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As leaders and continuous improvement practitioners, we’re committed to creating a people-centered learning organization. But how? Most importantly, by creating the right culture – one that is connected through systems...
Recently I recorded my 6th episode of the Gemba Academy Podcast with host Ron Pereira when we were together in person at the Association for Manufacturing Excellence (AME) 2022 conference...
How is GE’s CEO Larry Culp leading with lean to turnaround the company? It was an incredible honor to not only hear Larry Culp, the CEO of General Electric and...
How can you easily apply scientific thinking to everyday problems and strategic challenges? And how can you better coach others to think? How can you apply the Toyota Kata improvement...
In mid-2022, I was invited by the Brazilian business school Grupo Voitto to give a virtual keynote at their annual international leadership conference, the QP Summit 2022, to speak about...
As leaders and continuous improvement practitioners, we’re committed to learning and to creating a “learning organization”. But how? Any leader seeking to create a learning organization must cultivate both the...
It was an exciting week last week for me! Not only was it the five year anniversary of my first meeting with Isao Yoshino in
This week marks five years since the first time I met up with Isao Yoshino in Japan! It’s a fitting week to publicly announce my
Four weeks ago, a few days after we went into COVID-19 “shelter in place” here in Northern California, I looked around my house – that
Our world has changed forever. We’re all in this together. And we’ll all get through this together. The Japanese saying “Fall down seven times, get
It’s hard to believe that my latest trip back to Japan was already over a month and a half ago. A lot has changed in
Virtual collaboration — and adjusting plans — is the theme for this week! It’s amazing the collaboration – and creation – that can happen when
As a follow up to his number one best selling book The Coaching Habit – one of the top books that I recommend to clients
The topic of today’s post is reflection. My good friend and K2C2 coaching partner Karyn Ross released a new book this week titled I’ll Keep
There are some moments in life that are inflection or pivot points that forever shape the tapestry of your life. For me, moving to Japan
Gemba Academy just published the fourth podcast that I’ve had the pleasure of recording with Ron Pereira! GA Podcast #297: The Importance of Hansei and
How do you connect your actions with your purpose? To me, this is the essence of leading with intention. 7 Tips to Coach and Lead
There is a Japanese proverb: “Fall down 7 times, get up 8” (Nana korobi ya oki). While we are sure to face failure along the
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