
Gemba Academy Podcast: How to Use A3 Thinking with Katie Anderson
Today Gemba Academy published a podcast that I recorded with Ron Pereira last week. Ron and I first started looking into recording a podcast together two years ago when I was
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Today Gemba Academy published a podcast that I recorded with Ron Pereira last week. Ron and I first started looking into recording a podcast together two years ago when I was

When I was back in Japan last month for a visit – my second visit since moving back to the U.S. in June 2016 – I spent the day with

Two weeks ago I was in Palm Desert for the annual Lean Healthcare Transformation Summit co-hosted by Catalysis and the Lean Enterprise Institute. It was the first time in many years

This week I’m attending the Lean Healthcare Transformation Summit in Palm Springs, co-hosted by two of the organizations for which I’m a faculty member of – Catalysis and the Lean

My latest article for the Lean Enterprise Institute’s Lean Post, “Developing Better Habits Through A3 Thinking”, was published today – check it out and let me know what you think.

What does love have to do with it? Most of us are familiar with this refrain from Tina Turner’s famous song from the 1980s, but the concept of “love” is

Last week I had the pleasure of participating in the Lean Transformation Summit in Carlsbad, California. It was the first time that I’d attended the all industry Summit in the United

Getting out of the habits of telling and showing up as the “expert” are two of the most important habits to break if you want to create an organization filled with

Endings, beginnings and reflections 2016 ended with with joy and sadness, with my family coming together to celebrate the holidays and with my father passing away shortly afterward. It’s been a

What was the thinking that led up to the development of the Toyota Way in 2001? I asked my friend Mr. Isao Yoshino, a 40-year Toyota leader, this question and he

Using A3 thinking to coach for personal development In previous posts, I’ve walked through the value of using A3 thinking to coach for personal development and to support personal improvement,

New Book: The Toyota Way to Service Excellence Earlier this summer, Jeff Liker reached out to me to see if I would be interested in reading an advance copy of
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