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GA 058 | Fueling Your Lean Journey with Rick Egelin

By Ron Pereira - May 14th, 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 Rick Egelin, CEO of Fireblast, a fascinating company that builds

What Do You Demonstrate and What Do You Tolerate?

By Steve Kane - May 8th, 2015

By Steve Kane I attended the AME Regional Conference in Denver last week and had some great conversations with Lean practitioners from a wide variety of organizations. It seems the topic of discussion in Lean circles has gravitated a

GA 057 | The Lean Race with Dan Markovitz

By Ron Pereira - May 7th, 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 Dan Markovitz, esteemed lean author and consultant. We discuss h

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

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

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

How to Be Lean

By Jon Miller - March 30th, 2015

Most people who come to Gemba Academy are looking for answers to three basic types of questions. The first is the technical question, relating to the practical details, formulas, calculations, shortcuts, dos and don’ts of specifi

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

The Value of Less

By Steve Kane - March 24th, 2015

The Wall Street Journal recently reported Porsche is limiting production despite an increase in demand for its vehicles. Without going into too much detail on the article, the idea is that the brand should remain exclusive in order

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

Lean Thinker Challenge #8

By Ron Pereira - March 10th, 2015

By Ron Pereira Welcome to another edition of the Lean Thinker Challenge! The Situation You’re an experienced lean thinker who recently joined a 75 person company that’s brand new to any sort of continuous improvement. Your

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

Bowling Should Be Unnecessary

By Steve Kane - March 3rd, 2015

By Steve Kane We often hear or read about work/life balance. It’s as though work is thought of as not part of one’s life but as a countering force. The very notion of balancing suggests conflict. After all it is con

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

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

Lean Thinker Challenge #7

By Ron Pereira - January 27th, 2015

Welcome to another edition of the Lean Thinker Challenge! The Situation Your boss, the Senior VP of Operations, has approached you about starting to practice 5S throughout your 350 person manufacturing company. His reasoning is quite s

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

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