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The choice between renting expertise and building it is a century-old decision, and both experiments have run at scale. Only one of them compounded.

This is the second part of a series1 on the forward deployed engineer.

Everyone is hiring for a skill set that barely exists. The capability you need is already on your payroll. This first article of a three-part series1 examines the role of forward deployed engineers (how they work and the expense and in...

The Lean Enterprise Institute is pleased to announce the upcoming publication of The Work of a Chief Engineer: Inside Toyota’s Revolutionary Product Development System by Naoto Kitagawa thi...

Recently, Juan joined Captain Alexandre Gandini in the cockpit during two GOL Airlines flights from São Paulo Congonhas to Florianópolis and back. This interview is based on their conversation before and after the flights.

Juan Ruiz: When people think about pilots, technical expertise is one of the first things that come to mind. But after spendin...

On May 22, 2025, five Toyota Group companies jointly announced a coordinated investment in artificial intelligence and software capability: Toyota Motor Corporation, DENSO Corporation, AISIN Corporation, Toyota Tsusho Corporation, and Woven by Toyota launched tw...