The Simple Leader: Envision the Future State
This is an excerpt from The Simple Leader: Personal and Professional Leadership at the Nexus of Lean and Zen If you don’t know where you are going,…
The Simple Leader: Go and See
This is an excerpt from The Simple Leader: Personal and Professional Leadership at the Nexus of Lean and Zen When you are out observing on the gemba…
The Simple Leader: Document the Current State
This is an excerpt from The Simple Leader: Personal and Professional Leadership at the Nexus of Lean and Zen All truths are easy to understand once…
Waste Whack-a-Mole
Today is garbage day in my neighborhood, and like most people in California and probably most of the U.S. if not the world, our trash is neatly segreg…
A Painful Perspective from the Goofy Foot Pop Up
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,…
Mother Nature Takes On the Lean Home
A few months ago I told you how my wife and I had found a mid-century remodel project only a couple blocks away from where we currently live. We want…
The Simple Leader: A Short History of Lean
This is an excerpt from The Simple Leader: Personal and Professional Leadership at the Nexus of Lean and Zen To many people, Lean manufacturing was i…
The Simple Leader: Connected Spirit
This is an excerpt from The Simple Leader: Personal and Professional Leadership at the Nexus of Lean and Zen We are not human beings on a spiritual j…