March 2016 - Art of Lean

Is it Genba or Gemba?

Posted on March 25, 2016September 23, 2016 by Art Smalley

I get quite a few e-mails every year pointing out errors I have made in spelling and punctuation in various speeches or blog posts. And for the record I sincerely appreciate the feedback so I can correct the oversight or error in question. The most common e-mail (by far and away) every year is the suggestion that I have misspelled the lean phrase "Gemba" because I have instead ...

LEI 2016 Transformation Summit

Posted on March 25, 2016June 24, 2016 by Art Smalley

I was asked to give a talk at the recent LEI Transformation Summit in Las Vegas on the topic of "4 Types of Problems" and ways to address each type. The content will be published in a book by LEI later this year. In the mean time for those who asked here is a pdf version of the presentation. Thanks to all who attended and the positive feedback. The link below should enable yo...