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Gemba Academy Podcast: Lean Six Sigma | Toyota Kata | Productivity | Leadership
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- Gemba Academy Podcast: Lean Six Sigma | Toyota Kata | Productivity | Leadership
GA 656 | The Octopus Organization with Jana Werner
Most organizations are not failing because of bad strategy or lazy people. They are failing because they were designed for a world that no longer exists. Jana…
- Gemba Academy Podcast: Lean Six Sigma | Toyota Kata | Productivity | Leadership
GA 655 | Behavior Is the Audit with Adam Lawrence
Most kaizen practitioners know the moment when a skeptic turns. It can take a day, a week, or nine months, but something clicks and the person who crossed…
- Gemba Academy Podcast: Lean Six Sigma | Toyota Kata | Productivity | Leadership
GA 654 | Escaping Time Poverty with Peggy Sullivan
Most people who feel overwhelmed blame their schedule. Peggy Sullivan argues the diagnosis itself is wrong. Time poverty has nothing to do with time management…
- Gemba Academy Podcast: Lean Six Sigma | Toyota Kata | Productivity | Leadership
GA 653 | LifeStream Mapping with Christian Wolcott
Value stream mapping is one of the most familiar tools in lean practice. Christian Wolcott has spent 25 years using it with clients from Toyota suppliers to…
- Gemba Academy Podcast: Lean Six Sigma | Toyota Kata | Productivity | Leadership
GA 652 | Culture Before Technology with Hessam Vali
Most lean practitioners know the theory of constraints. Fewer apply it before they start fixing things. Hessam Vali, a manufacturing consultant and MES…
- Gemba Academy Podcast: Lean Six Sigma | Toyota Kata | Productivity | Leadership
GA 651 | The Soup Stage of Transformation with Ben Morley
Most resistance to lean is blamed on the wrong thing. Ben Morley, an Air Force pilot turned Lean Six Sigma consultant, argues the tools are never really the…
- Gemba Academy Podcast: Lean Six Sigma | Toyota Kata | Productivity | Leadership
GA 650 | Train It Before You Trust It with David Osagie-Igiehon
Most continuous improvement practitioners are using AI the same way they use Google, and getting roughly the same quality of results. David Osagie-Igiehon has…
- Gemba Academy Podcast: Lean Six Sigma | Toyota Kata | Productivity | Leadership
GA 649 | Accountability Starts in the Mirror with Michael Caito
Most organizations have a strategy. Far fewer can actually execute one. Michael Caito built and sold a food delivery business decades before DoorDash existed…
- Gemba Academy Podcast: Lean Six Sigma | Toyota Kata | Productivity | Leadership
GA 648 | Discovering Lean in High School with Ted Pendergrass
Most lean practitioners spend their careers trying to change the minds of adults who have been doing things the same way for decades. Ted Pendergrass decided…
- Gemba Academy Podcast: Lean Six Sigma | Toyota Kata | Productivity | Leadership
GA 647 | Making Sleep a Priority with Tim Thomas
Most organizations measure productivity, absenteeism, and safety incidents without ever asking what all three have in common. Tim Thomas, a former Australian…
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GA 646 | Connect Before You Correct with Royden Johnson and Luc van Merrienboer
Culture shapes how people receive change, and nowhere is that clearer than on a shop floor where history, language, and moral authority all sit alongside the…
- Gemba Academy Podcast: Lean Six Sigma | Toyota Kata | Productivity | Leadership
GA 645 | Why Leadership Is Failing with Keith Wyche
Trust in leadership has been declining for decades, and Keith Wyche has the research to prove it. A 40-year veteran of AT&T, IBM, and Walmart, Keith opened up…
- Gemba Academy Podcast: Lean Six Sigma | Toyota Kata | Productivity | Leadership
GA 644 | Defining Propaganda with Owen Fitzpatrick
Most leaders assume that the right argument, delivered clearly, will change minds. Owen Fitzpatrick has spent 30 years studying why that assumption is wrong. A…
- Gemba Academy Podcast: Lean Six Sigma | Toyota Kata | Productivity | Leadership
GA 643 | Asking Better Questions with Kabrina Ashley
Most organizations say they want high performers, yet quietly punish them for being too valuable to lose. Kabrina Ashley, a coach and behavioral science…
- Gemba Academy Podcast: Lean Six Sigma | Toyota Kata | Productivity | Leadership
GA 642 | The Future of Work with Jonathan David Lewis
