Visual Workplace Radio: Let The Workplace Speak

Answer this: How did knowledge first reach us about JIT, one-piece flow, employee empowerment, suggestion systems, SMED, X-Type Matrix, Total Productive Maintenance, and cellular design? If you say from Japan or even Toyota, you are only partly right. The truth is these world-changing methods arrived on our shores thanks, in great part, to the tireless efforts of Norman Bodek. Rightly dubbed “Dr. Improvement,” Norman nearly single-handedly brought the knowledge wealth of the then “Japanese Miracle” and turned it into courses, videos, and nearly 100 splendid books. In today’s show, Gwendolyn Galsworth interviews her past boss, asking him to share the telling details of how, in the 1980s and 90s, he did this with such speed and on a stunning scale. Then hear how Norman re-invented himself in the last decade to become author of now seven books on productivity, continuous improvement, and the power within. Hear about his latest amazing discovery: The Harada Method. This is a live show.