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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 596 | Taking Stock of Your Leadership with Grace Gavin
This week's guest is Grace Gavin. Ron and Grace discussed honesty in the workplace, how company hierarchies play a role, the importance of accountability…
- Gemba Academy Podcast: Lean Six Sigma | Toyota Kata | Productivity | Leadership
GA 595 | Dynamic Work Design with Don Kieffer
This week's guest is Don Kieffer. Ron and Don discussed the concept of dynamic work design, their individual takes on AI, Don's book, and more.
- Gemba Academy Podcast: Lean Six Sigma | Toyota Kata | Productivity | Leadership
GA 594 | Common Failures in Modern Leadership with William C. Davis
This week's guest is William C. Davis. Ron and William discussed some defining moments in William's impressive career, what leaders are doing wrong nowadays…
- Gemba Academy Podcast: Lean Six Sigma | Toyota Kata | Productivity | Leadership
GA 593 | The Importance of Simplification with Dr. Lucas Chesla and Kirk Nicholas
This week's guests are Dr. Lucas Chesla and Kirk Nicholas. Luke and Kirk shared how continuous improvement is used in the military, the book they wrote…
- Gemba Academy Podcast: Lean Six Sigma | Toyota Kata | Productivity | Leadership
GA 592 | The Aha! Moment with Dexter Chan
This week's guest is Dexter Chan. Ron and Dexter discussed handling resistance, other challenges he's faced, and why the "Aha!" moment makes all the effort…
- Gemba Academy Podcast: Lean Six Sigma | Toyota Kata | Productivity | Leadership
GA 591 | The Power of Slow, Incremental Growth with Brian Schreuder
This week's guest is Brian Schreuder. Ron and Brian discussed Brian's company's lean journey, some of the challenges they've faced, what their material…
- Gemba Academy Podcast: Lean Six Sigma | Toyota Kata | Productivity | Leadership
GA 590 | The Smart Factory with Nikhil Pal
This week's guest is Nikhil Pal. Ron and Nikhil discussed the concept of the Smart Factory, the analytics involved, the effect technology has had on humanity…
- Gemba Academy Podcast: Lean Six Sigma | Toyota Kata | Productivity | Leadership
GA 589 | Implementing Lean at Small to Mid-Sized Manufacturers with Justin Goethe
This week's guest is Justin Goethe. Ron and Justin discussed why people struggle to get on board with lean, the role traditional consulting can play, why "A…
- Gemba Academy Podcast: Lean Six Sigma | Toyota Kata | Productivity | Leadership
GA 588 | When Lean Doesn’t Stick with Holly Plaga
This week's guest is Holly Plaga. Ron and Holly discussed why lean doesn't always take root, the mindset necessary for success, creating a sustainable lean…
- Gemba Academy Podcast: Lean Six Sigma | Toyota Kata | Productivity | Leadership
GA 587 | The Differences Between Six Sigma Belts with John Knotts
This week's guest is John Knotts. Ron and John, a Senior Coach at Gemba Academy, discussed cultural alignment in continuous improvement, the key differences…
- Gemba Academy Podcast: Lean Six Sigma | Toyota Kata | Productivity | Leadership
GA 586 | Being Kaizen Ninjas with Kirsten Gallagher and Adam Lawrence
This week's guests are Kirsten Gallagher and Adam Lawrence. Ron, Kirsten, and Adam discussed Kirsten and Adam's individual backgrounds, what it means to be a…
- Gemba Academy Podcast: Lean Six Sigma | Toyota Kata | Productivity | Leadership
GA 585 | OKRs and Accountability with Philipp Schett
This week's guest is Philipp Schett. Ron and Philipp discussed OKRs, accountability, making structural changes, balancing transparency and autonomy, and more.
- Gemba Academy Podcast: Lean Six Sigma | Toyota Kata | Productivity | Leadership
GA 584 | Radical Love Leadership with Mike Schoenberger
This week's guest is Mike Schoenberger. Ron and Mike discussed the concept of "Radical Love Leadership," improving the human connection at work, his company…
- Gemba Academy Podcast: Lean Six Sigma | Toyota Kata | Productivity | Leadership
GA 583 | Misconceptions About Lean with Alen Ganic
This week's guest is Alen Ganic. Ron and Alen discussed how Alen simplifies complicated topics, the powers of lean beyond manufacturing, dealing with "CAVE"…
- Gemba Academy Podcast: Lean Six Sigma | Toyota Kata | Productivity | Leadership
GA 582 | Living Conditionally vs. Unconditionally with Andy Crocker
This week's guest is Andy Crocker. Ron and Andy discussed Andy's book, "The Unconditionals," what it was like working on a project for NASA, the importance of…
- Gemba Academy Podcast: Lean Six Sigma | Toyota Kata | Productivity | Leadership
GA 581 | Managing by Influence with James Turk
This week's guest is James Turk. Ron and James discussed James' book "The Giving Game," choosing between leadership styles, dealing with personality conflicts…
- Gemba Academy Podcast: Lean Six Sigma | Toyota Kata | Productivity | Leadership
GA 580 | The Transformation of Operational Excellence with Dr. Adil Dalal
This week's guest is Dr. Adil Dalal. Ron and Adil discussed the rapid evolution of AI and technology, how it affects lean and operational excellence, and more.
