Daryl Dixon," I heard the word dépaysant. The first use of it comes in the second episode of the second season, when one of ...

I am a lean leader and always willing to share my learnings. I’ve written several blog posts chronicling my lean experience at different organizations. Some of them have been quite popular with ...

With Lean Thinking, Jim Womack and Dan Jones ushered a true (and rare) revolution in management thinking: To deliver a superior order of performance, leaders should lead from the workplace, the “gemba ...

What Is a Gemba Walk & Why Does Structure Matter? In Lean manufacturing, "Gemba" refers to "the actual place"—where value is created, and problems emerge. Unlike casual walkabouts, structured Gemba ...

To some of you, this article may seem repetitious. However, having walked and talked about dozens of manufacturing floors and operations in the past year alone, I can tell you we’re not done ...

When we say something is “not rocket science” we mean that it is not hard to figure out or to do. If managing people were as easy as rocket science I am sure a rocket scientist would have figured it ...

If your Gemba Walks feel more like aimless strolls than improvement tools, you're not alone. The difference between a walk that drives change and one that gets forgotten usually comes down to ...