Gwendolyn Galsworth

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Gwendolyn Galsworth
Born
upper New York State
CitizenshipAmerican
Education Montclair State University,

Sorbonne

Indiana University Bloomington, Indiana (Masters and PhD)
Occupation(s)Author, researcher, consultant, practitioner
Organization(s)Visual Thinking Inc.; Visual-Lean Institute; Visual Thinking Europe
Known forDeveloping and codifying workplace visuality, visual thinking, and the visual workplace as an applied field
AwardsShingo Research and Professional Publication Award 2011 and 2006

Gwendolyn Galsworth is an American author, researcher, hands-on practitioner, and consultant known in the field of workplace visuality and visual thinking. She is the founder of Visual Thinking Inc. and the Visual-Lean Institute, serves as a Faculty Fellow at the Shingo Institute, and is a Lifetime Member of the Shingo Academy. She has written seven books, two of which—Visual Workplace-Visual Thinking and Work That Makes Sense—have received the Shingo Research and Professional Publication Award. [1] [2]

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Galsworth was one of the ten original members a team assembled by Norman Bodek in the early 1980s to document and explain what was then called The Japanese Manufacturing Miracle, exemplified by the Toyota Production System through books and resources from Japan.

Early life and education

Galsworth was born in Brooklyn, New York, and grew up in Long Branch, New Jersey. She earned a Bachelor of Arts in Latin (with a minor in French) from Montclair State College, studied at La Sorbonne in Paris (1967–1968), and in the Department of Education for the Deaf and Hearing-Impaired at Hunter College in New York City (1971–1972). She then received a Master of Science (1980) and Doctor of Philosophy (1984) in adult education and statistics from Indiana University Bloomington. [3] [ dead link ]

Career

Galsworth served as founding director of the Bloomington Community Hospice in Indiana (1980–1982). [3] [ dead link ] From 1983 to 1990, she was director of training development and consulting at Productivity Inc. in Cambridge, Massachusetts, working with Ryuji Fukuda and Shigeo Shingo. [4] [ independent source needed ]

In 1991 she founded Quality Methods International Inc., later renamed Visual Thinking Inc. [4] [5] In 2005, she established the Visual-Lean Institute to train, license, and certify trainers and consultants in her visual workplace methods. [6] [ independent source needed ] In 2022, she opened Visual Thinking Europe. [7] [ independent source needed ]

Awards

Books

References

  1. ↑ "About Dr. Gwendolyn Galsworth – Visual Thinking Inc". Visual Workplace. Retrieved 2025-10-24.
  2. ↑ "Shingo Research and Professional Publication Award Recipients – Utah State University – Shingo Institute" . Retrieved 2025-10-24.
  3. 1 2 Quality Digest (2006). "Profiles in Quality: Gwendolyn Galsworth, Ph.D." Retrieved 16 September 2025.{{cite magazine}}: Cite magazine requires |magazine= (help)
  4. 1 2 "About Dr. Gwendolyn Galsworth". Visual Workplace. Retrieved 16 September 2025.
  5. ↑ Dalpino, Nicolette (29 October 2008). "Profiles in Quality: Gwendolyn D. Galsworth, Ph.D." Quality Digest. Retrieved 16 September 2025.
  6. ↑ "Visual-Lean Institute". Visual Workplace. Retrieved 16 September 2025.
  7. ↑ "CEIDG Registration – Visual Thinking Europe". Polish Central Registration and Information on Business (CEIDG). Retrieved 17 September 2025.
  8. ↑ "The Shingo Prize – A World Standard…For a Global Economy". Shingoprize.org. Retrieved 2013-10-04.
  9. ↑ "Shingo Prize : Past Recipients" (PDF). Shingoprize.org. Retrieved 2013-10-04.
  10. ↑ Schonberger, Richard (2016). "Review: Smart Simple Design—Reloaded". Target Magazine.
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