ABOUT THIS EPISODE
In this episode of KPI Fireside, host Keith Norris sits down with returning guest Darril Wilburn, senior partner at Honsha, and first-time guest Hiro Yoshiki, who spent 35 years at Toyota Motor Corporation before serving as president of Futaba Industrial, a major Toyota group supplier. Hiro worked on the site selection for Toyota's first wholly owned U.S. plant in Kentucky, helped create the Toyota Way 2001, and led the Kentucky plant's turnaround. Together, Hiro and Darril have co-authored Courage, Humility, Kaizen: The Three Disciplines of Toyota Culture.
🔻 Why so many companies implement TPS tools and still fail to sustain any of it
🔻 What courage actually means at Toyota and why setting a vision is one of the most courageous things a leader can do
🔻 How Genchi Genbutsu goes wrong when leaders show up with the answer already in their head
🔻 How Toyota's escalation model works so that problems get solved at the lowest possible level
🔻 Why the relentless pursuit of QCD is the true definition of TPS and everything else is just technique
🔻 What healthy paranoia means and why Hiro says he prefers it to any amount of recognition or celebration
🔻 How Hiro learned to never label people and why that became one of the most important lessons of his career
📚 Courage, Humility, Kaizen by Darril Wilburn and Hiro Yoshiki:https://www.amazon.com/Courage-Humility-Kaizen-Disciplines-Leadership/dp/B0HJP39WQH/ref=tmm_pap_swatch_0#detailBullets_feature_div
🌐 Learn more at Honsha: https://honsha.org/
🌐 Japan Study Missions with Darril and Hiro: https://www.honsha.org/events/executive-development-mission-next-edition/
🔗 Connect with Darril Wilburn on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/darrilwilburn/
🔗 Connect with Hiro Yoshiki on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/hiroyoshi-yoshiki-619b86a0/
🔗 Learn more about KPI Fire: https://www.kpifire.com/
🎙 Hosted by Keith Norris: https://www.linkedin.com/in/keithnorris/
