Signs of Lean at the Lighthouse

In this mov­ing inter­view, Gem­ba Acad­e­my Co-Founder Ron Pereira asks Set­up Spe­cial­ist Chris Loomis what it’s like to work at The Light­house for the Blind. Chris, who is Deaf­Blind and uses inter­preters and Pro-Tac­tile ASL to com­mu­ni­cate, also showed us some of the tools that enable him to do his job.

• 0:21 — How Chris communicates 
• 3:08 — What brought Chris to the Lighthouse
• 4:44 — The work Chris has done at the Lighthouse 
• 8:21 — How his pre­vi­ous expe­ri­ence has helped him
• 9:16 — The role of calipers, shad­ow boards, and work­sta­tion standardization 
• 12:04 — What it’s like for him to give tours