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Eiji Toyoda Dies at 100

This NY Times article made me think of a book I read years ago, The Machine That Changed the World by Womack, Jones and Roos.  That book did more to form my outlook on manufacturing and lean production than years of business school study. A great book about a world changing process.

Rest in peace, Mr. Toyoda.

Eiji Toyoda, Promoter of the Toyota Way and Engineer of Its Growth, Dies at 100

The Machine That Changed the World: The Story of Lean Production-- Toyota's Secret Weapon in the Global Car Wars That Is Now Revolutionizing World Industry

DOCUMERICA

Just found an interesting website from the National Archives about an EPA program from the 1970's called DOCUMERICA. I discovered the program via Salon.com.

Many photographs are available online.  This is a photo meant to document the effects of silt runoff from construction sites: SILT RUNOFF FROM CONSTRUCTION SITES

Lots to explore online!

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Design Thinking Video

Found this nice video on design thinking at http://mgekeler.tumblr.com/:

design co-innovation

Reading List

Jus began reading This is Service Design Thinking by Marc Stickdorn and Jakob Schneider (and apparently crowdsourced as well). Should be interesting and I like the self-referential nature of the book in that the authors used methods and techniques being taught in the book to create the book.

Mind bending, right?

Great infographic: Most Amazing Construction Projects

Tom Peters once said that nobody cares the Pyramids were over budget and late. Check out this infographic about construction projects.

The Most Amazing Construction Projects