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GA 629 | Why Leadership Is Like Cooking with Pete Behrens

This week’s guest is Pete Behrens. Ron and Pete discussed Pete’s book, “Into the Fog,” what it means for leaders to...

35:19Apr 23, 2026

GA 628 | A Factory on Fire: How Lean Saves Lives with Brian Meyers

This week’s guest is Brian Meyers. Ron and Brian discussed the heart-stopping story of how Brian’s facility caught fire, the pro...

29:48Apr 16, 2026

GA 627 | Value Stream Mapping on University Campuses with Kristin Kielich

This week’s guest is Kristin Kielich. Ron and Kristin discussed Kristin’s experiences with continuous improvement in education,...

32:43Apr 9, 2026

GA 626 | Learning to See Waste with Randall Dupre

This week’s guest is Randall Dupre. Ron and Randall discussed Randall’s book, “Everyday Lean,” the kinds of mistakes...

27:07Apr 2, 2026

GA 625 | Dealing with Hidden Threats with Dean Svarc

This week’s guest is Dean Svarc. Ron and Dean discussed Dean’s book, “Trojan Horse,” navigating hidden threats, why...

22:42Mar 26, 2026

GA 624 | The Pause, Consider, Act Framework with Ashley Herd

This week’s guest is Ashley Herd. Ron and Ashley discussed Ashley’s Pause, Consider, Act Framework, the concept of a career quil...

29:12Mar 19, 2026

GA 623 | The Power of Entropy with Adam Lawrence

This week’s guest is Adam Lawrence. Ron and Adam discussed Adam’s Wheel of Sustainability, the importance of continuously improv...

23:29Mar 12, 2026

GA 622 | The State of AI with Steven Remsen

This week’s guest is Steven Remsen. Ron and Steven discussed Steven’s time at Intel, how to make change “stick” at a...

26:41Mar 5, 2026

GA 621 | The Five Habits of Hope with Dr. Julia Garcia

This week’s guest is Dr. Julia Garcia. Ron and Julia discussed Julia’s book, “The Five Habits of Hope,” the power of...

35:59Feb 26, 2026

GA 620 | Is Your Lean Operating System Talking or Singing? with Royden Johnson

This week’s guest is Royden Johnson. Ron and Royden discussed the concept of a lean operating system talking versus singing, the diffe...

38:44Feb 19, 2026

GA 619 | Don’t Walk By a Mess with Chad Bareither

This week’s guest is Chad Bareither. Ron and Chad discussed making culture changes in the workplace, powerful aspects of Japanese cult...

30:50Feb 12, 2026

GA 618 | MORE Is Better with Kathy Miller

This week’s guest is Kathy Miller. Ron and Kathy discussed manufacturing, Kathy’s new book “MORE Is Better,” optimis...

36:02Feb 5, 2026

GA 617 | What Alignment Looks Like with Hanna Bauer

This week’s guest is Hanna Bauer. Ron and Hanna discussed the role of emotional intelligence in success, balancing empathy and account...

34:09Jan 29, 2026

GA 616 | Teaching Lean with Noah Waech

This week’s guest is Noah Waech. Ron and Noah discussed Noah’s experiences teaching lean, what happens when things don’t g...

25:56Jan 22, 2026

GA 615 | Radical Product Thinking with Radhika Dutt

This week’s guest is Radhika Dutt. Ron and Radhika discussed OKRs, Toyota Kata, the target mentality, the OHLA puzzle framework, and m...

46:20Jan 15, 2026

GA 614 | Getting Lean to Stick with Joel Hugghins

This week’s guest is Joel Hugghins. Ron and Joel discussed dealing with CAVE people, intellectual property, getting lean to stick, and...

30:21Jan 8, 2026

GA 613 | Revealing Hidden Truths with Billy Taylor

This week we’re ringing in the New Year with Billy Taylor. Ron and Billy discussed strategy and KPAs, hidden truths, clarity, being ha...

