Do you “Poka-yoke”?
The Proven Entrepreneur
Don Williams
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🗓️ 8 May 2021
⏱️ 4 minutes
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Do you “Poka-yoke”? Poka-yoke comes from a Japanese word - “Baka Yoke,” which means ‘fool proofing’ or ‘idiot-proofing.’ Poka-yoke is a little milder - it means to avoid an unthinkably wrong move…apply poka-yoke to your business and watch it grow.
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| 0:00.0 | Are you an entrepreneur that's short on time, money, or just looking for that success blueprint? |
| 0:09.0 | The proven entrepreneur is the podcast for you. |
| 0:12.5 | Host Don Williams and his guests are sharing and inspiring entrepreneurs around the world |
| 0:18.2 | with real success stories. |
| 0:20.0 | Here's your host Don Williams. |
| 0:23.0 | Hey, it's Don Williams and it's the proven entrepreneur. |
| 0:29.1 | I want to share a term with you that I just learned. |
| 0:33.8 | I think the term is pronounced poked yolk. |
| 0:38.4 | Now poked yolk comes from a Japanese term called baka yolk. |
| 0:47.3 | And baka yolk means foolproofing or maybe less politically correct, idiot proofing. |
| 0:56.1 | Poked yolk is a little milder. |
| 0:58.8 | It means to avoid an unthinkably bad move. |
| 1:04.2 | So typically poked yolk is used in engineering. |
| 1:10.6 | And the example, this really bright client of mine shared with me was when you look at |
| 1:17.1 | a three prong plug like it's on the end of a lamp cord, rasterio cord or computer |
| 1:23.1 | cord. |
| 1:24.6 | One of the blades is a little taller than the other. |
| 1:28.4 | One of the blades is a little shorter than the other. |
| 1:32.2 | And then there's the cylinder underneath the two blades. |
| 1:37.7 | And try as you might, that outlet, that plug will only fit in the electrical outlet in |
| 1:47.2 | one manner in the correct manner. |
| 1:49.9 | You cannot mix it up. |
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