leadership

Visitors to the fifth floor of Anthropic's San Francisco headquarters are greeted by warm wood, soft light, a portrait of Alan Turing, and a recep…

One of the genuine pleasures of retirement is that a random Reddit post can consume your entire morning without guilt. That's exactly what happene…

I've long relished intentional periods of solitude to reflect and renew.  I'll often take advantage of the six mile stretch of beach between M…

Experienced leaders know that failure is not necessarily a negative, and can lead to both individual and organizational learning.  We try to embrace f…

In the late 1990s I was working in the Silicon Valley for a Fortune-50 medical device company, responsible for a drug infusion pump manufacturing oper…

Many of you know Paul Akers of Fastcap.  He's a very passionate lean practitioner, and Gemba Academy has several videos where we talk to him and t…

This is an excerpt from The Simple Leader: Personal and Professional Leadership at the Nexus of Lean and Zen On a deeper level you are already comple…

For the past couple years I've worked hard at getting into the best shape I've been in in decades.  In fact, many of us at Gemba Academy have,…