31:23Jan 1, 2026

GA 612 | Gratitude, Giving, and Growth with the Gemba Academy Team

This week, we’re sharing a special Christmas episode featuring insights from the Gemba Academy team. Each individual answered the ques...

15:47Dec 25, 2025

GA 611 | The Role of Games in Continuous Improvement with Alexandra Suchman

This week’s guest is Alexandra Suchman. Ron and Alexandra discussed the concept of relational waste, playing games in continuous impro...

23:40Dec 18, 2025

GA 610 | Lean and AI in the Legal Field with Heather Underwood and Adam Marsland

This week’s guests are Heather Underwood and Adam Marsland. Ron, Heather, and Adam discussed how lean is being applied in legal settin...

35:32Dec 11, 2025

GA 609 | Leveraging Overall Equipment Effectiveness with Caleb Wilczynski

This week’s guest is Caleb Wilczynski. Ron and Caleb discussed Caleb’s experience getting his Master Black Belt with Gemba Acade...

32:19Dec 4, 2025

GA 608 | Leading Without Authority with Ricky Banks

This week’s guest is Gemba Academy Senior Coach and Instructor Ricky Banks. Ron and Ricky discussed what it means to lead without auth...

29:41Nov 27, 2025

GA 607 | Improving Your Internal Operating System with Michelle Troseth and Tracy Christopherson

This week’s guests are Michelle Troseth and Tracy Christopherson. Ron, Michelle, and Tracy discussed the concept of an internal operat...

34:06Nov 20, 2025

GA 606 | Fixing What Bugs You with Nick Klein

This week’s guest is Nick Klein. Ron and Nick discussed how Nick applies lean at his organization, the challenges they’re facing...

26:25Nov 13, 2025

GA 605 | The Katalyst Framework with Katie Anderson

This week’s guest is Katie Anderson. Ron and Katie discussed Katie’s most recent book, the Katalyst framework she created, her e...

36:39Nov 6, 2025

GA 604 | Creating a Culture of Problem Solvers with Sarah Tilkens and Leah Roe

This week’s guests are Sarah Tilkens and Leah Roe. Ron, Sarah, and Leah discussed the problem solver revolution, building trust in you...

40:15Oct 30, 2025

GA 603 | The Culture of Calm with Gui Costin

This week’s guest is Gui Costin. Ron and Gui discuss fostering a calm company culture, bringing out the best in people, dealing with d...

37:48Oct 23, 2025

GA 602 | Clues from the Factory Parking Lot with George Pesansky

This week’s guest is George Pesansky. Ron and George discussed taking gemba walks, what we can learn from factory parking lots, the Ka...

29:26Oct 16, 2025

GA 601 | The Power of NLP with Josh Davis and Greg Prosmushkin

This week’s guests are Josh Davis and Greg Prosmushkin. Ron, Josh, and Greg discussed NLP, or Neuro-Linguistic Programming, why it mat...

36:18Oct 9, 2025

GA 600 | Reflecting on Six Hundred Episodes with Ron Pereira

This week we’re celebrating our 600th episode. Our Director of Studios Greg Nickell asked Ron about the company’s growth over th...

26:26Oct 2, 2025

GA 599 | Coaching Different Personalities with Melissa Sherman

This week’s guest is Melissa Sherman. Ron and Melissa discussed misconceptions about continuous improvement, navigating different pers...

31:15Sep 25, 2025

GA 598 | Making Lean Work with Darren Walsh

This week’s guest is Darren Walsh. Ron and Darren discussed some of the pitfalls he’s seen in continuous improvement, the corres...

31:04Sep 18, 2025

GA 597 | Practicing Empathy and Empathetic Listening with Robin Hills

This week’s guest is Robin Hills. Robin and Ron discussed emotional intelligence, unconscious bias, the importance of empathy and acti...

