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Podcast: Product Mastery Now for Product Managers, Leaders, and Innovators
Episode: 547: Why product leaders need to understand the hoshin kanri framework – with Mark Reich
Description: Vertical and horizontal alignment in product management
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TLDR
In this episode of Product Mastery Now, I’m interviewing Mark Reich, senior coach at Lean Enterprise Institute and former Toyota executive, to demystify hoshin kanri—a Japanese strategic framework that transformed organizations like Toyota and powered major innovations such as the Lexus launch. Mark outlines how hoshin kanri enables both top-down and bottom-up alignment, creating a culture where strategy and innovation are owned at every level of the organization.
Introduction
Product managers know they need to a...