to seeing and interpreting visual data? Yes, that’s the way we make sense out of all that we see—and we humans see a great deal. In 1985, the host of this radio show, Gwendolyn Galsworth, had an encounter that revealed this but not in a way she recognized at the time. The players: 1- an operator, 2- an indexed final assembly line at Toyota, 3- an impact wrench, 4- five lug nuts and 5- a bucket of pink powder. The stage was set. Hidden in plain sight, that pink powder was much more than it seemed—and much more powerful than its fluffiness might suggest. As she slowly realized that that powder was in fact a performance partner in Toyota’s production process—plus key to the perfect quality for which the company was then famous. Listen as Gwendolyn supplies the details of this scenario and describes the two prime principles of visuality that she derived from it -with examples. Tune in-Learn more. Let the workplace speak.