Gemba Academy Podcast: Lean Six Sigma | Toyota Kata | Productivity | Leadership
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Gemba Academy Podcast: Lean Six Sigma | Toyota Kata | Productivity | Leadership
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GA 641 | What Makes a Good Teammate with Eric Reveno
Most organizations spend enormous energy developing leaders and almost none developing teammates. Stanford Associate Head Men’s Basketball Coach Eric...
GA 640 | Optimistic Fear with Cornelia Choe
Most leaders think their biggest risk is making the wrong call. Cornelia Choe argues the real danger comes earlier, when a leader stops questioning th...
GA 639 | Putting the Customer First with Slaytor Baldwin
A suppressor manufacturer in Utah started its lean transformation about a year ago. Twelve months later, inventory turns had doubled, changeover time...
GA 638 | Separating Risk from Being Reckless with George Barrios
Confidence and arrogance can look identical from the outside. George Barrios has spent a career in rooms where the difference mattered,...
GA 637 | Developing Organizational Maturity with Norman Wolfe
Most organizations have the systems. They have the processes, the KPIs, the structured meetings, the strategic plans. And they are still stuck. Norman...
GA 636 | Taking Control of Your Life with Joel Steele
Most people trying to improve their lives are doing it without a clear picture of what they are building toward. For Joel Steele, a near-miss with pri...
GA 635 | Emotions Are Not the Enemy with D. Earl Johnston
Most continuous improvement practitioners are trained to prize logic and treat emotion as noise in the system. D. Earl Johnston spent nine years and t...
GA 634 | Doubling Profits in 90 Days with Ben Hansen
This week’s guest is Ben Hansen. Ron and Ben discussed how Ben helps companies improve their profit margins, dealing with “profititis,” shifting your...
GA 633 | Be Curious and Seek Knowledge with Andy Olrich
This week’s guest is Andy Olrich. Ron and Andy discussed the roles of people and tools in continuous improvement, what NOT to do when building a lean...
GA 632 | Performance Unleashed with Chris Libutti
This week’s guest is Chris Libutti. Ron and Chris discussed Chris and his wife Yamila’s book, “Performance Unleashed,” his time in the military, the i...
GA 631 | What We Can Learn from Tetris with Michael Parent
This week’s guest is Michael Parent. Ron and Michael discussed an interesting AI conundrum, the impact that systems and design have on performance, Mi...
GA 630 | Why Tone Matters with Shahab Shah
This week’s guest is Shahab Shah. Ron and Shahab discussed the importance of balancing human empathy with the demands of reality, why tone matters, fi...
GA 629 | Why Leadership Is Like Cooking with Pete Behrens
This week’s guest is Pete Behrens. Ron and Pete discussed Pete’s book, “Into the Fog,” what it means for leaders to face uncertainty, why leadership i...
GA 628 | A Factory on Fire: How Lean Saves Lives with Brian Meyers
This week’s guest is Brian Meyers. Ron and Brian discussed the heart-stopping story of how Brian’s facility caught fire, the profound difference lean...
GA 627 | Value Stream Mapping on University Campuses with Kristin Kielich
This week’s guest is Kristin Kielich. Ron and Kristin discussed Kristin’s experiences with continuous improvement in education, dealing with resistanc...
GA 626 | Learning to See Waste with Randall Dupre
This week’s guest is Randall Dupre. Ron and Randall discussed Randall’s book, “Everyday Lean,” the kinds of mistakes Randall sees people making, what...
GA 625 | Dealing with Hidden Threats with Dean Svarc
This week’s guest is Dean Svarc. Ron and Dean discussed Dean’s book, “Trojan Horse,” navigating hidden threats, why culture matters, the mistakes lead...
GA 624 | The Pause, Consider, Act Framework with Ashley Herd
This week’s guest is Ashley Herd. Ron and Ashley discussed Ashley’s Pause, Consider, Act Framework, the concept of a career quilt, micromanagement, an...
GA 623 | The Power of Entropy with Adam Lawrence
This week’s guest is Adam Lawrence. Ron and Adam discussed Adam’s Wheel of Sustainability, the importance of continuously improving, what his Sustaina...
GA 622 | The State of AI with Steven Remsen
This week’s guest is Steven Remsen. Ron and Steven discussed Steven’s time at Intel, how to make change “stick” at a large organization, what Steven s...
