Reflection on the Sensei's Legacy - Life and Lean
Earlier this month, my father passed away after a long and stoic battle with cancer.
The name "Gemba Tales" is borrowed from Mark Hamel's two Shingo Prize-winning books, Kaizen Event Fieldbook and Lean Math within which there are dozens of tales. Each tale is based upon the experienced (some successful, some not) of the author and other lean practitioners and shared for the purpose of providing insight into the application of certain lean concepts. The purpose of this blog is really no different, just a bigger community for sharing and learning.
Earlier this month, my father passed away after a long and stoic battle with cancer.
Reflection or hansei in Japanese, is a critical part of lean.
Some lies you can see a mile away. The check is in the mail. Your table will be ready in a few minutes. I didn’t say that.
I just contributed a guest post of the same title to Christian Paulsen's Lean Leadership blog. Please visit his site to read my full post and to take in some of Chris' excellent lean content. Chris shared some of his insight with us a while back in his Gemba Tales guest post, 5 Reasons You Need to Do a DMAIC.