Core Principles
The Shingo Prize, an organization that recognizes success in the discipline, has identified ten key principles its award winners display:
- Respect every individual
- Lead with humility
- Seek perfection
- Assure quality at the source
- Flow and pull value
- Embrace Scientific Thinking
- Focus on process
- Think systemically
- Create constancy of purpose
- Create value for the customer
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