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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

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

Learning by Writing… by Hand

By Kevin Meyer - March 17th, 2015

By Kevin Meyer I’m an early adopter tech geek at heart, and generally am among the first to embrace a new technology. I may not go to the extreme of standing in line for a new iPhone, but I will pay to upgrade to the latest model

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

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

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 040 | Lean Safety with Robert Hafey

By Ron Pereira - January 8th, 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 Robert Hafey. Robert has an impressive corporate backgrou

GA 038 | The Lean Journey with Cedric Brown

By Ron Pereira - December 25th, 2014

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 conversation we had with Cedric Brown a

Reflecting on the Intentional Routine

By Kevin Meyer - December 16th, 2014

By Kevin Meyer My post a couple weeks ago on Gratitude, for Gratitude, generated a large number of responses. Interestingly, most were private, commenting on both the nature of gratitude but especially on my daily routine. I had de

GA 033 | The Lean CEO with Jacob Stoller

By Ron Pereira - November 20th, 2014

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 Jacob Stoller, journalist and author who is about to rele

GA 031 | Applying Lean Within the State of Washington with Hollie Jensen and Darrell Damron

By Ron Pereira - November 6th, 2014

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 week our guests are Hollie Jensen and Darrell Damron. Both Hollie and Dan work in

GA 028 | How Toyota Leverages Lean in the Front Office with Jeff Miller

By Ron Pereira - October 16th, 2014

Today’s guest is Jeff Miller, the Chairman of the Global Best Practices Group for Toyota Financial Services. A long-time Gemba Academy customer, my favorite thing about Jeff is his humility. Despite the prestige that comes with a

GA 027 | How Our Brains Impact Performance with Ron Pereira

By Ron Pereira - October 9th, 2014

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. We really changed things up in this episode. Instead of hosting, it was my turn to be t

GA 026 | How to Conduct a Gemba Walk with Michael Bremer

By Ron Pereira - October 2nd, 2014

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 wears many hats. Michael Bremer is a blogger, author, and President

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