25:38Sep 11, 2025

GA 596 | Taking Stock of Your Leadership with Grace Gavin

This week’s guest is Grace Gavin. Ron and Grace discussed honesty in the workplace, how company hierarchies play a role, the importanc...

30:48Sep 4, 2025

GA 595 | Dynamic Work Design with Don Kieffer

This week’s guest is Don Kieffer. Ron and Don discussed the concept of dynamic work design, their individual takes on AI, Don’s...

37:46Aug 28, 2025

GA 594 | Common Failures in Modern Leadership with William C. Davis

This week’s guest is William C. Davis. Ron and William discussed some defining moments in William’s impressive career, what lead...

32:18Aug 21, 2025

GA 593 | The Importance of Simplification with Dr. Lucas Chesla and Kirk Nicholas

This week’s guests are Dr. Lucas Chesla and Kirk Nicholas. Luke and Kirk shared how continuous improvement is used in the military, th...

46:53Aug 14, 2025

GA 592 | The Aha! Moment with Dexter Chan

This week’s guest is Dexter Chan. Ron and Dexter discussed handling resistance, other challenges he’s faced, and why the “...

29:42Aug 7, 2025

GA 591 | The Power of Slow, Incremental Growth with Brian Schreuder

This week’s guest is Brian Schreuder. Ron and Brian discussed Brian’s company’s lean journey, some of the challenges they&...

29:40Jul 31, 2025

GA 590 | The Smart Factory with Nikhil Pal

This week’s guest is Nikhil Pal. Ron and Nikhil discussed the concept of the Smart Factory, the analytics involved, the effect technol...

26:33Jul 24, 2025

GA 589 | Implementing Lean at Small to Mid-Sized Manufacturers with Justin Goethe

This week’s guest is Justin Goethe. Ron and Justin discussed why people struggle to get on board with lean, the role traditional consu...

31:25Jul 17, 2025

GA 588 | When Lean Doesn’t Stick with Holly Plaga

This week’s guest is Holly Plaga. Ron and Holly discussed why lean doesn’t always take root, the mindset necessary for success,...

23:10Jul 10, 2025

GA 587 | The Differences Between Six Sigma Belts with John Knotts

This week’s guest is John Knotts. Ron and John, a Senior Coach at Gemba Academy, discussed cultural alignment in continuous improvemen...

31:26Jul 3, 2025

GA 586 | Being Kaizen Ninjas with Kirsten Gallagher and Adam Lawrence

This week’s guests are Kirsten Gallagher and Adam Lawrence. Ron, Kirsten, and Adam discussed Kirsten and Adam’s individual backg...

30:10Jun 26, 2025

GA 585 | OKRs and Accountability with Philipp Schett

This week’s guest is Philipp Schett. Ron and Philipp discussed OKRs, accountability, making structural changes, balancing transparency...

32:24Jun 19, 2025

GA 584 | Radical Love Leadership with Mike Schoenberger

This week’s guest is Mike Schoenberger. Ron and Mike discussed the concept of “Radical Love Leadership,” improving the hum...

31:21Jun 12, 2025

GA 583 | Misconceptions About Lean with Alen Ganic

This week’s guest is Alen Ganic. Ron and Alen discussed how Alen simplifies complicated topics, the powers of lean beyond manufacturin...

31:57Jun 5, 2025

GA 582 | Living Conditionally vs. Unconditionally with Andy Crocker

This week’s guest is Andy Crocker. Ron and Andy discussed Andy’s book, “The Unconditionals,” what it was like workin...

31:17May 29, 2025

GA 581 | Managing by Influence with James Turk

This week’s guest is James Turk. Ron and James discussed James’ book “The Giving Game,” choosing between leadership...

29:28May 22, 2025

GA 580 | The Transformation of Operational Excellence with Dr. Adil Dalal

This week’s guest is Dr. Adil Dalal. Ron and Adil discussed the rapid evolution of AI and technology, how it affects lean and operatio...

42:28May 15, 2025