Death of Hybrid Camry Chief Engineer is Ruled Overwork
This is interesting in so many ways. Not only that the Toyota system – long held up as a shining example of lean, sustainable working – can also burn people out, but also that the Japanese have a special word “karoshi” for death by over work. Learning and practising techniques to avoid this situation is vital for any team.
InfoQ: Death of Hybrid Camry Chief Engineer is Ruled Overwork
For more information on Lean, see also this rewcent InfoQ article
Steve wrote:
It’s sad because I had always thought that automation would lead to liberation from time-sapping work. Yet it seem that the more we automate, the more work we create and the less time we have. If life is time, and work consumes life, and automation creates work, then the Luddites were right, but for the wrong reasons!
Posted on 14-Aug-08 at 3:11 pm | Permalink