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Gemba Walks can raise consciousness about problems and the possibilities for dramatic improvements, says Jim Womack. Or they can serve as a means of reinforcing the existing systems. He shares thoughts on how to walk--and see--with a lean mindset.
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Dear Gemba Coach,How do I know if I have the right attitude during gemba
walks? We’ve started doing those systematically, but I realize how many
of our managers add to the pressure on associates rather than make
things better, and maybe I do too. Any help?
The Gold Mine Trilogy Study Guide is designed to work through the books one chapter at a time. The material is structured to support a regular cadence of team discussions.
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Womacks's Yokoten: What does a lean employer look like? In this month’s column, the author reflects on the long-term commitment to employees a company engaged in lean thinking should make.
Jim Lancaster, Lantech CEO, candidly describes what the erstwhile “kings of kaizen” did to revive a wilting continuous improvement effort – that quadrupled profits – by introducing a daily management system rooted in maintaining basic process stability and engaging people at all levels. Includes a bonus follow-up Q&A with Jim.
This month's Toyota Kata video is about the early days of TK practice at Zingerman's Mail Order. Decision-making can be moved more to the teams in an organization, if that's combined with teaching people a scientific way of making decisions and navigating. Practicing the starter routines of TK helps develop scientific-thinking skills and mindset.
2018 Lean Coaching Summit
Coaching Those Who are not on Board, in Denial or “Addicted to the Status Quo” and Actively or Passively Resisting Change with Ron Oslin & Larry Anderson
Coaching Your Team on Basic Elements of Personal Leadership with Cheryl Jekiel
Creating Transformational Legacy: Coaching Teams to Embrace and Build Upon a Legacy of Enterprise and Personal Improvement with Tom Richert & Joanna McGuffey
Managing to Learn at the Gemba with Mark Reich & Scott Heydon
