EPISODE · Feb 26, 2026 · 15 MIN

What Deming and Fujio Cho Agreed On: Stop Demotivating People

from Lean Blog Audio: Practical Lean Thinking, Psychological Safety, and Continuous Improvement · host Mark Graban

The blog postTL;DR: Deming and Toyota's Fujio Cho asked the same uncomfortable question: why do management systems destroy motivation in people who started out wanting to do good work? The answer points to practices leaders can actually change.Check part 1 of this series in episode 464,

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