Adam Lawrence 12/19/24 Adam Lawrence 12/19/24

My First True Gemba Walk

A factory, with clean floors and equipment. The aisles are clearly marked for pedestrians and mobile equipment

Adam Lawrence 3/13/24 Adam Lawrence 3/13/24

My First Process Improvement Project

When I started my career, I quickly learned how important it was to spend time out in the process and create good working relationships with the people doing the work. Go to Gemba!

A blue card, with the words, "I'm new", held in a silver clip, against a blurry backgound.

Adam Lawrence 2/21/24 Adam Lawrence 2/21/24

All Night Long

This was my first IT Kaizen event. Our Gemba walk was scheduled from 9 pm Sunday to 1:30 am on Monday. Would the team find breakthroughs and would I be able to say awake?

Six coworkers having fun and celebrating something outside.

Adam Lawrence 6/28/23 Adam Lawrence 6/28/23

Gemba in the Big City

We learned so much from going to our customers' work sites in New York City.

Adam Lawrence 3/31/21 Adam Lawrence 3/31/21

Go to Gemba, even if you don't want to

This is the story of how I challenged the plant manager to go to the Gemba to verify his assumptions about the factory floor. Spoiler alert - he learned something he wasn’t expecting.

Four people, all wearing grey shirts, one female, three male, discussing an issue on a factory floor.

Adam Lawrence 3/17/21 Adam Lawrence 3/17/21

Gemba Walks

The story of how I helped a team from St. Helens improve their gemba walk and directly improve productivity.

Four people wearing yellow safety vests, one of the with a pad of paper in his hand, walking on a factory floor.

Adam Lawrence 12/23/20 Adam Lawrence 12/23/20

Where is It?

We were arguing about a problem we were trying to solve when our Sensei walked over and told us to go to gemba to find it. I didn’t even know what it was!

Two people working at a table with post-it notes and colored pencils. One is pointing to his computer screen.