Something fundamental has shifted in how people relate to work, and most leaders are still operating from a story that the workforce has already left behind…
- Gemba Academy Podcast: Lean Six Sigma | Toyota Kata | Productivity | Leadership
GA 641 | What Makes a Good Teammate with Eric Reveno
Most organizations spend enormous energy developing leaders and almost none developing teammates. Stanford Associate Head Men's Basketball Coach Eric Reveno…
- Gemba Academy Podcast: Lean Six Sigma | Toyota Kata | Productivity | Leadership
GA 640 | Optimistic Fear with Cornelia Choe
Most leaders think their biggest risk is making the wrong call. Cornelia Choe argues the real danger comes earlier, when a leader stops questioning the mental…
- Gemba Academy Podcast: Lean Six Sigma | Toyota Kata | Productivity | Leadership
GA 639 | Putting the Customer First with Slaytor Baldwin
A suppressor manufacturer in Utah started its lean transformation about a year ago. Twelve months later, inventory turns had doubled, changeover time dropped…
- Gemba Academy Podcast: Lean Six Sigma | Toyota Kata | Productivity | Leadership
GA 638 | Separating Risk from Being Reckless with George Barrios
Confidence and arrogance can look identical from the outside. George Barrios has spent a career in rooms where the difference mattered, from running a…
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GA 637 | Developing Organizational Maturity with Norman Wolfe
Most organizations have the systems. They have the processes, the KPIs, the structured meetings, the strategic plans. And they are still stuck. Norman Wolfe…
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GA 636 | Taking Control of Your Life with Joel Steele
Most people trying to improve their lives are doing it without a clear picture of what they are building toward. For Joel Steele, a near-miss with prison…
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GA 635 | Emotions Are Not the Enemy with D. Earl Johnston
Most continuous improvement practitioners are trained to prize logic and treat emotion as noise in the system. D. Earl Johnston spent nine years and thousands…
- Gemba Academy Podcast: Lean Six Sigma | Toyota Kata | Productivity | Leadership
GA 634 | Doubling Profits in 90 Days with Ben Hansen
This week's guest is Ben Hansen. Ron and Ben discussed how Ben helps companies improve their profit margins, dealing with "profititis," shifting your focus…
- Gemba Academy Podcast: Lean Six Sigma | Toyota Kata | Productivity | Leadership
GA 633 | Be Curious and Seek Knowledge with Andy Olrich
This week's guest is Andy Olrich. Ron and Andy discussed the roles of people and tools in continuous improvement, what NOT to do when building a lean culture…
- Gemba Academy Podcast: Lean Six Sigma | Toyota Kata | Productivity | Leadership
GA 632 | Performance Unleashed with Chris Libutti
This week's guest is Chris Libutti. Ron and Chris discussed Chris and his wife Yamila's book, "Performance Unleashed," his time in the military, the importance…
- Gemba Academy Podcast: Lean Six Sigma | Toyota Kata | Productivity | Leadership
GA 631 | What We Can Learn from Tetris with Michael Parent
This week's guest is Michael Parent. Ron and Michael discussed an interesting AI conundrum, the impact that systems and design have on performance, Michael's…
- Gemba Academy Podcast: Lean Six Sigma | Toyota Kata | Productivity | Leadership
GA 630 | Why Tone Matters with Shahab Shah
This week's guest is Shahab Shah. Ron and Shahab discussed the importance of balancing human empathy with the demands of reality, why tone matters, first steps…
- Gemba Academy Podcast: Lean Six Sigma | Toyota Kata | Productivity | Leadership
GA 629 | Why Leadership Is Like Cooking with Pete Behrens
This week's guest is Pete Behrens. Ron and Pete discussed Pete's book, "Into the Fog," what it means for leaders to face uncertainty, why leadership is like…
- Gemba Academy Podcast: Lean Six Sigma | Toyota Kata | Productivity | Leadership
GA 628 | A Factory on Fire: How Lean Saves Lives with Brian Meyers
This week's guest is Brian Meyers. Ron and Brian discussed the heart-stopping story of how Brian's facility caught fire, the profound difference lean made in…
- Gemba Academy Podcast: Lean Six Sigma | Toyota Kata | Productivity | Leadership
GA 627 | Value Stream Mapping on University Campuses with Kristin Kielich
This week's guest is Kristin Kielich. Ron and Kristin discussed Kristin's experiences with continuous improvement in education, dealing with resistance…
