The Principle of Perfection - an interview with Matthew E. May, author of "The Elegant Solution: Toyota's Formula for Masting Innovation" - we discuss many topics surrounding innovation, Matthew's experiences in working with Toyota over an 8 year period, the idea of continuous innovation and continuous improvement (here goes the BIG I Innovation and small i innovation discussion again!). Defining perfection, differences between perfection in the East (Japan in particular) versus West, Toyota's pursuit of perfection coming from an initial infection by an American (Deming), and many other intriguing discussion points!
Questions, comments? Please feel free to post to the blog - www.biztechtalk.com, and we'll see about continuing and deepening the conversation.
What are you and your organization doing to systematically improve your innovation capability? Let's discuss it here, or feel free to call 781-268-0716 and leave me a message regarding this post. Any interesting comments I get I will post to the blog (unless you prefer not to get your 15 megabytes of fame). NOTE: There is a limit of 2 minutes per recording, so you will need to be somewhat brief. Have your caffeine fix in advance of the call ;).
Reference URLs for Matthew E. May and the book being discussed are:
www.elegantsolutionbook.com
www.aevitas.com
And take a peek at his blog "Elegant Solutions" as well - all good resources!
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