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Happy Labor Day
September 3, 2007

Monday is Labor Day, a holiday in the United States. Since one of the main pillars of the Toyota Production System is "respect for people," let's revisit previous Lean Blog posts that focus on that concept.

I learned, very early in my career, that a company's problems aren't likely the result of "lazy" employees who "don't care" about the business at hand. Leadership has a responsibility to have the right management system in place.

Henry Ford once said something to the effect of, "Workers will work under any system." Instead of blaming workers for our problems, let's put the right type of Lean leadership in place and let's turn "workers" into "thinkers" of the "Thinking Production System."'

Happy Labor Day, everyone.

Posted by Mark Graban on September 3, 2007 | Comments (0)