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		<title>Toyota: &#8216;Innovative Problem-Solving Demands Diversity &amp; Inclusion&#8217;</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[<p>Toyota executives share how their remarkably diverse Treasury Department creates an engaged team that delivers significant business results.</p><p>The post <a href="http://www.diversityinc.com/diversity-events/toyota-innovative-problem-solving-demands-diversity-inclusion/">Toyota: &#8216;Innovative Problem-Solving Demands Diversity &#038; Inclusion&#8217;</a> appeared first on <a href="http://www.diversityinc.com">DiversityInc</a>.</p>]]></description>
				<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><a title="Toyota's Diversity Profile" href="http://www.diversityinc.com/toyota-motor-north-america/">Toyota</a>&#8216;s history of using <a title="Code Breakers &amp; Diversity: World War II Innovations" href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/worldwars/wwtwo/enigma_01.shtml" target="_blank">diversity for problem-solving dates back as far as World War II</a>, when a diverse team helped British code-breakers crack the German code system. That diversity of thought is apparent today, explained <a title="Wei Shi, Toyota, Biography" href="http://pressroom.toyota.com/article_display.cfm?article_id=2240" target="_blank">Wei Shi</a>, Vice President of Treasury, Finance and Analytics, <a title="Toyota Financial Services website" href="http://www.toyotafinancial.com/consumer/tfs.portal" target="_blank">Toyota Financial Services</a> at <a title="Diversity &amp; Innovation articles" href="http://www.diversityinc.com/topic/diversity-innovation/">DiversityInc&#8217;s Innovation Fest!</a></p>
<p>&#8220;Success requires more innovative problem solving, and more innovative <a title="How Recruiting People With Disabilities Solved Toyota’s Costly Problem" href="http://www.diversityinc.com/diversity-management/how-recruiting-people-with-disabilities-solved-toyotas-costly-problem/">problem solving demands diversity and inclusion</a>,&#8221; Shi said. Watch clips from his presentation below. Or you can <a title="Toyota: Innovation, Problem-Solving and Diversity &amp; Inclusion" href="http://diversityincbestpractices.com/supplier-diversity/toyota-innovative-problem-solving-demands-diversity-inclusion/" target="_blank">view the full presentation from Toyota and download the slides at DiversityIncBestPractices.com</a>.</p>
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<p><a title="Steven Howard, Toyota, LinkedIn page" href="http://www.linkedin.com/pub/stephen-howard/15/525/227" target="_blank">Stephen Howard</a>, Corporate Manager of Debt and Derivatives, Toyota Financial Services, shared how Toyota&#8217;s Treasury Department uses the diverse backgrounds and thoughts of its team and its suppliers to generate  significant business results.</p>
<p>&#8220;Working together with MWBEs is a sustainable platform. It&#8217;s good for business. It improves our ever-changing national demographic for the better,&#8221; Howard said. Watch clips from his presentation below. Or you can <a title="Toyota: Innovation, Problem-Solving and Diversity &amp; Inclusion" href="http://diversityincbestpractices.com/supplier-diversity/toyota-innovative-problem-solving-demands-diversity-inclusion/" target="_blank">view the full presentation from Toyota and download the slides at DiversityIncBestPractices.com</a>.</p>
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<p>Toyota Motor North America is No. 41 in the 2012 <a title="DiversityInc Top 50" href="http://www.diversityinc.com/the-diversityinc-top-50-companies-for-diversity-2012/">DiversityInc Top 50</a>.</p>
<span id="pty_trigger"></span><p>The post <a href="http://www.diversityinc.com/diversity-events/toyota-innovative-problem-solving-demands-diversity-inclusion/">Toyota: &#8216;Innovative Problem-Solving Demands Diversity &#038; Inclusion&#8217;</a> appeared first on <a href="http://www.diversityinc.com">DiversityInc</a>.</p>]]></content:encoded>
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