Dr. Steve Spear
Senior Lecturer, System Dynamics, MIT Sloan
Harvard doctorate · MIT master’s degrees in engineering and management · 2026 AME keynote speaker
Steve has spent three decades studying why some organizations dramatically outperform peers with comparable people and resources. His extensive research into Toyota and other high-performing organizations helped explain how exceptional organizations learn, solve problems and improve as they work.
His work became the basis for the Alcoa Business System and DTE Operating System and has informed major programs at Intel, GSK, Pratt & Whitney, Intuit and Novelis.
Books, papers + recognition
Full publication record ↗
Publication Award·Philip B. Crosby Medal
Prize for Research Excellence·Philip B. Crosby Medal
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Decoding the DNA of the Toyota Production System
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Learning to Lead at Toyota
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