Spiderman vs The Toyota Trilogy
I'm not sure why everyone gets so excited about a sequel to a sequel, but movie nuts sure do love a trilogy. The current fascination involves some spider fellow with the initials Pee Pee. Hmmm. I think he dies in this one; the bad guy wins for once, and the Spiderboy saga ends. Sorry to ruin your fun by dismantling your undying belief that good triumphs over evil. Now you can take the $9.00 allotted to this marketing extravaganza and buy yourself a nice pecan pie.
But you know what; it's not just movie buffs who like a trilogy. We business geeks like them too, but we only like when they are, you know, GOOD, informative, educational, and applicable. And it just so happens that as Predatory Invertebrate Man gets ready show his mad skills throughout the world's theaters, Jeffrey Liker and David Meier bless us with the third book in their super Toyota series. These are the SuperAuthors who blessed us with The Toyota Way and The Toyota Way Fieldbook, in which they introduced us to Toyota's revolutionary 4P model of excellence - Philosophy, People, Problem-Solving, and Process. In the third book of the Toyota trilogy, Toyota Talent, Jeffrey and David break down one of those P's - People.
Toyota doesn't simply employ people who make things. They produce great cars, but more importantly, they produce great and talented people who will continue to make great cars for a great and talented company...forever and ever and ever. Jeffrey and David reveal how the Japanese company puts extra emphasis on creating an organizational culture that relies on learning and teaching. Leaders teach and teachers learn, then the learners become teachers, and they become leaders who teach. Isn't that spectacular?
Really though, it all boils down to encouraging every single member of the organization to reach his or her fullest potential. How do they do it? Well, I can't tell you all of the ways, but some of them are:
- Recognize and develop potential trainers WITHIN your workforce
- Understand the various types of work and how to break complicated jobs into TEACHABLE SKILLS
- Identify your development needs and create a training plan
- Effectively educate nonmanufacturing employees and members of the staff
Almost everything revolves around education and reframing existing systems to make them an educational experience, rather than just a job. When this happens, you start seeing employees gather around the company philosophy like thirsty shipwrecked sailors gather around the bubbler once they reach land. Employees have their intrinsic need for growth, knowledge, and community met, and when needs are met, everyone willfully works together toward a common goal.
So make sure to dive into this remarkable people-based chapter of the Toyota trilogy. The authors spent decades doing research and field work to put it all together, and boy-oh-boy does it show. This books is nothing short of real real real good.
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P.S. I really don't have anything against Arachnid Dude or his movies. I just felt like being a wee bit snobby-riffic this morning. Have a great weekend.
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