- Gemba Academy Podcast: Lean Six Sigma | Toyota Kata | Productivity | Leadership
GA 579 | The Big Thinking of a Small Knight with Brian DeVries
This week's guest is Brian DeVries. Ron and Brian discussed Brian's new book "The Big Thinking of a Small Knight," the roles storytelling and leadership play…
- Gemba Academy Podcast: Lean Six Sigma | Toyota Kata | Productivity | Leadership
GA 578 | Navigating Panic Attacks and Burnout with Eric Recker
This week's guest is Eric Recker. Ron and Eric discussed Eric's mental health struggles, how he handled having panic attacks, "winning the now," and more. An…
- Gemba Academy Podcast: Lean Six Sigma | Toyota Kata | Productivity | Leadership
GA 577 | The Potential for Personal Transformation with Patrick Adams
This week's guest is Patrick Adams. Ron and Patrick had an extremely profound conversation about Patrick’s childhood, the personal transformation he’s gone…
- Gemba Academy Podcast: Lean Six Sigma | Toyota Kata | Productivity | Leadership
GA 576 | Authentic Leadership with Tony Hayes
This week's guest is Tony Hayes. Ron and Tony discussed the meaning behind authentic leadership, the importance of humility and vulnerability, dealing with…
- Gemba Academy Podcast: Lean Six Sigma | Toyota Kata | Productivity | Leadership
GA 575 | Continuous Improvement at Corporations vs. Startups with Christopher Lieb
This week's guest is Christopher Lieb. Ron and Chris discussed Chris's transition from practicing continuous improvement at a large company to a startup, the…
- Gemba Academy Podcast: Lean Six Sigma | Toyota Kata | Productivity | Leadership
GA 574 | Dealing with Resistance from Management with Tanner McClure
This week's guest is Tanner McClure. Ron and Tanner discussed Tanner's introduction to lean, dealing with resistance from management and supervisors, the…
- Gemba Academy Podcast: Lean Six Sigma | Toyota Kata | Productivity | Leadership
GA 573 | Initiating Operational Excellence on a Global Scale with Jackey Lin
This week's guest is Jackey Lin. Ron and Jackey discussed Jackey's diverse career background, deploying operational excellence on a global scale, overcoming…
- Gemba Academy Podcast: Lean Six Sigma | Toyota Kata | Productivity | Leadership
GA 572 | Dealing with Burnout with Steven Langer
This week's guest is Steven Langer. Ron and Steven discussed what it means to optimize workplace culture, what a strong organizational culture looks like…
- Gemba Academy Podcast: Lean Six Sigma | Toyota Kata | Productivity | Leadership
GA 571 | What Employee Engagement Isn’t with Craig Coyle
This week's guest is Craig Coyle. Ron and Craig discussed Craig's experience as an Apache pilot, what employee engagement is and isn't, why new leaders quit…
- Gemba Academy Podcast: Lean Six Sigma | Toyota Kata | Productivity | Leadership
GA 570 | How Kanban Exposes Problems with Uriel Eisen
This week's guest is Uriel Eisen. Ron and Uriel discussed the importance of kanban, why increasing your inventory isn't always a bad thing, Uriel's background…
- Gemba Academy Podcast: Lean Six Sigma | Toyota Kata | Productivity | Leadership
GA 569 | Reliability Kaizen with Adam Lawrence
This week's guest is Adam Lawrence. Ron and Adam discussed reliability kaizen, what it means, how it relates to the Wheel of Sustainability, and more.
