Pink Powder and the Two Primes
October 20, 2016
Hosted by Gwendolyn D. Galsworth, Ph.D.
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Episode Description
Did you know: 50 percent of our brain function is dedicated to seeing and interpreting visual data? Yes, that’s the way we make sense out of all that we see—and we humans see a great deal. In 1985, the host of this radio show, Gwendolyn Galsworth, had an encounter that revealed this but not in a way she recognized at the time. The players: 1- an operator, 2- an indexed final assembly line at Toyota, 3- an impact wrench, 4- five lug nuts and 5- a bucket of pink powder. The stage was set. Hidden in plain sight, that pink powder was much more than it seemed—and much more powerful than its fluffiness might suggest. As she slowly realized that that powder was in fact a performance partner in Toyota’s production process—plus key to the perfect quality for which the company was then famous. Listen as Gwendolyn supplies the details of this scenario and describes the two prime principles of visuality that she derived from it -with examples. Tune in-Learn more. Let the workplace speak.
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Gwendolyn D. Galsworth, Ph.D.
Gwendolyn D. Galsworth, PhD, is president and founder of Visual Thinking Inc. and The Visual-Lean Institute(r), a training, consulting, and research firm in visual workplace technologies. Over a period of 30 years, Dr. Galsworth has codified the field of visuality into a single coherent framework of thinking and application called the 10-Doorway Model.
In 2005, Dr. Galsworth established the Visual-Lean(r) Institute where in-house and external trainers are licensed in nine core visual workplace courses.
Four of her nine courses are now available as on-line training systems (English/Spanish), with more to come. Galsworth is author of seven books, including two Shingo Prize winners: Visual Workplace/Visual Thinking and Work That Makes Sense, available from her website and Amazon.
Dr. Galsworth began in the 1980s as the head of training/development at Productivity Inc. She worked closely with Dr. Ryuji Fukuda to adapt the CEDAC(r) method for western companies, and with Dr. Shigeo Shingo to develop, among many things, poka-yoke for the West. She was principal developer of Visual Factory, TEIAN (operator-led suggestion systems), and the X-Type Matrix.
A Fellow on the Shingo Institute Faculty and former Baldrige and Shingo Examiners, Galsworth has led study missions to some of the world’s finest companies, including in Japan. Dr. Galsworth lives in New England where she happily works, hikes, and writes.