- Gemba Academy Podcast: Lean Six Sigma | Toyota Kata | Productivity | Leadership
GA 626 | Learning to See Waste with Randall Dupre
This week's guest is Randall Dupre. Ron and Randall discussed Randall's book, "Everyday Lean," the kinds of mistakes Randall sees people making, what good…
- Gemba Academy Podcast: Lean Six Sigma | Toyota Kata | Productivity | Leadership
GA 625 | Dealing with Hidden Threats with Dean Svarc
This week's guest is Dean Svarc. Ron and Dean discussed Dean's book, "Trojan Horse," navigating hidden threats, why culture matters, the mistakes leaders make…
- Gemba Academy Podcast: Lean Six Sigma | Toyota Kata | Productivity | Leadership
GA 624 | The Pause, Consider, Act Framework with Ashley Herd
This week's guest is Ashley Herd. Ron and Ashley discussed Ashley's Pause, Consider, Act Framework, the concept of a career quilt, micromanagement, and more…
- Gemba Academy Podcast: Lean Six Sigma | Toyota Kata | Productivity | Leadership
GA 623 | The Power of Entropy with Adam Lawrence
This week's guest is Adam Lawrence. Ron and Adam discussed Adam's Wheel of Sustainability, the importance of continuously improving, what his Sustainability…
- Gemba Academy Podcast: Lean Six Sigma | Toyota Kata | Productivity | Leadership
GA 622 | The State of AI with Steven Remsen
This week's guest is Steven Remsen. Ron and Steven discussed Steven's time at Intel, how to make change "stick" at a large organization, what Steven sees…
- Gemba Academy Podcast: Lean Six Sigma | Toyota Kata | Productivity | Leadership
GA 621 | The Five Habits of Hope with Dr. Julia Garcia
This week's guest is Dr. Julia Garcia. Ron and Julia discussed Julia's book, "The Five Habits of Hope," the power of resilience, the role hope plays in…
- Gemba Academy Podcast: Lean Six Sigma | Toyota Kata | Productivity | Leadership
GA 620 | Is Your Lean Operating System Talking or Singing? with Royden Johnson
This week's guest is Royden Johnson. Ron and Royden discussed the concept of a lean operating system talking versus singing, the different phases of the…
- Gemba Academy Podcast: Lean Six Sigma | Toyota Kata | Productivity | Leadership
GA 619 | Don’t Walk By a Mess with Chad Bareither
This week's guest is Chad Bareither. Ron and Chad discussed making culture changes in the workplace, powerful aspects of Japanese culture, the importance of…
- Gemba Academy Podcast: Lean Six Sigma | Toyota Kata | Productivity | Leadership
GA 618 | MORE Is Better with Kathy Miller
This week's guest is Kathy Miller. Ron and Kathy discussed manufacturing, Kathy's new book "MORE Is Better," optimism, psychological safety, and the art of…
- Gemba Academy Podcast: Lean Six Sigma | Toyota Kata | Productivity | Leadership
GA 617 | What Alignment Looks Like with Hanna Bauer
This week's guest is Hanna Bauer. Ron and Hanna discussed the role of emotional intelligence in success, balancing empathy and accountability, navigating love…
- Gemba Academy Podcast: Lean Six Sigma | Toyota Kata | Productivity | Leadership
GA 616 | Teaching Lean with Noah Waech
This week's guest is Noah Waech. Ron and Noah discussed Noah's experiences teaching lean, what happens when things don't go as planned, Value Stream Mapping…
- Gemba Academy Podcast: Lean Six Sigma | Toyota Kata | Productivity | Leadership
GA 615 | Radical Product Thinking with Radhika Dutt
This week's guest is Radhika Dutt. Ron and Radhika discussed OKRs, Toyota Kata, the target mentality, the OHLA puzzle framework, and more. An MP3 audio version…
- Gemba Academy Podcast: Lean Six Sigma | Toyota Kata | Productivity | Leadership
GA 614 | Getting Lean to Stick with Joel Hugghins
This week's guest is Joel Hugghins. Ron and Joel discussed dealing with CAVE people, intellectual property, getting lean to stick, and more. An MP3 audio…
- Gemba Academy Podcast: Lean Six Sigma | Toyota Kata | Productivity | Leadership
GA 613 | Revealing Hidden Truths with Billy Taylor
This week we're ringing in the New Year with Billy Taylor. Ron and Billy discussed strategy and KPAs, hidden truths, clarity, being hard on the process, and…
- Gemba Academy Podcast: Lean Six Sigma | Toyota Kata | Productivity | Leadership
GA 612 | Gratitude, Giving, and Growth with the Gemba Academy Team
This week, we're sharing a special Christmas episode featuring insights from the Gemba Academy team. Each individual answered the question: What does…
- Gemba Academy Podcast: Lean Six Sigma | Toyota Kata | Productivity | Leadership
