Extended Interviews

A tour group at Kaas Tai­lored get the chance to ask Jeff Kaas, Fres­i­dent of Kaas Tai­lored, all of their press­ing ques­tions about lean imple­men­ta­tion, chal­lenges and victories. 

In col­lab­o­ra­tion with the Lean Enter­prise Insti­tute, Gem­ba Acad­e­my brings you an extend­ed 70 min­utes of dis­cus­sions with the three orig­i­nal thought lead­ers that coined the term ​“lean” twen­ty-five years ago. Jim Wom­ack, Dan Jones, and John Shook dis­cuss a range of top­ics from lean gov­ern­ment to the term ​“lean” itself. This video series is also avail­able for free for non-subscribers.

Ron Pereira sits down for more than 40 min­utes and talks with Mr. Masaa­ki Imai who is known the world over as the orig­i­nal ​“Lean Guru” and the father of Con­tin­u­ous Improve­ment. Mr. Imai has been a pio­neer and leader in spread­ing the kaizen phi­los­o­phy all over the world. His first­hand account of the his­to­ry of lean based on his close asso­ci­a­tions and trav­els with such leg­endary giants as Shoichi­ro Toy­o­da and Taichi Ohno and reveals the secrets behind the suc­cess of such Japan­ese companies.

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