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From 2013 -- http://www.leanblog.org/audio277

A principle that has been often discussed (and hopefully practiced) in the Lean community over the past few years is usually described as \u201crespect for people.\u201d

A certain British rabble rouser recently said the following at a Lean conference: \u201cAll this respect for people stuff is horse sh*t,\u201d and it is a \u201cconventional Western management interpretation.\u201d He mocked the idea of \u201crespect for people programs,\u201d although I'm not sure where such a standalone program has ever been attempted. That sounds like a strawman, the idea that a company would have a \u201crespect for people\u201d program.

Let me explain why he's wrong \u2014 \u201crespect for people\u201d is not horse sh*t\u201d \u2014 and we can explore some great links on \u201crespect for people\u201d in this post.