Gemba Academy Podcast: Lean Manufacturing | Lean Office | Six Sigma | Toyota Kata | Productivity | Leadership

This week's guest is David Larsen. Ron and David had a great discussion about continuous improvement in both manufacturing and in healthcare. David also shared an interesting case study he worked on to improve employee safety. A MP3 audio version of this episode is available for download here. In this episode you'll learn:  The quote that inspires David (3:28) David's background (6:31) About David's case study (11:38) What motivated David (13:26) The highlights of the case study (15:42) How they simulated the Bolling mill procedure (18:32) What they learned from having written versus video standard works (21:02) Some of the cultural differences David has experienced (23:21) Their new onboarding process (25:49) What advice David would give his past self (27:29) What David is grateful for (30:46) David's final words of wisdom (34:40) Podcast Resources Right Click to Download this Podcast as an MP3 Download a Free Audio Book at Audible.com David on LinkedIn David on iSixSigma