With a spot on the Forbes list of the World’s Best Employers and multiple gongs for the Best Global Culture, Best Company for Diversity, and Best Company Happiness, Ford’s talent and people teams have a reason to be proud of what they do.
So says Melissa Thompson, Global Head of Talent Acquisition at Ford Motor Company. Thompson recently chatted with JobSync about how Ford’s culture of Kaizen—the Japanese philosophy of making small, incremental changes for continuous improvement—is driving big changes in the company’s talent acquisition processes.
Ford has a long history of innovation, from the invention of the assembly line to the development of electric vehicles. Its name is synonymous with Kaizen, and the ethos is carried over into the company’s recruiting practices.