- Gemba Academy Podcast: Lean Six Sigma | Toyota Kata | Productivity | Leadership
GA 568 | Lean and Talent Development with Sarah Tilkens
This week's guest is Sarah Tilkens. Ron and Sarah discussed The KPI Lab (which Sarah founded), why talent development is critical, what leaders can do to help…
- Gemba Academy Podcast: Lean Six Sigma | Toyota Kata | Productivity | Leadership
GA 567 | Developing Human Skills with Thomas Gelmi
This week's guest is Thomas Gelmi. Ron and Thomas discussed Thomas's unique background, how he helps leaders develop their "human" skills, navigating different…
- Gemba Academy Podcast: Lean Six Sigma | Toyota Kata | Productivity | Leadership
GA 566 | Managing With Your Eyes with Alen Ganic
This week's guest is Alen Ganic. Ron and Alen discussed visual management, examples of visual management they have seen and created, dealing with any…
- Gemba Academy Podcast: Lean Six Sigma | Toyota Kata | Productivity | Leadership
GA 565 | Continuous Improvement in Higher Education with Dr. Brad Miller
This week's guest is Dr. Brad Miller. Ron and Dr. Miller discussed what it's like to teach Lean and Six Sigma at a university, the business lessons that can be…
- Gemba Academy Podcast: Lean Six Sigma | Toyota Kata | Productivity | Leadership
GA 564 | ISO 9001 and Continuous Improvement with Ridha Dhrifi
This week's guest is Ridha Dhrifi. Ron and Ridha discussed ISO 9001, how it aligns with lean manufacturing, balancing compliance with operational efficiency…
- Gemba Academy Podcast: Lean Six Sigma | Toyota Kata | Productivity | Leadership
GA 563 | Habits Over Resolutions with Ron Pereira
This week's guest is Ron Pereira. In this new years-themed episode, Ron explains why forming new habits is often more effective than keeping new resolutions…
- Gemba Academy Podcast: Lean Six Sigma | Toyota Kata | Productivity | Leadership
GA 562 | Lean in the Prison Industry with Brandon Bunn
This week's guest is Brandon Bunn. Ron and Brandon discussed what it looks like to leverage lean and continuous improvement inside prison facilities, some of…
- Gemba Academy Podcast: Lean Six Sigma | Toyota Kata | Productivity | Leadership
GA 561 | People and Process Integration with Beau Groover
This week's guest is Beau Groover. Ron and Beau discussed people and process integration, lean leadership, Beau's "GSD" system, and more.
- Gemba Academy Podcast: Lean Six Sigma | Toyota Kata | Productivity | Leadership
GA 560 | Flow Engineering with Steve Pereira
This week's guest is Steve Pereira. Ron and Steve discussed flow engineering, Steve's latest book, the relationship between value, clarity, and flow, and more.
- Gemba Academy Podcast: Lean Six Sigma | Toyota Kata | Productivity | Leadership
GA 559 | Organizational Problem Solving with Matt White
This week's guest is Matt White. Ron and Matt discussed problem solving, Matt's backgrounds in both manufacturing and healthcare, the importance of using the…
- Gemba Academy Podcast: Lean Six Sigma | Toyota Kata | Productivity | Leadership
GA 558 | The Power Is in the Question with Topaz Adizes
This week's guest is Topaz Adizes. Ron and Topaz discussed Topaz's studio The Skin Deep, his film {The And}, and the conversation cards he created. Focused on…
- Gemba Academy Podcast: Lean Six Sigma | Toyota Kata | Productivity | Leadership
GA 557 | Meeting Customer Demand with Gary Cihak
This week's guest is Gary Cihak. Ron and Gary discussed Gary's Six Sigma Green Belt project, what he learned from it, how he dealt with the resistance that…
- Gemba Academy Podcast: Lean Six Sigma | Toyota Kata | Productivity | Leadership
GA 556 | What a Successful Lean Transformation Looks Like with Chad Bareither
This week's guest is Chad Bareither. Ron and Chad discussed lean transformations, the role leaders play in them, creating a sense of ownership, and more. An…
- Gemba Academy Podcast: Lean Six Sigma | Toyota Kata | Productivity | Leadership
GA 555 | The Key to Successful Daily Management with José Ferro
This week's guest is José Ferro. Ron and José discussed daily management, what it is, what the main obstacles involved are, and more.
- Gemba Academy Podcast: Lean Six Sigma | Toyota Kata | Productivity | Leadership
GA 554 | Leveraging Emotional Intelligence with Robin Hills
This week's guest is Robin Hills. Ron and Robin discussed the importance of Emotional Intelligence, how it involves more than just our brains, assessing our…
- Gemba Academy Podcast: Lean Six Sigma | Toyota Kata | Productivity | Leadership
GA 553 | The Art of Project Management with Annette Johnston
This week's guest is Annette Johnston. Ron and Annette discussed project management, the role project managers play in decision making, what habits a good…
- Gemba Academy Podcast: Lean Six Sigma | Toyota Kata | Productivity | Leadership
GA 552 | Identifying the Real Problems with Bill Krolicki
This week's guest is Bill Krolicki. Ron and Bill discussed data analytics, automation, the PDCA cycle, knowing if you're winning or losing, and more.
