The Toyota Way, Second Edition: 14 Management Principles from the World's Greatest Manufacturer, 2nd Edition

Acknowledgments

The original version of The Toyota Way book was the product of 20 years of study of Toyota. Much of that work was done under the auspices of the Japan Technology Management Program at the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, where I was co-director, then director. This program was started in 1991 with generous funding through the US Air Force Office of Scientific Research. I learned a ton under the mentorship of Japan-expert Dr. John Campbell who was co-director with me. In the more than 15 years since the original version, I continued to write books about different aspects of the Toyota Way, continued to teach and consult, and, most importantly, continued to learn. Enough had changed and I learned enough more, that I decided to ...