GA 518 | Building a Culture of Continuous Improvement with Jim Huntzinger

Gemba Academy Podcast: Lean Six Sigma | Toyota Kata | Productivity | Leadership

This week’s guest is Jim Huntzinger. Ron and Jim discussed what it means to build a culture of continuous improvement, what the future of continuous improvement looks like, and more. An MP3 audio version of this episode is available for download here.

In this episode you’ll learn:

• The quote Jim likes (2:38)
• His background (3:13)
• About KataCon 2024 and other upcoming events (6:53)
• What a continuous improvement culture looks like (8:53)
• The commonality of having a hypothesis (11:53)
• The foundational skills to building a continuous improvement culture (13:34)
• Ron’s horse and cart analogy (19:27)
• Why it’s important to share this knowledge (23:41)
• What Jim thinks the future of continuous improvement looks like (28:09)

Podcast Resources

• Right Click to Download this Podcast as an MP3
• Lean Frontiers
• Jim on LinkedIn
• Lean Frontiers on LinkedIn
• KataCon10
• TWI Summit
• Skills Lab
• Skillpoint for Job Instruction
• Skillpoint for Toyota Kata

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