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The application of lean IT at Toyota Motor Europe

The application of lean IT at Toyota Motor Europe

Pierre Masai
December 3, 2014

VIDEO INTERVIEW - We spoke with Toyota Motor Europe's CIO at the Lean IT Summit about hoshin and IT, the application of the agile methodology, and the power of coaching.


Interviewee: Pierre Masai, CIO, Toyota Motor Europe

Photo courtesy of: Camille Brunat DocuDoc films



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Managing digital product teams to outcomes instead of output
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Managing digital product teams to outcomes instead of output

FEATURE – A traditional output-based mindset is not appropriate in the digital world. In this piece, the author explains why digital product teams should be managed to outcomes, instead.

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All by Yourself? Find Your Lean Trojan Horse
December 15, 2015
All by Yourself? Find Your Lean Trojan Horse

FEATURE ARTICLE - Sometimes, introducing lean thinking in an organization can make you feel lonely and hopeless. This article, which draws on the author's experience working with a chain of supermarkets in Siberia, offers some tips on what to do to start off a lean transformation.

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Asking the right questions. Sure, but how?
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Asking the right questions. Sure, but how?

FEATURE – This interesting article asks what it means to ask to right questions and explains why the way to success is learning about problems, not wondering whether solutions are wrong or right.

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Toyota: differentiation and vitality
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Toyota: differentiation and vitality

FEATURE – Toyota recently achieved the #1 spot in sales in the United States after 90 years of leadership by GM, which shows how capable the lean management philosophy is to overcome difficult circumstances in the market.

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