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...transmit know-how and technology, especially over long distances and across national cultures. When Toyota opened its Georgetown, Ky., plant in 1988, hundreds of work-team specialists and other experts were transplanted from Japan for several years to make sure the new plant fully absorbed the Toyota way. That kind of hand-holding may still be possible, but it isn't as easy. How can that be fixed? Says Spear: "The big deal is this question, Does an organization know how to hear and respond to weak signals, which are the problems, or does it have to hear strong signals...
...Lentz, who defended Toyota recently at the Detroit Auto Show, said that while the recall is embarrassing, "it doesn't necessarily mean we've lost our edge on quality." It's way too early, he insists, to tell what kind of impact the multiple recalls will have on Toyota's sales...
...like, “Yeah, whatever, that’s a world record, you know. I’m 15.” And I go and swim my race, touch the wall, and it was the exact same time he predicted. And so you kind of remember those things. It was your first world record, you had a crush on a boy then, and you’re in a foreign country. You’re still in like ninth grade or middle school or something or a freshman in high school, and you just remember...
Feng has been central to the development of Harvard’s Chinese language program, having created the Harvard-Beijing Academy summer program, a nine week-long intensive language study program that is regarded as among the best of its kind. He also introduced a fifth-year level course to the Chinese language program at the College...
...think it’s obvious that their impact was tremendous,” Amaker says. “There’s nothing like having the students bring that kind of spirit and energy to the building...