The brilliant part about the Kata is that it lays out a method and a routine, and if you follow the routine, you can learn it by yourself. I mean it takes some discipline in doing it, but it’s not rocket science. It is asking before telling. It’s observing, before doing it yourself and it Read More …
This week I had the opportunity to participate in a relatively new podcast, The Outliers Inn: “As they say, It’s a place where irreverence and self-deprecating humor is the order of the day.” On this week show, Episode 9, the guests Michelle Battle-Fisher and myself had a spirited conversation with the 2 hosts, Taylor and Read More …
Debbie McAllister of Hansei Coaching helps healthcare leaders through the heart and mind transformation of becoming a teacher so that they can develop their people into engaged problem solvers using the Plan Do Study Act (PDSA) cycle to eliminate patient harm. She uses the Lean foundation of respect for people, servant leadership, and intuition to integrate Read More …
Making The Disney Way: Your Way Bill Capodagli has nearly three decades of management consulting and corporate research expertise. Bill co-authored the best-selling business book, The Disney Way, 3E: Harnessing the Management Secrets of Disney in Your Company, now in its 3rd edition. The first edition was cited by Fortune magazine as “so useful you Read More …
Kimberly Watson-Hemphill, founder, and CEO of Firefly Consulting, is a globally known expert in the field of Innovation and Operational Excellence and is a coauthor of Fast Innovation. She has led global Lean Six Sigma deployments in multiple industries, including one that saved over one billion dollars. Her new book, Innovating Lean Six Sigma: A Strategic Read More …
I’m passionate about continuous improvement and teaching others about it and so I approached my now business partner, John Miller and Kevin Meyer, who’s also my business partner, there’s three of us, about starting an online training business. – Ron Pereira The Gemba Academy provides high quality online and DVD-based lean manufacturing training for individuals Read More …