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Expo speaker helped Toyota surpass GM
Published April 24, 2007 - BizTimes Daily
Toyota Motor Corp. has surpassed General Motors Corp. as the world's top automaker. Toyota said Monday it sold 2.35 million vehicles, up 9 percent, in the most recent quarter, surpassing GM's 2.26 million.
Toyota's surge to the top of the automotive world has been led by its advancements in fuel efficiencies and hybrid technologies at a time when Detroit automakers were stacking up inventories of trucks and sport utility vehicles amid skyrocketing gas prices.
Toyota's culture of innovation produces 1 million new ideas every year. A key player in developing that culture was consultant Matthew May, author of a new book, "The Elegant Solution: Toyota's Formula for Mastering Innovation." May will be the keynote speaker at the IQ (Innovation Quotient) Awards Luncheon at the Wisconsin Business & Technology Expo on Wednesday, May 2, at Wisconsin State Fair Park.
May will share his insights about how to develop a corporate culture of innovation. Attendees will receive a copy of his book. After the luncheon, May will sign autographs on the books at the Small Business Times booth at the Expo.
The IQ Awards will honor southeastern Wisconsin's most innovative organizations and businesses, including: Bowers & Associates Inc., Franklin; the IBEW Great Lakes Training program; Lakefront Brewery, Milwaukee; the Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra; Northwoods Software Development Inc., Milwaukee; Poblocki Sign Co. LLC, West Allis; Safe Building Solutions, Waukesha; Shorewest Realtors, Brookfield; Simix Reactive Solutions LLC, Kenosha; Wixon Inc., St. Francis.
Tom Still, president of Wisconsin Business & Technology Expo, will speak at the luncheon about the progress in developing the IQ Corridor through Wisconsin between Chicago and Minneapolis.
To register for the IQ Luncheon, visit http://expo.biztimes.com/expo/events-schedule.cfm#iqawards.
