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24th Feb – Toyota Restart Day
Today, 24th February, is known as Toyota Restart Day. This commemorates the day in 2010, when then President Akio Toyota, testified at the US Congress following a major recall of vehicles due to quality issues, pledging to return the company to its core values of putting customer first, in terms of safety and quality. What
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Nemawashi (根回し)
Nemawashi is a Japanese consensus-building process used to prepare stakeholders before major decisions or changes, such as tech rollouts or business transformations. At companies like Toyota, it involves informal discussions,…
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My Berkshire experience
My Berkshire experience After years of saying “someday,” I finally decided 2025 would be the year. No more excuses, it was time to make the pilgrimage to Omaha. As fate…
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Exploring Albania
Just returned from a trip to Albania over the Easter holidays. Why Albania? No real reason, apart from a curiosity to see what the country had to offer. As a…
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Winning in the workplace by developing experience capital
This blog post was inspired by an article in the March/April 2025 edition of the Harvard Business Review, titled “How Women can win in the workplace”. I paraphrase and quote…