What would Ohno-san do?

<p>Taiichi Ohno (1912-1990) is considered the father of the Toyota Production System. For over five decades Ohno-san as he was respectfully referred to by colleagues and pupils put novel management practices to work at Toyota that have since become commonplace in the West. Think <em>jidoka just-in-time kanban </em>and<em> kaizen. </em>An industrial engineer by training Ohno-san integrated <em>lean</em> principles into a system of flow and human accomplishment that encompassed Toyota its suppliers and distributors<em>. </em>Ohno-san's superpower: He believed unwaveringly in people's ability to use their intellect and mastery for the purpose of solving problems on the shop floor the company and throughout society at large.</p><p></p><p><em>About the editors: </em>Niels Pflaeging is an entrepreneur consultant researcher creator of socio-tech and practitioner of organizational transformation. Stefan Schmeing has over two decades of experience in risk quality and sustainability management. He works for a Japanese trading company. </p><p></p><p>Let the flow manage the processes and not let management manage the flow. Taiichi Ohno</p>