GA 621 | The Five Habits of Hope with Dr. Julia Garcia
This week’s guest is Dr. Julia Garcia. Ron and Julia discussed Julia’s book, “The Five Habits of Hope,” the power of resilience, the role hope plays i...
GA 620 | Is Your Lean Operating System Talking or Singing? with Royden Johnson
This week’s guest is Royden Johnson. Ron and Royden discussed the concept of a lean operating system talking versus singing, the different phases of t...
GA 619 | Don’t Walk By a Mess with Chad Bareither
This week’s guest is Chad Bareither. Ron and Chad discussed making culture changes in the workplace, powerful aspects of Japanese culture, the importa...
GA 618 | MORE Is Better with Kathy Miller
This week’s guest is Kathy Miller. Ron and Kathy discussed manufacturing, Kathy’s new book “MORE Is Better,” optimism, psychological safety, and the a...
GA 617 | What Alignment Looks Like with Hanna Bauer
This week’s guest is Hanna Bauer. Ron and Hanna discussed the role of emotional intelligence in success, balancing empathy and accountability, navigat...
GA 616 | Teaching Lean with Noah Waech
This week’s guest is Noah Waech. Ron and Noah discussed Noah’s experiences teaching lean, what happens when things don’t go as planned, Value Stream M...
GA 615 | Radical Product Thinking with Radhika Dutt
This week’s guest is Radhika Dutt. Ron and Radhika discussed OKRs, Toyota Kata, the target mentality, the OHLA puzzle framework, and more. An MP3 audi...
GA 614 | Getting Lean to Stick with Joel Hugghins
This week’s guest is Joel Hugghins. Ron and Joel discussed dealing with CAVE people, intellectual property, getting lean to stick, and more. An MP3 a...
GA 613 | Revealing Hidden Truths with Billy Taylor
This week we’re ringing in the New Year with Billy Taylor. Ron and Billy discussed strategy and KPAs, hidden truths, clarity, being hard on the proces...
GA 612 | Gratitude, Giving, and Growth with the Gemba Academy Team
This week, we’re sharing a special Christmas episode featuring insights from the Gemba Academy team. Each individual answered the question: What does...
GA 611 | The Role of Games in Continuous Improvement with Alexandra Suchman
This week’s guest is Alexandra Suchman. Ron and Alexandra discussed the concept of relational waste, playing games in continuous improvement, the role...
GA 610 | Lean and AI in the Legal Field with Heather Underwood and Adam Marsland
This week’s guests are Heather Underwood and Adam Marsland. Ron, Heather, and Adam discussed how lean is being applied in legal settings, the status q...
GA 609 | Leveraging Overall Equipment Effectiveness with Caleb Wilczynski
This week’s guest is Caleb Wilczynski. Ron and Caleb discussed Caleb’s experience getting his Master Black Belt with Gemba Academy, the challenges his...
GA 608 | Leading Without Authority with Ricky Banks
This week's guest is Gemba Academy Senior Coach and Instructor Ricky Banks. Ron and Ricky discussed what it means to lead without authority, working w...
GA 607 | Improving Your Internal Operating System with Michelle Troseth and Tracy Christopherson
This week's guests are Michelle Troseth and Tracy Christopherson. Ron, Michelle, and Tracy discussed the concept of an internal operating system, deal...
GA 606 | Fixing What Bugs You with Nick Klein
This week's guest is Nick Klein. Ron and Nick discussed how Nick applies lean at his organization, the challenges they're facing, and why quick improv...
GA 605 | The Katalyst Framework with Katie Anderson
This week's guest is Katie Anderson. Ron and Katie discussed Katie's most recent book, the Katalyst framework she created, her experiences leading tri...
GA 604 | Creating a Culture of Problem Solvers with Sarah Tilkens and Leah Roe
This week’s guests are Sarah Tilkens and Leah Roe. Ron, Sarah, and Leah discussed the problem solver revolution, building trust in yourself and others...
GA 603 | The Culture of Calm with Gui Costin
This week's guest is Gui Costin. Ron and Gui discuss fostering a calm company culture, bringing out the best in people, dealing with different generat...
GA 602 | Clues from the Factory Parking Lot with George Pesansky
This week's guest is George Pesansky. Ron and George discussed taking gemba walks, what we can learn from factory parking lots, the Kano model, and mo...