Events

In-person and virtual training events

Ampli­fy your improve­ment suc­cess with train­ing events, host­ed by the expert Gem­ba Acad­e­my coaches. 

Kata class

Upcoming Events

Browse Gem­ba Acad­e­my’s upcom­ing in-per­son train­ing events. Each event is care­ful­ly devel­oped to max­i­mize learn­ing and to equip the atten­dees with the tools and knowl­edge need­ed to boost their orga­ni­za­tion’s con­tin­u­ous improve­ment efforts.

5 day twi june 24 28 2024
  • June 24 — 28, 2024
  • Dal­las-Fort Worth, TX

5 Day TWI Workshop

TWI stands for Train­ing With­in Indus­try, which is a train­ing and devel­op­ment pro­gram that was devel­oped in the Unit­ed States dur­ing World War II to address the short­age of skilled work­ers in the man­u­fac­tur­ing indus­try. The TWI pro­gram includ­ed a range of train­ing mod­ules focused on improv­ing work­force skills and pro­duc­tiv­i­ty, includ­ing TWI Job Instruc­tion, TWI Job Meth­ods, TWI Job Relations.


Lean bootcamp august 2024
  • August 13 ‑14, 2024
  • Dal­las-Fort Worth, TX

2‑Day Lean Sim­u­la­tion Bootcamp

$1,650 per attendee

Solve press­ing busi­ness chal­lenges with our Lean Sim­u­la­tion Boot­camp — a path­way to improv­ing your orga­ni­za­tion’s per­for­mance. Over two days, this inter­ac­tive work­shop uses a pro­duc­tion sim­u­la­tion to impart essen­tial Lean prac­tices, show­ing you how to link them direct­ly to your com­pa­ny’s goals and finan­cial out­comes. You’ll gain prac­ti­cal insights into the effec­tive­ness of 5S, waste reduc­tion, kan­ban, process flow, data analy­sis, val­ue stream map­ping, and Toy­ota Kata. Through mul­ti­ple sim­u­la­tion rounds, your per­for­mance will vis­i­bly improve as you inte­grate these prac­tices. Exam­in­ing the prof­it and loss state­ment after each round will offer valu­able insights into boost­ing prof­itabil­i­ty. The boot­camp con­cludes with par­tic­i­pants craft­ing per­son­al­ized plans to imple­ment these strate­gies in their own work settings.

Join us to unlock Lean fun­da­men­tals, bridge the­o­ry with prac­ti­cal appli­ca­tion, and cel­e­brate tan­gi­ble progress — trans­form your orga­ni­za­tion’s effi­cien­cy and prof­itabil­i­ty with our Lean Sim­u­la­tion Bootcamp.


2 day toyota kata experiential workshop september 17 18
  • Sep­tem­ber 17 – 18, 2024
  • Dal­las-Fort Worth, Texas

2‑Day Toy­ota Kata Expe­ri­en­tial Workshop

$1850 per attendee

Join us for a 2‑Day in-per­son work­shop locat­ed at the Gem­ba Acad­e­my train­ing facil­i­ty cen­tral­ly locat­ed in the Dal­las-Fort Worth area in Keller, TX.

Build your Kata coach­ing skills under the guid­ance of one of our expe­ri­enced Kata prac­ti­tion­ers. Learn about the Toy­ota Kata Method and immerse your­self in the Kata Dojo experience.


Green belt fast track october 7 11
  • Octo­ber 7 – 11, 2024
  • Vir­tu­al + In-Person

Fast Track Green Belt

$3,495 per person

Gem­ba Academy’s Green Belt Cer­ti­fi­ca­tion was cre­at­ed to help Lean and Six Sig­ma prac­ti­tion­ers take their knowl­edge to the next lev­el. It rep­re­sents the first step toward becom­ing a Lean Leader, allow­ing learn­ers to become process improve­ment spe­cial­ists armed with the right tools and tac­tics for dri­ving mea­sur­able improve­ments with­in an organization.


Virtual kata in the classroom nov 6
  • Novem­ber 6, 2024
  • Online

Vir­tu­al Kata in the Classroom

$50

In this engag­ing vir­tu­al Kata in the Class­room (KiC) work­shop, you’ll dive into the prac­tice of the Improve­ment and Coach­ing Kata from the com­fort of your own office. This dynam­ic vir­tu­al work­shop, facil­i­tat­ed by Gem­ba Academy’s Man­ag­ing Direc­tor, Ron Pereira, promis­es to be a fun, fast-paced, experience.

Root­ed in the prin­ci­ples for­mu­lat­ed by Lean Pio­neer Mike Rother, Kata in the Class­room (KiC) is a sim­ple, effec­tive approach for intro­duc­ing the con­cept of sci­en­tif­ic think­ing. These rou­tines” empow­er orga­ni­za­tions to solve prob­lems with more speed and effec­tive­ness than tra­di­tion­al con­tin­u­ous improve­ment methods.