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Slow… or Just Observant?

By Kevin Meyer - May 1st, 2015

By Kevin Meyer The recent earthquake in Nepal has led me to reflect a bit on the importance of observation. Just over a year ago my wife and I were in Nepal, visiting various locations in the Kathmandu valley as well as Pokhara and B

GA 056 | Intentional Leadership with Chris Burnham

By Ron Pereira - April 30th, 2015

Press the play button above to listen to the episode. If you’re reading this via email or RSS click the image below to listen to the episode. Today’s guest is Chris Burnham, lean thinker and host of the incredible Lean Lead

GA 055 | Being a Visible Leader with Philip Holt

By Ron Pereira - April 23rd, 2015

Press the play button above to listen to the episode. If you’re reading this via email or RSS click the image below to listen to the episode. Today’s guest is Philip Holt, head of Partnership Development and Accounting Oper

Showered With Creativity

By Steve Kane - April 17th, 2015

By Steve Kane I spent the this week working from the Gemba Academy studios in Fort Worth, Texas. During my visit the subject of overburdening came up a couple of times:once in discussion with Gemba Academy’s business developmen

GA 054 | The Five Guiding Principles with Jonathan Escobar Marin

By Ron Pereira - April 16th, 2015

Press the play button above to listen to the episode. If you’re reading this via email or RSS click the image below to listen to the episode. Today’s guest is Jonathan Escobar Marin, Global Head of Lean Management for the P

Find the Other Stories

By Kevin Meyer - April 10th, 2015

By Kevin Meyer I recently came across the following TED Talk by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie where she talks about the “danger of a single story.” From growing up as a kid in Nigeria to studying in the United States and into

GA 053 | Creating a Successful Lean Enterprise with Rick Harris

By Ron Pereira - April 9th, 2015

Press the play button above to listen to the episode. If you’re reading this via email or RSS click the image below to listen to the episode. Today’s guest, Rick Harris, is one of the greats in the world of continuous impro

Finding Our Own Way

By Ron Pereira - April 3rd, 2015

By Ron Pereira “I invented nothing new. I simply assembled the discoveries of other men behind whom where centuries of work.” -Henry Ford My colleague, Steve, recently experienced a rotten customer service situation with

GA 052 | The New Approach to Lean with Mark Rosenthal

By Ron Pereira - April 2nd, 2015

Press the play button above to listen to the episode. If you’re reading this via email or RSS click the image below to listen to the episode. Today’s guest is Mark Rosenthal, long-time lean thinker and blogger. Mark has an

Lean Leadership Lessons from William T. Sherman

By Jon Miller - March 26th, 2015

By Jon Miller I just finished reading a book about the Civil War General William Tecumseh Sherman, titled Fierce Patriot: The Tangled Lives of William Tecumseh Sherman, by Robert O’Connell. I recommend it heartily for fans of milita

GA 051 | The Lean Transition with Ashley Bailey

By Ron Pereira - March 26th, 2015

Press the play button above to listen to the episode. If you’re reading this via email or RSS click the image below to listen to the episode. Today’s guest is Ashley Bailey, Managing Director of Klime-Ezee, a warehouse step

GA 050 | Six Years Later: Our Journey

By Ron Pereira - March 19th, 2015

Press the play button above to listen to the episode. If you’re reading this via email or RSS click the image below to listen to the episode. During a recent meeting in Palm Springs, we sat down with each member of the team (exce

GA 049 | The Green Beret Way to Lead with Sam MacPherson

By Ron Pereira - March 12th, 2015

Press the play button above to listen to the episode. If you’re reading this via email or RSS click the image below to listen to the episode. Today’s guest is Sam MacPherson, former Chief of Training for the U.S. Army Speci

GA 048 | The Hidden Brain with Mark Jaben

By Ron Pereira - March 5th, 2015

Press the play button above to listen to the episode. If you’re reading this via email or RSS click the image below to listen to the episode. Today’s guest is Mark Jaben, a longtime Emergency Physician with a particular int

GA 047 | Developing a Lean Ecosystem with David Mann

By Ron Pereira - February 26th, 2015

Press the play button above to listen to the episode. If you’re reading this via email or RSS click the image below to listen to the episode. Today’s guest is David Mann. David is the author of Creating a Lean Culture: Tool

GA 046 | Lean in Japan with Mark Graban

By Ron Pereira - February 19th, 2015

Press the play button above to listen to the episode. If you’re reading this via email or RSS click the image below to listen to the episode. This episode’s guest is Mark Graban, VP of Customer Success at KaiNexus and longt

How to Build a Workplace People Love By Adding Joy

By Ron Pereira - February 17th, 2015

By Ron Pereira I want to keep my message short, and to the point, since I want to help you carve out 56 minutes from your week in order to watch what I believe to be one of the most amazing business stories ever told. Richard Sheridan

GA 045 | Respect for People with Past Guests

By Ron Pereira - February 12th, 2015

Press the play button above to listen to the episode. If you’re reading this via email or RSS click the image below to listen to the episode. This episode is a little different. Our good friend and past guest Jamie Parker suggest

It’s Not Supposed To Hurt

By Steve Kane - February 10th, 2015

By Steve Kane Getting Started I bought a road bicycle a few years ago for physical fitness. It seemed to be the most enjoyable and least painful form of exercise that I could do from home on a daily basis. Riding, or spinning as cy

GA 044 | Beyond Heroes with Kim Barnas

By Ron Pereira - February 5th, 2015

Press the play button above to listen to the episode. If you’re reading this via email or RSS click the image below to listen to the episode. Today’s guest is Kim Barnas, author and former Senior VP at healthcare network Th

GA 043 | Making Mistakes with Mike Grogan

By Ron Pereira - January 29th, 2015

Press the play button above to listen to the episode. If you’re reading this via email or RSS click the image below to listen to the episode. Today’s guest is Mike Grogan, who you may remember from another episode we record

GA 042 | Lean for Retail & Service Organizations with Josh Howell

By Ron Pereira - January 22nd, 2015

Press the play button above to listen to the episode. If you’re reading this via email or RSS click the image below to listen to the episode. This episode’s guest is Josh Howell, a Senior Coach at the Lean Enterprise Instit

Swimming With Alligators

By Steve Kane - January 20th, 2015

By Steve Kane When I was a kid, I visited my dad at his office quite often. I remember he had a note on a corkboard that read “When you’re up to your [backside] in alligators, it can be difficult to remember your original objective

GA 041 | FedEx Office’s Lean Journey with Jamie Parker

By Ron Pereira - January 15th, 2015

Press the play button above to listen to the episode. If you’re reading this via email or RSS click the image below to listen to the episode. Today’s guest is Jamie Parker, one of my all-time favorite lean thinkers. Jamie i

Why Habits Could Be the Secret to Your Success in 2015

By Ron Pereira - January 6th, 2015

“All our life, so far as it has a definite form, is but a mass of habits.” – William James It’s the new year and just about everyone I know has some sort of resolution. Some want to lose weight so they’re committe

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