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Exercise — Asking Questions During a Gemba Walk
Author and consultant Michael Bremer leads an exercise with the group involving assumptions and asking the right questions.
- 0:45 — The dangers of making assumptions
- 2:43 — What the groups came up with
- 9:13 — Management’s perspective
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