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

This week's guest is Rick Foreman. Ron and Rick covered a lot of ground, including Federal Heath's lean journey, and creating a strong culture of continuous improvement. Rick also gave some advice on "selling" others on the power of lean. A MP3 audio version of this episode is available for download here. In this episode you'll learn:  The quote that inspires Rick (4:01) About our Kaizen Way course (4:42) Rick's background (6:56) About Federal Heath (8:47) Federal Heath's lean journey (10:59) Their book club (15:53) The keys to achieving and sustaining culture (18:35) Identifying a strong culture of continuous improvement (23:15) A "sales pitch" on lean (26:04) What to do when your leadership is not bought into lean (35:06) Some of the challenges Federal Heath faces (49:27) Rick's final words of wisdom (55:24) Podcast Resources Right Click to Download this Podcast as an MP3 Download a Free Audio Book at Audible.com Gemba Academy "The Kaizen Way" Course Federal Heath Rick o