About this episode

Andrew shares 15 lessons from Japan that challenge conventional thinking about leadership and continuous improvement.

Andrew returns from Japan with 15 lessons that challenged the way he thinks about leadership, training, standards, and continuous improvement. These include thoughts on how leaders accidentally become bottlenecks, why standards drift over time, and what it means to build a culture that surfaces problems instead of burying them.

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Hosts: Henry Holsters, Pierson Workholding

Guest: Andrew

Topics covered

• leadership
• training
• standards
• continuous improvement
• organizational culture

Keywords

• leadership
• training
• standards
• continuous improvement
• bottlenecks
• organizational culture
• problems

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Places: Japan

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