{"id":1723,"date":"2010-01-28T15:49:50","date_gmt":"2010-01-28T22:49:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/staging.opexlearning.com\/resources\/?p=1723"},"modified":"2014-10-01T14:43:10","modified_gmt":"2014-10-01T19:43:10","slug":"in-their-natural-environment","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.opexlearning.com\/resources\/in-their-natural-environment\/1723\/","title":{"rendered":"Schedule Meetings in the Gemba for Effective Lean Management"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"a296a24fa2fc69ef5487857f02f111e8\" data-index=\"9\" style=\"float: none; margin:10px 0 10px 0; text-align:center;\">\n<script async src=\"\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- Single Post readerboard -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:inline-block;width:728px;height:90px\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-8207522353004717\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"1144967431\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script>\n<\/div>\n<p><a title=\"gemba is a lean principle practiced at toyota\" href=\"https:\/\/staging.opexlearning.com\/resources\/the-gemba-is-the-dojo\/422\/\">Schedule meetings in the Gemba<\/a> &#8211; in their natural environment is where the opportunities are.<\/p>\n<p>I scheduled a meeting this week and a room for our meeting.\u00a0 During the course of our conversation, we began to discuss process and other items related to the their work.\u00a0 Gratefully, I had enough awareness to stop the conversation and we, as a team, walked out to the Gemba and continued our discussion there.<\/p>\n<p>Where we ended-up was not comfortable or warm, but we were in their natural environment &#8211; where they do work everyday.\u00a0 In this environment, they were able to show and share, not just talk about it.\u00a0 Then, something really magical happened.<\/p>\n<p>What proceeded was a very productive and energetic discussion that turned into a mini Kaizen.\u00a0 I guarantee that it would not have turned out so well if we had continued our discussion in the meeting room.<\/p>\n<p>Go to the Gemba.\u00a0 In the Gemba, we begin to empathize with people &#8211; we not only see their pain, but we feel it &#8211; and that has tremendous power to change hearts and minds.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>A spreadsheet or report doesn&#8217;t invoke emotion, but experiencing the facts can.\u00a0 That is the power of being in the Gemba.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<!--CusAds0-->\n<div style=\"font-size: 0px; height: 0px; line-height: 0px; margin: 0; padding: 0; clear: both;\"><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Schedule meetings in the Gemba &#8211; in their natural environment is where the opportunities are. 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