About this Presentation
In this presentation Yasunaga Wakabayashi will give an overview of his own TOCFE practice and what he learned from it. Yasunaga conducted TOCFE education programs as a teacher at Kyoto University and as a non-profit organization for the public at large. These experiences gave Yasunaga the great potential of TOCFE and its power to change the future.
What Will You Learn
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The Tea Workshop for Education is a powerful tool for improving and applying critical thinking, and is being utilized in various educational settings at Kyoto University.
The NPO, Tea Workshop for Education Japan branch, is actively spreading the principles of the Tea Workshop for Education in Japan through various activities and initiatives.
The speaker emphasizes on the importance of critical thinking in education and believes that anyone, anywhere, at any time, on any topic can use tea ceremony education.
Instructor(s)
Yasunaga Wakabayashi
Yasunaga Wakabayashi is a professor of marketing at Kyoto University and director of the Center for Management Research, Graduate School of Business Administration, Kyoto University. He researches and teaches marketing, distribution, commerce, services, entrepreneurship, and critical thinking. In 2011 he learned from Kathy Suerken (TOCFE President) at the first TOC International Certification Program for Education held in Japan. He is a TOCFE Master Facilitator and President of the Japan Branch of TOC for Education, a non-profit organization.
Ms Alka Wadhwa
Alka Wadhwa is an experienced consultant and process improvement expert with over 24 years of expertise in the Theory of Constraints (TOC), Lean Six Sigma, and organizational performance optimization. She has successfully led projects in healthcare, financial services, and manufacturing, driving significant improvements such as a 67% boost in hospital operations and a 140% increase in outpatient visits.
Previously, Alka Wadhwa spent 17+ years at GE Global Research Center, where she led initiatives to enhance various GE businesses through advanced technologies, process redesign, and system optimization. Founder of Better Solutions Consulting, LLC, she specializes in using TOC, Six Sigma, and data analytics to streamline operations and build high-performance teams.
Her work has earned her multiple accolades, including the Empire State Award of Excellence in healthcare.
Dr Gary Wadhwa
Dr. Gary Wadhwa is a Board Certified Oral & Maxillofacial Surgeon with extensive experience in the field. He completed his Oral & Maxillofacial Surgery training at Montefiore Hospital, Albert Einstein College of Medicine in Bronx, NY, and has served as an Attending at prestigious institutions like St. Peters Hospitals, Ellis Hospital, and Beth Israel Hospital in NY. With a career spanning over two decades, he was the former CEO and President of a group specialty practice in NY from 1994 to 2015. Dr. Wadhwa holds an MBA from UT at Knoxville, TN, and has undergone additional training in System Dynamics at MIT, Health System Management at Harvard Business School, and Entrepreneurship and healthcare innovations at Columbia Business School. Committed to expanding access to Oral & Maxillofacial Surgery care, he is currently engaged in a meaningful project to provide healthcare services to underserved populations in inner city and rural areas through non-profit Community Health Centers.