Hide Oba Discusses His Father, Toyota's Hajime Oba

Lean Blog Interviews: Real-World Lean Leadership Conversations in Healthcare and Beyond · Jan 20, 2021 · 53m

TPS / Lean Consultant based in NYC

https://www.leanblog.org/397

Joining me for Episode #397 is Hide Oba. His father was the late Hajime Oba, famous for his work at Toyota and the TSSC, as Steve Spear and I discussed back in Episode #386.

Hide worked with his father at TSSC and also worked with him through the company H&M Operations Management, LLC. He is based in New York City. He says that his mission is to continue spreading his father's wisdom and I appreciate him doing so here with me on the podcast.

I asked Hide to summarize his father's life and work and he then talks about some of the…