GA 611 | The Role of Games in Continuous Improvement with Alexandra Suchman
This week's guest is Alexandra Suchman. Ron and Alexandra discussed the concept of relational waste, playing games in continuous improvement, the role of…
- Gemba Academy Podcast: Lean Six Sigma | Toyota Kata | Productivity | Leadership
GA 610 | Lean and AI in the Legal Field with Heather Underwood and Adam Marsland
This week's guests are Heather Underwood and Adam Marsland. Ron, Heather, and Adam discussed how lean is being applied in legal settings, the status quo when…
- Gemba Academy Podcast: Lean Six Sigma | Toyota Kata | Productivity | Leadership
GA 609 | Leveraging Overall Equipment Effectiveness with Caleb Wilczynski
This week's guest is Caleb Wilczynski. Ron and Caleb discussed Caleb's experience getting his Master Black Belt with Gemba Academy, the challenges his…
- Gemba Academy Podcast: Lean Six Sigma | Toyota Kata | Productivity | Leadership
GA 608 | Leading Without Authority with Ricky Banks
This week's guest is Gemba Academy Senior Coach and Instructor Ricky Banks. Ron and Ricky discussed what it means to lead without authority, working with…
- Gemba Academy Podcast: Lean Six Sigma | Toyota Kata | Productivity | Leadership
GA 607 | Improving Your Internal Operating System with Michelle Troseth and Tracy Christopherson
This week's guests are Michelle Troseth and Tracy Christopherson. Ron, Michelle, and Tracy discussed the concept of an internal operating system, dealing with…
- Gemba Academy Podcast: Lean Six Sigma | Toyota Kata | Productivity | Leadership
GA 606 | Fixing What Bugs You with Nick Klein
This week's guest is Nick Klein. Ron and Nick discussed how Nick applies lean at his organization, the challenges they're facing, and why quick improvements…
- Gemba Academy Podcast: Lean Six Sigma | Toyota Kata | Productivity | Leadership
GA 605 | The Katalyst Framework with Katie Anderson
This week's guest is Katie Anderson. Ron and Katie discussed Katie's most recent book, the Katalyst framework she created, her experiences leading trips in…
- Gemba Academy Podcast: Lean Six Sigma | Toyota Kata | Productivity | Leadership
GA 604 | Creating a Culture of Problem Solvers with Sarah Tilkens and Leah Roe
This week's guests are Sarah Tilkens and Leah Roe. Ron, Sarah, and Leah discussed the problem solver revolution, building trust in yourself and others, working…
- Gemba Academy Podcast: Lean Six Sigma | Toyota Kata | Productivity | Leadership
GA 603 | The Culture of Calm with Gui Costin
This week's guest is Gui Costin. Ron and Gui discuss fostering a calm company culture, bringing out the best in people, dealing with different generations and…
- Gemba Academy Podcast: Lean Six Sigma | Toyota Kata | Productivity | Leadership
GA 602 | Clues from the Factory Parking Lot with George Pesansky
This week's guest is George Pesansky. Ron and George discussed taking gemba walks, what we can learn from factory parking lots, the Kano model, and more.
- Gemba Academy Podcast: Lean Six Sigma | Toyota Kata | Productivity | Leadership
GA 601 | The Power of NLP with Josh Davis and Greg Prosmushkin
This week's guests are Josh Davis and Greg Prosmushkin. Ron, Josh, and Greg discussed NLP, or Neuro-Linguistic Programming, why it matters, how it can help in…
- Gemba Academy Podcast: Lean Six Sigma | Toyota Kata | Productivity | Leadership
GA 600 | Reflecting on Six Hundred Episodes with Ron Pereira
This week we're celebrating our 600th episode. Our Director of Studios Greg Nickell asked Ron about the company's growth over the years, the challenges we've…
- Gemba Academy Podcast: Lean Six Sigma | Toyota Kata | Productivity | Leadership
GA 599 | Coaching Different Personalities with Melissa Sherman
This week's guest is Melissa Sherman. Ron and Melissa discussed misconceptions about continuous improvement, navigating different personalities, the role…
- Gemba Academy Podcast: Lean Six Sigma | Toyota Kata | Productivity | Leadership
GA 598 | Making Lean Work with Darren Walsh
This week's guest is Darren Walsh. Ron and Darren discussed some of the pitfalls he's seen in continuous improvement, the corresponding countermeasures, his…
- Gemba Academy Podcast: Lean Six Sigma | Toyota Kata | Productivity | Leadership
GA 597 | Practicing Empathy and Empathetic Listening with Robin Hills
This week's guest is Robin Hills. Robin and Ron discussed emotional intelligence, unconscious bias, the importance of empathy and active listening, and more.