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GA 075 | The Lean Frontiers Mission with Jim Huntzinger and Dwayne Butcher

By Jessica Bush - September 10th, 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. In today’s episode guests Dwayne Butcher and Jim Huntzinger of Lean Frontiers ex

GA 074 | Creating a Culture of Kaizen with Ron Pereira

By Jessica Bush - September 3rd, 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. In today’s episode, we’re sharing a special presentation Ron gave regarding

GA 073 | The Zingerman’s Approach to Lean with Tom Root

By Jessica Bush - August 27th, 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 Tom Root, a Managing Partner of Zingerman’s Mail Order.

The Cosmology of Meetings

By Jon Miller - August 24th, 2015

After a particularly interminable session of the Roman Senate, the emperor Marcus Aurelius is said to have observed, “He who does not know what the meeting is does not know where he is, and he who does not know for what purpose t

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AeroFit’s Factory Improvement Team

By Steve Kane - August 21st, 2015

Chris Ferrier, Manufacturing Engineer with AeroFit, was challenged to increase production on a manufacturing line by one part per hour. While this might sound easy, making it happen isn’t. AeroFit makes fluid fittings for aer

GA 071 | Practicing Lean with Mark Graban

By Jessica Bush - August 13th, 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 lean expert Mark Graban, a longtime friend of Gemba Academy. Mar

GA 070 | Menlo Innovations with Richard Sheridan

By Jessica Bush - August 6th, 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 podcast is based on one of our Gemba Live! episodes, featuring fascinatin

GA 069 | Lean Farming with Thomas Riner

By Jessica Bush - July 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 Thomas Riner. Thomas (who has a traditional continuous improvem

GA 068 | The Model Line Approach with Lee Fried and Kris Box

By Jessica Bush - July 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 guests are Lean Consultants Lee Fried and Kris Box. Lee and Kris speciali

The Whole Problem of End-to-End Productivity

By Jon Miller - July 20th, 2015

As the adage attributed to management guru Peter Drucker goes, “If you can’t measure it, you can’t improve it.” Well, you might be able to improve it by chance or by heroic effort, but not in a sustainable way.

GA 067 | Lean Dentistry with Dr. Sami Bahri, DDS

By Jessica Bush - July 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 Dr. Sami Bahri, aka the “The Lean Dentist.” Known fo

GA 065 | Lean Metrics with Robert St. Louis

By Jessica Bush - July 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 Robert St. Louis, a great lean thinker and manufacturing profess

How Do You Fight A Fire With A Garden Hose?

By Steve Kane - June 19th, 2015

By Steve Kane Many years ago, I was visiting a friend’s house in Southern California. It was a 1950’s ranch style house with a straight walkway from the street to the door. There was a tall palm tree where the walkway met the s

GA 063 | Practical Problem Solving: Part Two with Jon Miller

By Ron Pereira - June 18th, 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. In the second part of our Practical Problem Solving course, GA Co-Founder Jon Miller an

GA 062 | Lean for the Long Term with Ken Rolfes

By Ron Pereira - June 11th, 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 episode features Ken Rolfes, a longtime lean thinker, author, and AME aff

GA 061 | Adventurous Thinking with Sally Dominguez

By Ron Pereira - June 4th, 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 episode is a little different, in a fantastic way. As an architect, inven

GA 060 | Practical Problem Solving: Part One with Jon Miller

By Ron Pereira - May 28th, 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 episode is part one of a series featuring Jon Miller, one of Gemba Academ

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

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

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

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