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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

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 Jeff Miller, the Chairman of the Global Best Practices Group for

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

GA 025 | Defeating Complexity By Leveraging People with Kevin Meyer

By Ron Pereira - September 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. Today’s guest is Gemba Academy Co-Founder Kevin Meyer. Kevin wears many hats at Gemba

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