Board:   [DoveNet] Religious Discussion/Debate/Evangelism
Subject: Re: On deeply held belief
From:    Dumas Walker
Date:    Thu Nov 12, 2026 22:53

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PF> -=> Dumas Walker wrote to Boraxman <=-
PF>
PF>  DW> I think that the American managers picked some of that up
PF>  DW> from the period when Japanese/other Asian companies
PF>  DW> started setting up offices and plants here.  Several of
PF>  DW> them would start the day off with "employee rallies" that
PF>  DW> were, at the time, foreign to American employers.
PF>
PF>  I think of the movie trope of companywide morning calesthenics
PF> in Japanese companies...

That is something that Hollywood emphasized for sure.  May not even be as true as they made it look.  I seem to remember that, at least early on, the original Toyota plant here in Kentucky (next county over) had employee rallies and other similar "celebrations" that they may (or may not) still do now.

Been a long time since I have known any one who still worked there to ask.


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