Creating High Velocity Organizations
summary
Certain organizations learn so much faster that they outcompete peers: Toyota moves from 1/8 to 2x world productivity by 1968 and sells ~7 million hybrids versus GM’s ~70k Volt; Toyota earns ~$2,700 profit per car vs Ford’s ~$900. Examples of the method: a chip fab cuts throughput from ~60 to 20 days and adds $10M/month; Pratt & Whitney reduces design from 4 to 3 years and halves ECOs to win F‑35; Alcoa cuts injury rate 2% → 0.07%; Treasury closes books 6 months → 3 days; a shelter shrinks intake 4 days → 4 hours. Core practices are predict outcomes, test and find why wrong, and teach others.
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chapters (22)
- 0:00Intro
- 0:27Question
- 1:38Why lean
- 2:52Toyota
- 7:54Introducing New Technology
- 9:07Solving the Same Problem
- 9:41The Rewards
- 11:18Moores Law
- 11:43Knowledge is better
- 12:01The phenomenon
- 13:01Hyman Rickover
- 20:41Why are we wrong
- 25:01Leadership
- 29:54Microchip Factory
- 30:18Pratt Whitney
- 30:59Alcoa
- 31:50Paul ONeill
- 33:35A quick story
- 35:23Value to market more quickly
- 38:08Why did it end this way
- 38:54Who will speed the phenomenal play
- 40:36Malcom Butler
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