- Gemba Academy Podcast: Lean Six Sigma | Toyota Kata | Productivity | Leadership
GA 551 | Knowing Honesty and Listening to Understand with Grace Gavin
This week's guest is Grace Gavin. Ron and Grace discussed the importance of open and honest communication, what it means to truly listen, the obstacles that…
- Gemba Academy Podcast: Lean Six Sigma | Toyota Kata | Productivity | Leadership
GA 550 | Assessing and Improving an Organization’s Culture with Garrett Delph
This week's guest is Garrett Delph. Ron and Garrett discussed Garrett's company Clarity Ops, his take on continuous improvement, what it means to be…
- Gemba Academy Podcast: Lean Six Sigma | Toyota Kata | Productivity | Leadership
GA 549 | Toyota Kata at Jack Henry with April Bell
This week's guest is April Bell. Ron and April discussed how Jack Henry uses Toyota Kata, the power of making predictions, managing remote teams, and more.
- Gemba Academy Podcast: Lean Six Sigma | Toyota Kata | Productivity | Leadership
GA 548 | Using Continuous Improvement in Your Daily Life with Dhana Hanumayya
This week's guest is Dhana Hanumayya. Ron and Dhana discussed how Dhana uses continuous improvement and quality controls at home, the cause and effect matrix…
- Gemba Academy Podcast: Lean Six Sigma | Toyota Kata | Productivity | Leadership
GA 547 | Doing Lean vs. Using Lean with Gregg Miner
This week's guest is Gregg Miner. Ron and Gregg discussed the difference between "doing" lean and "using" lean, how this applies to leaders, the true…
- Gemba Academy Podcast: Lean Six Sigma | Toyota Kata | Productivity | Leadership
GA 546 | Navigating Business Turnarounds with Alfonso Aramburo
This week's guest is Alfonso Aramburo. Ron and Alfonso discussed Alfonso's experiences with turnarounds, leadership styles, balancing financial restructuring…
- Gemba Academy Podcast: Lean Six Sigma | Toyota Kata | Productivity | Leadership
GA 545 | Combining Performance and Purpose with Fabrice Desmarescaux
This week's guest is Fabrice Desmarescaux. Ron and Fabrice discussed Fabrice's journey towards professional fulfillment and how he helps others find purpose in…
- Gemba Academy Podcast: Lean Six Sigma | Toyota Kata | Productivity | Leadership
GA 544 | Flow Efficiency vs. Resource Efficiency with Alen Ganic
This week's guest is Alen Ganic. Ron and Alen, a Senior Lean and Six Sigma Coach at Gemba Academy, discussed the definitions of flow efficiency and resource…
- Gemba Academy Podcast: Lean Six Sigma | Toyota Kata | Productivity | Leadership
GA 543 | Using Improv in Kaizen Events with Adam Lawrence
This week's guest is Adam Lawrence. Ron and Adam discussed the Wheel of Sustainability, how it plays into a kaizen event, and how improv can also be a powerful…
- Gemba Academy Podcast: Lean Six Sigma | Toyota Kata | Productivity | Leadership
GA 542 | The Digitization of Work with Ron Crabtree
This week's guest is Ron Crabtree. The two Rons discussed the concept of digital transformation, or digitization, including what it entails, how to navigate…
- Gemba Academy Podcast: Lean Six Sigma | Toyota Kata | Productivity | Leadership
GA 541 | The Gemba Academy School of Leadership with Ron Pereira
This week's guest is Ron Pereira. Ron introduced the Gemba Academy School of Leadership and shared the audio from some of this exciting new content. Be sure to…
- Gemba Academy Podcast: Lean Six Sigma | Toyota Kata | Productivity | Leadership
GA 540 | The Space Between Leading and Following with Chris Fuzie
This week's guest is Chris Fuzie. Ron and Chris discussed Chris's books, liminal space, tessellation, leadership, and more.
- Gemba Academy Podcast: Lean Six Sigma | Toyota Kata | Productivity | Leadership
GA 539 | Productivity Reimagined with Jacob Stoller
This week's guest is Jacob Stoller. Ron and Jacob discussed Jacob's upcoming book, "Productivity Reimagined," what it means to be productive, what productivity…
- Gemba Academy Podcast: Lean Six Sigma | Toyota Kata | Productivity | Leadership
GA 538 | The High Achievers Success Cycle with Nina Sossamon-Pogue
This week's guest is Nina Sossamon-Pogue. Ron and Nina discussed Nina's gymnastic career, focusing on the process vs. successes, values like discipline, and…
- Gemba Academy Podcast: Lean Six Sigma | Toyota Kata | Productivity | Leadership
GA 537 | Standing Up a Lean and Six Sigma Program with Gary Cihak
This week's guest is Gary Cihak. Ron and Gary discussed what it takes to build a Lean and Six Sigma program, the Job Instruction component of TWI, why 5S isn't…