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steven j. spear

Learning to Lead at Toyota: The Idea in Brief Many companies try to emulate Toyota's vaunted production system TPS, which uses simple real-time experiments to continually improve operations. Yet few organizations garner the hoped-for successes Toyota consistently achieves: unmatched quality,...; Tags: Training, TPS, Harvard Business Review, In Brief, Steven J. Spear, Human Resources, Workforce Management, Toyota Motor Corp., Worker; Articles 2007-12-14

Evidence-Based Management: The Idea in Brief Managers have tough jobs: Under intense pressure to make decisions with incomplete information, even the best among us make mistakes. The good news? Evidence abounds to help us make the right choices....; Tags: Managing, Sales, Productivity, Sales Strategy, Manager, Evidence, DaVita Inc., Patient, Leading, Data, Jeffrey Pfeffer, Robert I. Sutton, Harvard Business Review, In Brief; Articles 2007-12-14
Deep Smarts: The Idea in Brief It takes years for your company's best people to acquire their expertise--but only seconds for them to walk out the door when opportunity beckons. And when they go, they take their...; Tags: Walter Swap, Dorothy Leonard, In Brief, Harvard Business Review, Management, Strategy, Knowledge Coach, Novice, Network, Knowledge, Toyota Motor Corp.; Articles 2008-02-13
The Why, What, and How of Management Innovation: The Idea in Brief Breakthroughs in your company's management processes--such as creation of intellectual property, brand building, talent development--deliver potent competitive advantages. By perfecting the industrial research laboratory, for example, General Electric won more patents than...; Tags: Strategy, Leadership, Innovation, Belief, Toyota Motor Corp., Management Innovation, Management Innovator, Management, Gary Hamel, Harvard Business Review, In Brief; Articles 2008-04-01