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Cargo cults – imitation without understanding

During World War II, the Japanese and Allies took turns occupying the islands of Melanesia. Both sides flew in loads of cargo–supplies and military equipment. After the war, the supplies stopped coming but charismatic cult leaders took advantage of the […]

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A map of the unknown world

“A Ghurka rifleman escaped from a Japanese prison in south Burma and walked six hundred miles alone through the jungles to freedom. The journey took him five months, but he never asked the way and he never lost the way…” […]

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What is Gemba?

This is really new to me, and I like it. “‘Going to Gemba’ is the act of visiting the shop floor in Lean. Literally translated as ‘The Real Place’, it pushes leadership to understand their own business.” | learn more